Practice areas
Courts
Counsel most often instructed
Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Bird & Bird acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 27 Mar 2019 |
[2019] UKSC 15 · Supreme Court
Obviousness under section 3 of the Patents Act 1977 requires a fact-specific assessment of all relevant circumstances. Uninventive work which the skilled…
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79 |
| 28 Jul 2010 |
[2010] EWCA Civ 819 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
For inventive step, the person skilled in the art is not necessarily an invariant individual or team. The relevant art depends on the question being asked. In…
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50 |
| 24 Nov 2003 |
[2003] EWCA Civ 1668 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
An acknowledgment under Limitation Act 1980 section 30(1) is signed where the maker’s name or mark is attached in a manner which objectively indicates approval…
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39 |
| 1 Apr 2015 |
[2015] EWCA Civ 220 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
On partial revocation for non-use, a trade mark specification must reflect the goods for which the mark has genuinely been used, but it must not be reduced to…
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39 |
| 2 Mar 2018 |
[2018] EWCA Civ 355 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A bank which explains a proposed swap owes a fact-sensitive duty not carelessly to misstate. It does not thereby assume a general duty to advise or to disclose…
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38 |
| 11 Jan 2007 |
[2007] EWCA Civ 3 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
The prima facie measure for destruction of a chattel is its market or resale value. Cost of replacement or reinstatement may instead be recovered where the…
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37 |
| 11 Jul 2003 |
[2003] EWCA Civ 939 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Where substantive issues are compromised without trial, the court retains a discretion whether to make a costs order. It should not undertake that exercise…
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35 |
| 10 May 2012 |
[2012] EWCA Civ 567 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
An amended patent must not present the skilled person with technical information which is not directly and unambiguously disclosed, expressly or implicitly, by…
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35 |
| 19 May 2006 |
[2006] EWCA Civ 244 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A claimant in passing off need show protectable goodwill, a damaging misrepresentation and actual or likely damage. It need not prove that consumers were…
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35 |
| 24 Nov 2017 |
[2017] EWCA Civ 1834 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A long-term coexistence agreement governed by German law was to be construed by reference to the parties’ objectively ascertained intention, the agreement’s…
|
33 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Oct 2026 |
[2026] EWCA Civ 1248 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A fiduciary’s core duties of loyalty, no conflict and no profit do not create a separate fiduciary cause of action for non-disclosure. Disclosure is instead…
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| 2 Oct 2026 |
[2026] EWCA Civ 1224 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Whether a foreign judgment precludes re-litigation by issue estoppel is governed by the lex fori. It concerns the receiving court’s treatment of an earlier…
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| 24 Sep 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2456 (Pat) · High Court: Patents Court
In patent case management, the issues for trial should address the pleaded legal questions, rather than an unpleaded decision to seek patent protection. Model…
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| 12 Aug 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2154 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
An implied tender contract is not automatic and its terms depend on the documents and circumstances. Issuing an invitation to tender may create a limited…
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| 28 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1939 (Pat) · High Court: Patents Court
A court may temporarily lift a case-management stay and amend a confidentiality regime where necessary to give practical effect to an appellate order and…
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| 18 May 2026 |
[2026] EWCA Civ 604 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A court deciding whether to grant a case management stay may impose a condition removing a term which it has summarily found inconsistent with RAND…
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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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| 12 May 2026 |
[2026] EWCA Civ 564 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
For an implementer’s contractual RAND claim concerning standard-essential patents, the claim may relate wholly to property within the jurisdiction even where…
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| 6 May 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1047 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Summary judgment is appropriate where the issue is a short point of law or construction and the court has the evidence necessary to determine it. Contractual…
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| 15 Apr 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 912 (IPEC) · High Court: Intellectual Property Enterprise Court
On an application for summary judgment, the court must decide whether the claim has a realistic prospect of success without conducting a mini-trial. The court…
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| 14 Apr 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 851 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A non-recourse transaction may nevertheless be a secured loan. The court must determine its legal character from the agreement’s written terms, considering the…
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| 20 Mar 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 670 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Introducing a Bill into the Senedd is an initiating and integral part of Senedd legislative proceedings. The courts cannot superimpose a common law duty to…
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Earlier names
These figures include judgments naming firms that have since merged into, or been renamed as, Bird & Bird: Lane & Partners.
Based on judgments published by The National Archives (Find Case Law) in which Bird & Bird 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 Bird & Bird. Something wrong or missing? Tell us. All law firms.