Practice areas
Courts
Counsel most often instructed
Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Bishop & Sewell acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Jul 2008 |
[2008] EWCA Civ 755 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Public authorities ordinarily retain power to change policy. An unequivocal promise or established practice of consultation will generally require consultation…
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91 |
| 22 Nov 2005 |
[2005] EWCA Civ 1363 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A rational finding that an applicant falls outside a published policy defeats a judicial review challenge alleging failure to apply that policy. A public…
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89 |
| 16 Aug 2024 |
[2024] UKSC 27 · Supreme Court
Where legislation does not prescribe the consequence of breaching a procedural requirement, the court must identify the consequence which best fits the…
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27 |
| 29 Apr 2009 |
[2009] EWCA Civ 362 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
In an Article 3 suicide-risk case, the absence of an objectively well-founded fear of ill-treatment does not determine the claim. A genuine and overwhelming…
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22 |
| 1 Feb 2012 |
[2012] EWCA Civ 56 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A permanent quia timet injunction to prevent an apprehended nuisance requires proof that an actual infringement will occur unless restrained. The danger must…
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16 |
| 21 Oct 2009 |
[2009] EWHC 2492 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A conviction occurring after the passing of the UK Borders Act 2007 but before the commencement of its automatic deportation provisions may satisfy the…
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12 |
| 19 Dec 2008 |
[2008] EWHC 3166 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A detention policy for foreign national prisoners must comply with the individualised requirements of paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the Immigration Act 1971.…
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10 |
| 3 Mar 2014 |
[2014] EWHC 546 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
After execution of a search warrant, the Magistrates’ Court retains jurisdiction to determine an application for disclosure of the Information supporting it.…
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9 |
| 22 Jul 2014 |
[2014] EWCA Civ 1014 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
The police bear the burden of proving lawful justification for an arrest and ensuing detention. Where one officer directly procures an arrest by another…
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9 |
| 21 Jan 2004 |
[2004] EWHC 22 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Detention under the Immigration Act 1971 must be exercised for the purpose of removal and within a reasonable period. The Secretary of State may adopt a policy…
|
9 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Dec 2025 |
[2025] EWCA Civ 1591 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Right-to-buy leases must be construed objectively, in the context of the lease as a whole and the statutory background. General wording requiring works…
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| 4 Nov 2025 |
[2025] UKUT 370 (LC) · Upper Tribunal: Lands Chamber
An unsuccessful appeal does not, without more, amount to unreasonable conduct for the purposes of an appeal costs rule. A party is entitled to challenge a…
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| 22 Jan 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 99 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
An appeal court will refuse permission where the proposed grounds disclose no viable basis for challenging findings of fact, the evaluation of payments, or the…
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| 16 Aug 2024 |
[2024] UKSC 27 · Supreme Court
Where legislation does not prescribe the consequence of breaching a procedural requirement, the court must identify the consequence which best fits the…
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27 |
| 11 Jul 2024 |
[2024] UKUT 193 (LC) · Upper Tribunal: Lands Chamber
A covenant to maintain a building may include preventive work, but does not ordinarily require the landlord to remedy an inherent structural defect or make…
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1 |
| 27 Jul 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 1945 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
An appeal may be struck out where the appellant persistently fails to comply with procedural directions, provides no adequate explanation, and the appeal is…
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| 21 Feb 2020 |
[2020] EWHC 329 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
For Francovich damages, a directive provision confers individual rights only where the claimed right is clear and its grant necessarily follows from the result…
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| 19 Dec 2019 |
[2019] EWHC 3507 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
On an application for an interim mandatory injunction requiring an employee’s return to normal duties, the court applied the American Cyanamid framework but…
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1 |
| 14 Mar 2019 |
[2019] EWHC 860 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Summary judgment may be granted where a defence has no real prospect of success and there is no other compelling reason for trial. The court must avoid a…
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| 17 Jan 2019 |
[2019] EWHC 203 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Under Consumer Credit Act 1974, the court assessing an unfair debtor-creditor relationship must distinguish attribution from context. Conduct by another person…
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1 |
| 24 Feb 2017 |
[2017] EWCA Civ 95 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Where a court infers the parties’ actual intention from the evidence, there is no room for a fallback intention imputed on the basis of fairness. The…
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1 |
| 29 Oct 2015 |
[2015] EWCA Civ 1111 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Whether premises are a “house” under s.2(1) of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 is a question of law. The statutory condition that the building be reasonably…
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Earlier names
These figures include judgments naming firms that have since merged into, or been renamed as, Bishop & Sewell: Fisher Meredith.
Based on judgments published by The National Archives (Find Case Law) in which Bishop & Sewell 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 Bishop & Sewell. Something wrong or missing? Tell us. All law firms.