During the protracted dispute stemming from Fisher's claim made in 2005, it had been established that while the band's main man Gary Brooker and manager Keith Reid had written the song in its original form, Fisher had added the signature organ solo which introduces the track and the counterpoint melody which appears throughout.

Dismissing an appeal by defendants Gary Brooker and Onward Music based on Fisher's 40-year delay in making his claim, Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe said that Fisher had ...