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Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Boodle Hatfield LLP acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 30 Mar 2017 |
[2017] EWCA Civ 186 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A company director is a trustee within the extended meaning of Limitation Act 1980, section 21, by virtue of the director’s status and fiduciary…
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| 22 Jan 2015 |
[2015] EWHC 87 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
For proprietary estoppel to bind several trustees, a representation by one trustee must be made with the authority of the others, or arise from their knowing…
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6 |
| 21 Nov 2008 |
[2008] EWCA Civ 1281 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Whether a mixed-use building is a house “reasonably so called” for leasehold enfranchisement is a question of law determined from all the relevant…
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6 |
| 11 Apr 2006 |
[2006] EWHC 822 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
An application for pre-action disclosure under CPR 31.16 requires a properly arguable claim with a real prospect of success. The applicant must identify…
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5 |
| 10 Oct 2008 |
[2008] EWHC 2379 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
A commercial contract must be construed as a whole, against the relevant objective background, while giving proper weight to the words used. A final agreement…
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5 |
| 17 May 2007 |
[2007] EWCA Civ 461 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A court may substitute a successor to a party’s interest under rule 19.2 of the Civil Procedure Rules after judgment. Substitution does not itself establish…
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5 |
| 10 May 2018 |
[2018] EWHC 1117 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
In a dispute between unmarried cohabitants, property rights are determined by property law rather than by a broad discretion to redistribute assets after…
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4 |
| 21 Dec 2005 |
[2005] EWCA Civ 1637 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
In a dispute over beneficial ownership, the claimant must first raise a case capable of displacing the presumption that the beneficial interest follows the…
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4 |
| 21 Dec 2015 |
[2015] EWHC 3745 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Recognition or enforcement of a judgment under the Judgments Regulation may be refused on public-policy grounds only in an exceptional case involving an…
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4 |
| 24 Jun 2014 |
[2014] EWHC 2019 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
In a Norwich Pharmacal application, the usual order is that the applicant pays the reasonable costs of the innocent third-party respondent. That approach may…
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3 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 30 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1882 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Presenting a winding-up petition for a debt which is disputed is an abuse of process and a high-risk strategy. A debtor may seek injunctive relief for the…
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| 17 Jun 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1491 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
When assessing a payment on account of costs, the court must make a reasonable estimate of the likely recovery, allowing an appropriate margin for uncertainty.…
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| 3 Jun 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1344 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
Where an interim injunction preserves the position pending trial and the underlying merits remain unresolved, the court may find that there is no successful…
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| 12 May 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1119 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
For collective enfranchisement, the reversioner is ordinarily the registered legal owner of the freehold at the time the initial notice is given. An equitable…
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| 7 May 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1045 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
For the purposes of a power of advancement, “benefit” is construed broadly. It may include material and moral benefit to the beneficiary, including relief from…
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| 6 Feb 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 209 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
The second category of the Public Trustee v Cooper jurisdiction concerns the propriety of exercising an established trust power, not whether the power exists…
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| 28 Apr 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 1668 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
The power to remove an executor under Administration of Justice Act 1985, section 50, is exercised according to the best interests of the beneficiaries. The…
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| 4 Nov 2024 |
[2024] EWHC 2821 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
Interim restraints protecting confidential information, clients and employees may be granted where there is a serious issue to be tried and the claimant’s case…
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| 1 Nov 2024 |
[2024] EWHC 2784 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
On a blessing application under the second category in Public Trustee v Cooper, the court does not substitute its own view for that of the trustees. It asks…
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| 8 Dec 2023 |
[2023] EWCA Civ 1470 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A reservation of rights must be construed from its natural and ordinary language, read as a whole and against the admissible background. Commercial common…
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| 10 Oct 2022 |
[2022] EWHC 2489 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A settled practice of residents in a block of flats parking their cars in a defined area may establish a communal right to park appurtenant to the block. It is…
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| 4 Jul 2019 |
[2019] EWHC 1643 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A trustee may exercise a widely drafted power to revoke existing trusts and create new trusts where the power’s proper construction permits that course. The…
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