Law firm

Battens Solicitors

Battens Solicitors is named as solicitors in at least 15 UK judgments from 2003 to 2026, most often in family and children and public and administrative law.

15
judgments
1
in the last five years
9
in the Court of Appeal

Practice areas

  • Family and children6
  • Public and administrative law6
  • Planning and environment4
  • Trusts, wills and private client2
  • Civil fraud and asset recovery1
  • Real estate1

Courts

  • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)9
  • High Court6

Counsel most often instructed

  • James Findlay4

Judgments by year

  • 20261
  • 20250
  • 20240
  • 20230
  • 20220
  • 20210
  • 20200
  • 20190
  • 20180
  • 20170
  • 20161
  • 20150
  • 20140
  • 20131
  • 20121
  • 20111
  • 20102
  • 20093
  • 20081
  • 20070

Cases later courts cite most

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

Date Case Cited by
23 Jan 2006
[2006] EWCA Civ 8 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Under Law of Property Act 1925, section 84, the proposed reasonable user must be assessed as a whole, together with the practical benefits secured by the…
10
28 Nov 2003
[2003] EWHC 3006 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A local planning authority has discretion under section 106A(1)(a) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to agree to modify a planning obligation before…
5

Recent cases

Date Case Cited by
15 Jun 2026
[2026] EWHC 1464 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
For security for costs against a company, the applicant must establish a reason to believe that the company will be unable to pay an adverse costs order. Mere…
29 Jan 2010
[2010] EWCA Civ 301 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
On a late application to amend a defence to allege fraud, the court must ask whether refusal creates a substantial risk of injustice through an incorrect…
1
18 Dec 2009
[2009] EWCA Civ 1365 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A remittal under section 289 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 does not require the Secretary of State to rehear every ground of an enforcement-notice…
1
2 Feb 2009
[2009] EWHC 234 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Where a planning enforcement appeal is remitted after an error of law, the statutory requirement for a rehearing and determination does not invariably require…
4 Feb 2008
[2008] EWHC 3446 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
In a probate claim, the court may permit discontinuance on such terms as to costs as justice requires. Executors should not generally be compelled personally…
23 Jan 2006
[2006] EWCA Civ 8 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Under Law of Property Act 1925, section 84, the proposed reasonable user must be assessed as a whole, together with the practical benefits secured by the…
10
28 Nov 2003
[2003] EWHC 3006 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A local planning authority has discretion under section 106A(1)(a) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to agree to modify a planning obligation before…
5
18 Feb 2003
[2003] EWHC 253 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Time stipulated in a will for exercising an option is not necessarily of the essence. The question is one of construction. Where the will specifies no…

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