David Lewis Smith's copyright claim listed in High Court

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David Lewis Smith has brought a High Court claim alleging that One Direction’s song ‘Night Changes’ infringes his musical work. He is seeking damages.

The claim names the five original One Direction members and other songwriters, music companies and related parties as defendants. The defendants deny the allegations.

A pretrial motion was listed before Ms Justice Leonie Reynolds on 7 February 2019. The plaintiff’s lawyers were seeking discovery of documents concerning the song’s composition, recordings and distribution. The matter was due to return before the court in early March.