Law firm

ARKrights Solicitors

ARKrights Solicitors is named as solicitors in at least 20 UK judgments from 2013 to 2020, most often in housing and public and administrative law.

20
judgments
0
in the last five years
1
in the Supreme Court or Privy Council
13
in the Court of Appeal

Practice areas

  • Housing15
  • Public and administrative law10
  • Real estate9
  • Civil liberties and human rights3
  • Family and children1

Courts

  • Supreme Court1
  • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)13
  • High Court6

Counsel most often instructed

  • Toby Vanhegan19
  • Riccardo Calzavara7
  • Hannah Gardiner3
  • Nick Bano3

Judgments by year

  • 20260
  • 20250
  • 20240
  • 20230
  • 20220
  • 20210
  • 20204
  • 20193
  • 20183
  • 20173
  • 20162
  • 20151
  • 20143
  • 20131

Cases later courts cite most

Cases ARKrights Solicitors acted in that later judgments cite most often.

Date Case Cited by
24 Jan 2019
[2019] EWCA Civ 23 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A public authority’s compliance with the public sector equality duty depends on the function being exercised and the facts known to it. The decision-maker must…
24
2 Apr 2020
[2020] EWCA Civ 489 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
An appeal to the county court under section 204 of the Housing Act 1996 may raise any point of law concerning the lawfulness of a homelessness review decision.…
14
29 Jul 2019
[2019] EWCA Civ 1334 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A breach of the public sector equality duty does not automatically invalidate a decision or confine the court to narrow categories in which relief may be…
10
8 Apr 2020
[2020] EWCA Civ 497 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
When assessing whether a homeless applicant is vulnerable, a reviewing officer must compare the applicant with an ordinary person if homeless. The assessment…
6
12 Nov 2014
[2014] UKSC 63 · Supreme Court
One joint tenant may determine a joint periodic tenancy by serving notice to quit without the consent or knowledge of the other joint tenant, unless the…
6
8 Dec 2016
[2016] EWCA Civ 1247 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Exclusive occupation does not invariably create a tenancy. A tenancy requires legal possession, including the right to exclude the owner. Whether an occupier…
5
1 Nov 2016
[2016] EWCA Civ 1052 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
In a possession claim against a person with no right to a second succession, long residence may engage Article 8 and form part of the proportionality…
3

Recent cases

Date Case Cited by
24 Nov 2020
[2020] EWHC 3100 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A statutory housing appeal under section 204 of the Housing Act 1996 is confined to points of law and is not a rehearing. The court should read the reviewing…
1
9 Apr 2020
[2020] EWHC 838 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
Permission to issue a writ of possession under CPR 83.13 does not require service of the application itself on occupants. The court must instead be satisfied…
8 Apr 2020
[2020] EWCA Civ 497 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
When assessing whether a homeless applicant is vulnerable, a reviewing officer must compare the applicant with an ordinary person if homeless. The assessment…
6
2 Apr 2020
[2020] EWCA Civ 489 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
An appeal to the county court under section 204 of the Housing Act 1996 may raise any point of law concerning the lawfulness of a homelessness review decision.…
14
29 Jul 2019
[2019] EWCA Civ 1334 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A breach of the public sector equality duty does not automatically invalidate a decision or confine the court to narrow categories in which relief may be…
10
24 Jan 2019
[2019] EWCA Civ 23 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A public authority’s compliance with the public sector equality duty depends on the function being exercised and the facts known to it. The decision-maker must…
24
11 Jan 2019
[2019] EWHC 24 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
A breach of the public sector equality duty under Equality Act 2010, section 149, does not automatically determine a possession claim. The duty requires a…
12 Jul 2018
[2018] EWCA Civ 1616 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Where a homelessness review officer identifies a deficiency or irregularity in the original decision but is minded to reach an adverse outcome, regulation…
6 Mar 2018
[2018] EWCA Civ 379 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A local authority’s duty under the Children Act 2004, section 11, is not confined to strategic arrangements. It may apply to a discretionary decision to…
10 Aug 2017
[2017] EWHC 2094 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
Accommodation provided under the full housing duty is not automatically occupied “as a dwelling” for the purposes of the Protection from Eviction Act 1977. The…
1
6 Jul 2017
[2017] EWCA Civ 942 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
For Housing Act 1996, s 191(2), a relevant fact must exist when the applicant deliberately gives up accommodation. A mistaken expectation about a future event…
1
21 Jun 2017
[2017] EWHC 1488 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
A dwelling occupied by an employee as a condition of employment may be a service occupancy rather than a tenancy, even where the written agreement grants…

Based on judgments published by The National Archives (Find Case Law) in which ARKrights Solicitors is named as solicitors, counted under the firm's current name. The figures are minimums: not every judgment names the solicitors, and a judgment is counted only when we are confident who acted. The selection of cases listed here is limited, and does not include family, criminal or anonymised cases. Firm details include data from the Solicitors Regulation Authority. zoomLaw is independent and not connected with ARKrights Solicitors. Something wrong or missing? Tell us. All law firms.