Law firm

Brethertons LLP

Brethertons LLP is named as solicitors in at least 73 UK judgments from 2006 to 2026, most often in family and children and cross-border disputes.

73
judgments
23
in the last five years
1
in the Supreme Court or Privy Council
20
in the Court of Appeal

Practice areas

  • Family and children64
  • Cross-border disputes8
  • Real estate7
  • Civil liberties and human rights6
  • Housing4
  • Court of Protection and mental health1
  • Trusts, wills and private client1
  • Insolvency and restructuring1

Courts

  • Supreme Court1
  • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)20
  • High Court48
  • Upper Tribunal4

Counsel most often instructed

  • Anita Guha4
  • David Williams3
  • Justin Bates3

Judgments by year

  • 20262
  • 20253
  • 20249
  • 20235
  • 20224
  • 20210
  • 20203
  • 20195
  • 20183
  • 20175
  • 20166
  • 20157
  • 201411
  • 20131
  • 20121
  • 20111
  • 20100
  • 20090
  • 20081
  • 20075

Cases later courts cite most

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

Date Case Cited by
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…
27
22 Oct 2024
[2024] EWCA Civ 1241 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
In a costs-neutral tribunal regime, unreasonable conduct under rule 13(1)(b) is an objective and fact-specific question. It need not be vexatious or harassing.…
5
15 Aug 2019
[2019] EWHC 2203 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
For the purposes of Part 1 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987, a disposal may be a gift even though it creates a lease containing mutual covenants. The…
5

Recent cases

Date Case Cited by
17 Jun 2026
[2026] UKUT 220 (LC) · Upper Tribunal: Lands Chamber
Where a lease requires an estimate by the landlord’s “Surveyor” but specifies no qualification or specialism, the landlord may appoint a person with relevant…
26 Jan 2026
[2026] UKUT 33 (LC) · Upper Tribunal: Lands Chamber
Leaseholders remain liable under their leases for properly incurred service-charge costs of repairing common parts, even where the need for the work arose from…
22 Oct 2024
[2024] EWCA Civ 1241 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
In a costs-neutral tribunal regime, unreasonable conduct under rule 13(1)(b) is an objective and fact-specific question. It need not be vexatious or harassing.…
5
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…
27
15 Mar 2024
[2024] UKUT 62 (LC) · Upper Tribunal: Lands Chamber
Under section 84 of the Law of Property Act 1925, a restriction cannot be modified under ground (aa) where it secures a practical benefit of substantial value…
31 Jan 2023
[2023] UKUT 27 (LC) · Upper Tribunal: Lands Chamber
Failure to serve a right-to-manage claim notice on an intermediate landlord does not necessarily invalidate the claim. Where the landlord has no management…
15 Aug 2019
[2019] EWHC 2203 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
For the purposes of Part 1 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987, a disposal may be a gift even though it creates a lease containing mutual covenants. The…
5
31 Jan 2014
[2014] EWHC 295 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A testamentary gift to a registered political party may constitute a donation under the Political Parties Elections and Referendums Act 2000, including where…
19 Mar 2008
[2008] EWHC 537 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Permission to repossess goods during an administration is discretionary. The applicant must establish a seriously arguable proprietary claim and show that the…

Earlier names

These figures include judgments naming firms that have since merged into, or been renamed as, Brethertons LLP: Neasham Lloyd.

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