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BP Collins LLP

BP Collins LLP is named as solicitors in at least 28 UK judgments from 2003 to 2026, most often in commercial disputes and trusts, wills and private client. bpcollins.co.uk

28
judgments
7
in the last five years
8
in the Court of Appeal

Practice areas

  • Commercial disputes7
  • Trusts, wills and private client6
  • Media, defamation and privacy5
  • Company and partnership4
  • Real estate2
  • Family and children2
  • Employment1
  • Pensions1

Courts

  • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)8
  • High Court20

Counsel most often instructed

  • Simon Mills3
  • Thomas Graham3

Judgments by year

  • 20261
  • 20251
  • 20243
  • 20231
  • 20221
  • 20210
  • 20200
  • 20192
  • 20182
  • 20171
  • 20160
  • 20150
  • 20140
  • 20131
  • 20121
  • 20111
  • 20100
  • 20091
  • 20084
  • 20075

Cases later courts cite most

Cases BP Collins LLP acted in that later judgments cite most often.

Date Case Cited by
17 Apr 2008
[2008] EWCA Civ 380 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Under Part X of the Employment Rights Act 1996, the employer bears the legal burden of showing the reason, or principal reason, for dismissal. An employee who…
53
15 Jul 2008
[2008] EWCA Civ 818 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A complaint of alleged criminal conduct made to the police is absolutely privileged in defamation proceedings from the moment the criminal justice system…
10
11 Nov 2019
[2019] EWCA Civ 1932 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Article 30 of the Recast Brussels Regulation does not confer a discretion to stay proceedings or decline jurisdiction merely because related proceedings are…
9
9 May 2018
[2018] EWHC 1081 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
A claimant relying on Article 7(2) of the Recast Brussels Regulation must establish a good arguable case that the harmful event occurred, or may occur, in the…
3

Recent cases

Date Case Cited by
24 Apr 2026
[2026] EWHC 963 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
A director and full-time employee remains subject to fiduciary, statutory and contractual duties despite deteriorating relations or unresolved exit…
21 Jul 2025
[2025] EWCA Civ 932 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Where an insurance policy covers an employer who has to pay more to complete works because a contractor becomes insolvent or commits fraud, the insolvency or…
15 Nov 2024
[2024] EWHC 2925 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
Permission to appeal from a summary judgment decision requires a real prospect of success on at least one proposed ground. An appellate court is unlikely to…
25 Jul 2024
[2024] EWHC 2644 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Persuasion is not unlawful merely because it influences a person’s decision. It becomes undue influence when the transaction cannot fairly be treated as the…
8 May 2024
[2024] EWHC 1082 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A sham requires a common intention among all relevant parties that documents should create the appearance of rights different from those actually intended…
3 Apr 2023
[2023] EWHC 679 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Where a will contains an attestation clause and appears to have been duly executed, strong evidence is required to establish invalid execution. The effective…
19 Jul 2022
[2022] EWHC 1881 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
Strike-out and summary judgment are exceptional remedies. The court must assume pleaded facts are true for strike-out purposes and must be certain that the…
1
11 Nov 2019
[2019] EWCA Civ 1932 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Article 30 of the Recast Brussels Regulation does not confer a discretion to stay proceedings or decline jurisdiction merely because related proceedings are…
9
9 May 2018
[2018] EWHC 1081 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
A claimant relying on Article 7(2) of the Recast Brussels Regulation must establish a good arguable case that the harmful event occurred, or may occur, in the…
3
13 Jun 2017
[2017] EWHC 1738 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Permission to accept an unwithdrawn Part 36 offer after trial has begun is discretionary. A party who rejects an offer, proceeds with the trial and then…
1
19 Jun 2012
[2012] EWHC 1670 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
For service under Civil Procedure Rules 1998, a defendant may have more than one usual residence. The question is whether the property has the quality of a…
2
13 May 2011
[2011] EWHC 1201 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
Damages for defamation serve three purposes: compensation for hurt feelings, compensation for genuine injury to reputation, and vindication where required. The…

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