Practice areas
Courts
Counsel most often instructed
Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Birnberg Peirce acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 13 Jul 2011 |
[2011] UKSC 34 · Supreme Court
A court has no inherent common law power to replace public interest immunity with a closed material procedure in an ordinary civil claim. Such a procedure…
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| 8 May 2003 |
[2003] EWCA Civ 655 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Under C.P.R. 31.17, third-party disclosure requires documents which may well assist or undermine a party’s case and which are necessary for fair disposal or…
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29 |
| 20 Jun 2007 |
[2007] EWHC 1370 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Extradition is barred by passage of time only where, after considering all the circumstances, extradition would be unjust or oppressive. Unexplained or…
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27 |
| 4 Feb 2010 |
[2010] UKSC 5 · Supreme Court
A court may suspend the operation of an order which it makes. That power does not, however, permit an unlawful legislative measure to acquire temporary…
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25 |
| 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 |
| 30 Nov 2006 |
[2006] EWHC 2927 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
On a statutory extradition appeal, a court starts from the fundamental assumption that the requesting state acts in good faith. Where that state has…
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19 |
| 11 Mar 2014 |
[2014] EWHC 614 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
For dual criminality under the Extradition Act 2003, the court must identify the essence of the conduct alleged in the European Arrest Warrant. It must then…
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15 |
| 2 May 2014 |
[2014] EWCA Civ 559 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
In proceedings restricting an individual’s liberty, procedural fairness does not permit the Secretary of State’s entire response to a potentially dispositive…
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15 |
| 22 May 2009 |
[2009] EWHC 1324 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Under the Hardial Singh principles, immigration detention pending deportation requires a fact-sensitive assessment of reasonableness in all the circumstances.…
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14 |
| 1 Apr 2011 |
[2011] EWHC 830 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
A statutory decision-maker who may reject a specialist tribunal’s parole recommendation must use a fair procedure and reach a rational decision. Where an oral…
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14 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 10 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EWCA Civ 892 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
In an Article 3 claim concerning harm by non-state actors, the assessment includes whether there is a real risk that the individual will be unable to access…
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| 22 May 2026 |
[2026] EWCA Civ 643 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
The transitional arrangements in a discretionary-leave policy must be read as a whole and in light of their protective purpose. A person granted discretionary…
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| 12 Feb 2026 |
[2026] EWCA Civ 61 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
In judicial review costs disputes resolved by consent, the court should first identify whether the claimant obtained the substance of the remedy sought. A…
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| 12 Jan 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 34 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Whether Article 6(1) of the ECHR applies depends on the nature of the proceedings, not simply on the seriousness of their consequences or the human rights…
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| 27 Nov 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 3129 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Published immigration policies must be interpreted according to their objective meaning and applied consistently with their purpose. Under transitional…
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1 |
| 18 Nov 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 3026 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A decision to remove a prisoner from association under rule 45 of the Prison Rules 1999 must be made by the governor and must involve consideration of the…
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| 4 Jul 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 1708 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
In an application for interim relief against a proscription order, the court applies the American Cyanamid framework. Public-law cases do not attract a…
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| 4 Jul 2025 |
[2025] EWCA Civ 848 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
On an appeal concerning interim relief in public law proceedings, the appellate court reviews the lower court’s exercise of discretion. It does not rehear the…
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2 |
| 3 Apr 2025 |
[2025] EWCA Civ 373 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
An appellate court has an exceptional discretion to decide an academic appeal. The discretion is generally exercised where the issue is of wider public…
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| 24 Jan 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 128 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A decision to place or retain a prisoner in a separation centre is highly significant and attracts substantial procedural fairness. Where disputed allegations…
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1 |
| 28 Nov 2024 |
[2024] EWHC 3055 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Where extradition engages a real risk of treatment contrary to article 3 of the ECHR, assurances must be sufficiently clear and effective to address the…
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1 |
| 17 Sep 2024 |
[2024] EWHC 2351 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A court will not extradite a person where prison conditions create a real risk of treatment contrary to article 3 of the ECHR, unless effective assurances…
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Earlier names
These figures include judgments naming firms that have since merged into, or been renamed as, Birnberg Peirce: Birnberg Peirce & Partners Solicitors.
Based on judgments published by The National Archives (Find Case Law) in which Birnberg Peirce 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 Birnberg Peirce. Something wrong or missing? Tell us. All law firms.