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Counsel most often instructed
Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Brodies LLP acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 21 Mar 2012 |
[2012] UKSC 13 · Supreme Court
A development plan is interpreted objectively according to its language and context. Its meaning is a question of law for the court. The application of broad…
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| 11 Mar 2015 |
[2015] UKSC 13 · Supreme Court
In Scots law, a unilateral undertaking intended to have legal effect is binding without consideration. Whether such an intention exists is determined…
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23 |
| 7 Dec 2011 |
[2011] UKSC 56 · Supreme Court
A contract must be read objectively and in its full context. The court may give effect to an evident unspoken intention where the contractual language permits…
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16 |
| 31 Jul 2007 |
[2007] EWCA Civ 806 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
An employer’s responsibility for an employee’s ill-health is a relevant circumstance when deciding whether dismissal for incapability is fair. It may require…
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11 |
| 12 Feb 2014 |
[2014] UKSC 9 · Supreme Court
A pre-contractual representation intended to induce a contract will ordinarily continue until the contract is concluded. Its continuation depends on the…
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5 |
| 17 Dec 2014 |
[2014] UKSC 68 · Supreme Court
The conscientious objection in section 4(1) of the Abortion Act 1967 protects a person who objects to taking part in a hands-on capacity in the whole course of…
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3 |
Recent cases
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| 23 Jun 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1530 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
Under a contractual final-account conclusivity regime, the relevant statement must first be identified objectively, by reference to the document’s wording…
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| 6 May 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1057 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
Part 8 proceedings are unsuitable where the validity and interpretation of contractual payment notices depend materially on disputed or incomplete factual…
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| 1 Nov 2024 |
[2024] EWHC 2728 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Summary judgment is unsuitable for deciding an isolated contractual issue where the issue is closely connected with matters requiring trial, particularly where…
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| 13 Sep 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 2269 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
Adjudicators’ decisions are ordinarily enforced summarily because adjudication provides a rapid, temporary resolution of construction disputes. A stay may be…
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| 9 Jun 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 1378 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
Registration of an authentic instrument under the Judgments Regulation follows the same procedure as registration of a foreign judgment, but the instrument…
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1 |
| 12 Sep 2022 |
[2022] EAT 140 · Employment Appeal Tribunal
For the purposes of regulation 4(2)(a) of TUPE 2006, obligations need not arise under the employment contract itself. Obligations created by a separate…
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| 31 Mar 2021 |
[2021] UKSC 11 · Supreme Court
Paragraph 36(2) of Schedule 10 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994 triggers a VAT self-supply charge only if there is a time during the relevant ten-year period…
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1 |
| 21 Dec 2020 |
[2020] EWHC 3521 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A payment by a company to its shareholder is characterised by its substance, not its description. Where the company had no express or implied obligation to…
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| 27 May 2020 |
[2020] EWHC 1310 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
In assessing costs, comparison with the opposing party’s costs may be informative when considering whether the costs claimed are prima facie excessive.…
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| 7 May 2020 |
[2020] EWHC 1120 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
A party dissatisfied with an adjudicator’s decision must ordinarily comply with it and argue the merits later. A Part 8 claim may prevent enforcement only…
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| 21 Apr 2020 |
[2020] EWHC 945 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
Payment of an adjudicator’s fees does not, without more, establish an election to accept the decision as valid. The court must assess the objective inference…
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2 |
| 15 Nov 2017 |
[2017] UKSC 75 · Supreme Court
For the five-year short negative prescription governing obligations to make reparation, loss occurs as an objective fact. Under section 11(3) of the…
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