Practice areas
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Counsel most often instructed
Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Ashtons Legal acted in that later judgments cite most often.
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| 14 Dec 2022 |
[2022] EWCA Civ 1648 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A joint tenant may release an equitable interest in land to the other joint tenant. No particular form of words is required, but the release must satisfy the…
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| 20 May 2019 |
[2019] EWHC 1187 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A contractual indemnity for a trustee ordinarily responds to liabilities incurred by the trustee. Clear words are required before it can be construed as…
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4 |
| 5 Feb 2020 |
[2020] EWCA Civ 107 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Commercial deeds are construed objectively by balancing the language used with the documentary, factual and commercial context. Apparently clear wording may be…
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3 |
| 31 Jan 2020 |
[2020] EWHC 105 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Under the Rome Convention, an implied choice of law requires a genuine positive choice demonstrated with reasonable certainty. An English jurisdiction clause…
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3 |
| 29 Apr 2024 |
[2024] EWHC 979 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
In contentious probate proceedings, the general costs rule under Civil Procedure Rules 1998, r 44.2 remains applicable. The probate exceptions are guidelines…
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3 |
Recent cases
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| 18 Sep 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2398 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
In judicial review of a neighbourhood plan, the examiner and local planning authority must address the statutory basic conditions and other matters within the…
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| 24 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1875 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
In a workplace injury claim, the claimant must prove breach of the duty to provide a safe system of work on the balance of probabilities. Competing accounts…
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| 2 Mar 2026 |
[2026] UKUT 94 (LC) · Upper Tribunal: Lands Chamber
For adverse possession, factual possession requires effective physical custody or control of the land. An assertion that members of the public may use land…
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| 26 Feb 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 421 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
In determining whether land forms part of a building’s curtilage, the decision-maker must apply a fact-and-degree assessment. The question is whether the land…
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| 13 May 2025 |
[2025] EWCA Civ 619 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Section 234 of the Insolvency Act 1986 is a summary procedural power. It creates no new proprietary rights and cannot give an administrator a better right to…
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2 |
| 5 Sep 2024 |
[2024] EWCA Civ 1005 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A stay pending appeal is governed by the risk of injustice if it is granted or refused, assessed in all the circumstances. An appeal is not rendered immaterial…
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1 |
| 2 Jul 2024 |
[2024] EWHC 1692 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Specific performance is discretionary and will ordinarily be refused where damages adequately compensate the claimant or where enforcement would cause…
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| 21 May 2024 |
[2024] EWHC 1212 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
In proceedings for breach of a planning enforcement notice, the statutory protection for an unserved pre-existing landowner is a gateway to the statutory…
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| 29 Apr 2024 |
[2024] EWHC 979 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
In contentious probate proceedings, the general costs rule under Civil Procedure Rules 1998, r 44.2 remains applicable. The probate exceptions are guidelines…
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3 |
| 16 Feb 2024 |
[2024] EWHC 322 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
A vehicle owner owes a duty to take reasonable care to keep a vehicle and towing equipment safe and roadworthy for the use made of them. Where manufacturer’s…
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| 2 Nov 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 2748 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
An arbitral award labelled interim may be an award for statutory challenge purposes where it finally determines substantive issues, even if costs or precise…
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1 |
| 1 Aug 2023 |
[2023] EWCA Civ 923 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A personal representative is entitled to an estate indemnity only for expenses properly incurred while acting on behalf of the estate. Unreasonable conduct can…
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