Practice areas
Courts
Counsel most often instructed
Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Ashfords LLP acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 15 Nov 2013 |
[2013] EWHC 3560 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
An investment adviser must exercise reasonable skill and care when recommending an investment. The advice must be suitable for the client’s objectives…
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| 15 Apr 2014 |
[2014] EWCA Civ 470 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Procedural fairness at a planning inquiry requires knowledge of the opposing case and a reasonable opportunity to answer it through evidence and submissions.…
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68 |
| 12 Jul 2005 |
[2005] EWCA Civ 1056 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A court reviewing a contractual disciplinary decision exercises a supervisory jurisdiction. It asks whether the decision-maker acted lawfully and whether a…
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22 |
| 19 Jun 2018 |
[2018] EWCA Civ 1396 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A contractual term which prevents a party from asserting reliance on a pre-contractual representation excludes liability within section 3 of the…
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15 |
| 20 May 2015 |
[2015] EWHC 1396 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
Estoppel by convention may arise where parties to a contract communicate and act upon a shared assumption about fact or law, even without a further concluded…
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15 |
| 18 May 2012 |
[2012] EWCA Civ 641 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
An employer’s contractual disciplinary decision to dismiss an employee does not itself determine a civil right for the purposes of Article 6. It asserts or…
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13 |
| 4 May 2006 |
[2006] EWCA Civ 535 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
On an appeal under section 204 of the Housing Act 1996, the county court exercises a jurisdiction akin to judicial review. Questions of fact entrusted to a…
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12 |
| 13 Oct 2016 |
[2016] EWHC 2502 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Although costs ordinarily follow the event, a court may depart from that rule where an otherwise successful party pursued a distinct issue which failed and…
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9 |
| 20 Jul 2017 |
[2017] EWHC 1837 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A planning authority using the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, section 73 may impose different conditions only if they could lawfully have been imposed on…
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9 |
| 29 Jun 2011 |
[2011] EWHC 1661 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Section 66 of the Arbitration Act 1996 provides a general enforcement procedure. Although ordinarily summary, it may be case-managed so that disputed factual…
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8 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 16 Sep 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2381 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A planning authority must publish a proposed planning obligation before the application is finally disposed of and must respect the statutory purpose of…
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| 19 Mar 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 659 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A trade mark co-existence agreement must be construed objectively and as a whole. A prohibition on use of a mark for clothing, “but not including footwear”…
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| 26 Feb 2026 |
Sandy Park Farm Partnership v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government & Ors
[2026] EWHC 422 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
In a challenge under section 288 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, the court reviews legality, not planning merits. Planning policy must be…
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| 17 Dec 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 3224 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Summary judgment may be granted where the opposing claim has no real, realistic prospect of success and there is no compelling reason for trial. The court may…
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| 15 Oct 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 2638 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
A boundary agreement may identify and confirm the boundary without conveying land, and is therefore generally enforceable without the signed writing required…
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| 6 Oct 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 2494 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A testamentary instrument is valid where the testator understood the nature and effect of the transaction, the general extent of the property, and the claims…
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| 17 Sep 2025 |
[2025] EAT 133 · Employment Appeal Tribunal
A discrete discriminatory decision does not become conduct extending over a period merely because it has continuing consequences. Under section 123(3)(a) of…
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| 28 Jul 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 1943 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Under rule 58 of the Non-Contentious Probate Rules 1987, inspection of a will may be restricted where it would be undesirable or inappropriate. The threshold…
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| 20 Dec 2024 |
[2024] UKUT 423 (LC) · Upper Tribunal: Lands Chamber
A notice under section 22 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 must tell the landlord the matters of which the tenant complains. The required degree of detail…
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| 18 Dec 2024 |
[2024] EWHC 3293 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Section 19 of the West Sussex County Council Act 1972 is not confined to modest budgetary shortfalls or operational expenditure. It may cover any lawful…
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| 15 Oct 2024 |
[2024] EWHC 2604 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
An applicant seeking a without-notice injunction must give a fair and complete presentation, including a proper explanation for delay that made a…
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| 25 Sep 2024 |
[2024] EWHC 2478 (IPEC) · High Court: Intellectual Property Enterprise Court
Copyright protection for a product is not established merely because the product is attractive, commercially successful or designed for a specialist market.…
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