Practice areas
Courts
Counsel most often instructed
Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Baker McKenzie acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 11 Dec 2019 |
[2019] EWCA Civ 2203 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A good arguable case that a respondent committed wrongdoing relevant to dissipation points powerfully towards a real risk of dissipation. Significant further…
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53 |
| 29 Jul 2005 |
[2005] EWCA Civ 959 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A fiduciary who makes an unauthorised profit within the scope of a fiduciary duty must account for it. The remedy is directed to stripping the fiduciary of…
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39 |
| 20 Apr 2016 |
[2016] EWCA Civ 396 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A court must construe a written contract by reference to its language in its documentary, factual and commercial context. It cannot use interpretation to…
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26 |
| 8 Jul 2021 |
[2021] EWHC 1907 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Knowingly combining to dissipate a judgment debtor’s assets in breach of a freezing order can constitute unlawful means conspiracy. Liability requires a…
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26 |
| 16 Oct 2017 |
[2017] EWCA Civ 1567 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A counterparty which secretly and dishonestly assists a fiduciary adviser to procure a transaction by abusing its duty of undivided loyalty may be unable to…
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24 |
| 27 Feb 2003 |
[2003] EWCA Civ 205 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A claim served outside the jurisdiction must fall within the jurisdictional ground identified by the originating process and supporting evidence. A claimant…
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23 |
| 14 Apr 2005 |
[2005] EWHC 579 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
On a statutory appeal alleging undue leniency in professional discipline, the court may intervene only where the sanction was one which a disciplinary tribunal…
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21 |
| 12 Oct 2006 |
[2006] EWCA Civ 1279 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Courts may review executive decisions concerning foreign relations, but the executive has an especially broad discretion in that field. Judicial review ensures…
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20 |
| 4 Feb 2004 |
[2004] EWHC 121 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A challenge to an arbitral tribunal’s substantive jurisdiction under section 67 of the Arbitration Act 1996 is a re-hearing of the jurisdiction issue. The…
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16 |
| 12 Jan 2007 |
[2007] EWCA Civ 1 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
An unsuccessful opposition to the registration of a trade mark does not create cause of action estoppel because opposition proceedings involve no cause of…
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13 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 15 May 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1113 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
The principle of open justice is the starting point when confidentiality is asserted, and ordinarily the party seeking protection must justify departure from…
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| 4 Mar 2026 |
[2026] UKSC 9 · Supreme Court
A state waives adjudicative immunity under a treaty where the treaty’s words, interpreted under public international law, clearly and unequivocally express…
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1 |
| 4 Nov 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 2873 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
Post-termination restraints in employment contracts are enforceable only so far as they are reasonably necessary to protect an identified legitimate business…
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| 11 Sep 2025 |
[2025] UKSC 34 · Supreme Court
Time-of-supply rules determine whether a supply falls within the VAT-group disregard under section 43(1)(a) of the Value Added Tax Act 1994. Article 66 of the…
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| 17 Jun 2025 |
[2025] UKUT 188 (TCC) · Upper Tribunal: Tax and Chancery Chamber
For VAT purposes, a composite supply is identified by its economic reality from the perspective of the typical recipient. The decisive questions are whether…
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| 16 Jun 2025 |
[2025] UKUT 185 (TCC) · Upper Tribunal: Tax and Chancery Chamber
An issuer which publishes financial information must take reasonable care to ensure that the information is accurate and reliable. It cannot publish a figure…
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1 |
| 12 Jun 2025 |
[2025] EAT 77 · Employment Appeal Tribunal
Where an employment tribunal has statutory cause-of-action jurisdiction and the requisite territorial connection with Great Britain, the applicable employment…
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| 16 May 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 1267 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Under CPR 44.2, the unsuccessful party ordinarily pays the successful party’s costs. A party’s failure on individual issues does not justify an issue-based…
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| 2 May 2025 |
[2025] EAT 62 · Employment Appeal Tribunal
An external provider conducting a grievance or disciplinary procedure may, in an employment relationship, be the employer’s agent while carrying out that…
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1 |
| 4 Apr 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 885 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
The court’s case-management powers under Civil Procedure Rules r 3.1(2)(p) are confined to orders genuinely required to manage proceedings and further the…
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| 14 Feb 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 496 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Strike out and summary judgment require different thresholds. Strike out is appropriate only where the statement of case discloses no reasonable grounds and…
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| 4 Feb 2025 |
[2025] EWCA Civ 70 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
An exclusion of liability for anticipated profits is construed by ordinary principles of contractual interpretation and according to the contract’s wording and…
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