Law firm

Blackfords LLP

Blackfords LLP is named as solicitors in at least 48 UK judgments from 2011 to 2026, most often in crime and family and children.

48
judgments
13
in the last five years
21
in the Court of Appeal

Practice areas

  • Crime19
  • Family and children17
  • Public and administrative law13
  • Financial crime and investigations7
  • Professional discipline and regulation4
  • Extradition3
  • Civil liberties and human rights3
  • Insolvency and restructuring1

Courts

  • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)9
  • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)12
  • High Court25
  • Upper Tribunal2

Counsel most often instructed

  • Benjamin Douglas-Jones3

Judgments by year

  • 20262
  • 20252
  • 20244
  • 20234
  • 20221
  • 20211
  • 20203
  • 20192
  • 20184
  • 20172
  • 20164
  • 20156
  • 20146
  • 20132
  • 20124
  • 20111

Cases later courts cite most

Cases Blackfords LLP acted in that later judgments cite most often.

Date Case Cited by
27 May 2022
[2022] EWHC 1228 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
On an appeal from a professional disciplinary tribunal, the High Court must decide whether the decision was wrong. It is not bound by the tribunal’s…
5

Recent cases

Date Case Cited by
27 Mar 2026
[2026] EWHC 743 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
On an appeal from a professional disciplinary decision, the court may intervene only where the decision was wrong or unjust because of serious procedural or…
14 Dec 2023
[2023] UKUT 302 (TCC) · Upper Tribunal: Tax and Chancery Chamber
In a corporate VAT-fraud case, HMRC may plead that an unidentified person acting for the company had actual knowledge that transactions were connected with…
27 May 2022
[2022] EWHC 1228 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
On an appeal from a professional disciplinary tribunal, the High Court must decide whether the decision was wrong. It is not bound by the tribunal’s…
5
13 Jul 2017
[2017] EWHC 1764 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Under section 61 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976, suspension is a substantive and final sanction, not a holding measure pending…
25 Apr 2016
[2016] EWHC 899 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Acquittal in related criminal proceedings does not, without more, prevent civil recovery proceedings under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. A property freezing…
1
4 Jun 2015
[2015] EWHC 1585 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
For the purposes of disqualification under Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986, the court must decide whether the director’s conduct, assessed on the…
7 Mar 2013
[2013] EWHC 706 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
In an extradition case, a European arrest warrant need not expressly state the precise procedural stage reached in the requesting state where the warrant, read…
17 Jan 2012
[2012] EWHC 31 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
In a Part 2 extradition case, the request must particularise the alleged conduct, the time and place of the offence, and the relevant law. The required detail…

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