Law firm

Baker Botts

Baker Botts is named as solicitors in at least 9 UK judgments from 2009 to 2023, most often in insolvency and restructuring and commercial disputes.

9
judgments
3
in the last five years
1
in the Court of Appeal

Practice areas

  • Insolvency and restructuring4
  • Commercial disputes3
  • Cross-border disputes3
  • Company and partnership2
  • Arbitration1

Courts

  • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)1
  • High Court8

Counsel most often instructed

  • Felicity Toube3

Judgments by year

  • 20260
  • 20250
  • 20240
  • 20232
  • 20221
  • 20210
  • 20200
  • 20191
  • 20182
  • 20170
  • 20160
  • 20150
  • 20140
  • 20130
  • 20120
  • 20111
  • 20100
  • 20092

Cases later courts cite most

Cases Baker Botts acted in that later judgments cite most often.

Date Case Cited by
17 Feb 2011
[2011] EWHC 256 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A foreign insolvency composition does not discharge an obligation governed by English law where the binding rule is that contractual discharge is governed by…
7
3 Jul 2009
[2009] EWHC 1441 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
For cross-border insolvency recognition, a company’s centre of main interests is determined by objective factors that are ascertainable by third parties. The…
5
11 May 2022
[2022] EWHC 1040 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
On an application to serve proceedings out of the jurisdiction, the claimant must show that England and Wales is clearly and distinctly the most appropriate…
4
15 Nov 2023
[2023] EWHC 2820 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
An anti-suit injunction will ordinarily be granted where the court is satisfied to a high degree of probability that an English-seated arbitration agreement…
4

Recent cases

Date Case Cited by
15 Nov 2023
[2023] EWHC 2820 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
An anti-suit injunction will ordinarily be granted where the court is satisfied to a high degree of probability that an English-seated arbitration agreement…
4
21 Jul 2023
[2023] EWHC 3554 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A default judgment is not a judgment on the merits. Where the claim includes non-monetary relief, the court must nevertheless consider whether the claimant is…
11 May 2022
[2022] EWHC 1040 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
On an application to serve proceedings out of the jurisdiction, the claimant must show that England and Wales is clearly and distinctly the most appropriate…
4
17 Jan 2019
[2019] EWCA Civ 11 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Where a joint operating agreement gives an operator charge of operations subject to prior approval of programmes and budgets, approval of the operations…
21 Mar 2018
[2018] EWHC 600 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A director assessing solvency must consider all liabilities, including contingent and prospective liabilities, and the assets or arrangements actually…
21 Feb 2018
[2018] EWHC 322 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Under a joint operating agreement, participants are liable for their proportionate share of the properly incurred employment costs of staff engaged in…
17 Feb 2011
[2011] EWHC 256 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A foreign insolvency composition does not discharge an obligation governed by English law where the binding rule is that contractual discharge is governed by…
7
9 Jul 2009
[2009] EWHC 1661 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
An application for permission to appeal must ordinarily be made to the lower court at the hearing at which the decision was made. The court has no jurisdiction…
3 Jul 2009
[2009] EWHC 1441 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
For cross-border insolvency recognition, a company’s centre of main interests is determined by objective factors that are ascertainable by third parties. The…
5

Based on judgments published by The National Archives (Find Case Law) in which Baker Botts 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 Baker Botts. Something wrong or missing? Tell us. All law firms.