Practice areas
Courts
Counsel most often instructed
Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Browne Jacobson LLP acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 13 Aug 2018 |
[2018] EWCA Civ 1879 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
An appellate court should interfere with a specialist disciplinary tribunal’s evaluative sanction only where the tribunal made an error of principle or reached…
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| 26 May 2017 |
[2017] EWHC 1247 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
The General Medical Council may appeal under section 40A of the Medical Act 1983 against a tribunal's decision to give no direction, including where it has…
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95 |
| 7 Jul 2005 |
[2005] EWCA Civ 846 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
For indirect sex discrimination, an employer must objectively justify a requirement that has a disparate adverse effect. The employment tribunal must itself…
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55 |
| 1 May 2008 |
[2008] EWHC 1204 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
When deciding whether a project is likely to have a significant effect on a protected European site, a competent authority must assess the project as a whole.…
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29 |
| 27 Apr 2023 |
[2023] EWCA Civ 454 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Honest concurrent use is not a free-standing defence to trade mark infringement. It is relevant when assessing whether the statutory conditions for…
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26 |
| 1 Nov 2017 |
[2017] EWCA Civ 1729 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A three-dimensional mark consisting of a product’s shape has inherent distinctive character only if it departs significantly from the norms or customs of the…
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22 |
| 23 Oct 2013 |
[2013] EWCA Civ 1288 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A party which receives a serious invitation to participate in alternative dispute resolution (ADR) must normally engage with it. Silence is, as a general rule…
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21 |
| 15 Jul 2022 |
[2022] EWCA Civ 983 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Under the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017, the competent authority makes the evaluative judgment whether a project will adversely affect…
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21 |
| 18 Oct 2017 |
[2017] UKSC 60 · Supreme Court
A local authority may be vicariously liable for abuse committed by foster parents where their care is an integral part of the authority’s child-care services…
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20 |
| 4 May 2022 |
[2022] EWCA Civ 601 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Where the main homelessness duty under Housing Act 1996, section 193(2), arises, a local housing authority must secure that suitable accommodation is available…
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18 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 25 Sep 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2448 (IPEC) · High Court: Intellectual Property Enterprise Court
A patent claim is construed purposively, in context and as a whole, but ordinary words retain their ordinary meaning where no term of art is established. A…
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| 22 Sep 2026 |
[2026] EWCA Civ 1206 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A delay or other procedural irregularity does not, without more, justify setting aside a judgment. The appellate court must consider whether delay has made the…
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| 28 Aug 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2254 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Under the Education Act 1996, section 19 requires a local authority to arrange suitable education that is reasonably practicable for the child. The question is…
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| 12 Aug 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2168 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Eligibility for postgraduate student finance under the Education (Postgraduate Master’s Degree Loans) Regulations 2016 depends on ordinary residence read with…
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| 10 Aug 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2129 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
The meaning of a distance learning course is determined by statutory text and context, not by guidance, administrative practice or the course’s full-time…
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| 5 Aug 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2088 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A governors’ disciplinary panel deciding whether to reinstate a permanently excluded pupil must make its own decision under regulation 24(3)(a). It must…
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| 23 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EAT 111 · Employment Appeal Tribunal
Apparent bias is assessed by asking whether a fair-minded and informed observer, considering all relevant circumstances, would see a real possibility of bias.…
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| 9 Jul 2026 |
[2026] UKUT 264 (AAC) · Upper Tribunal: Administrative Appeals Chamber
A tribunal’s reasons must be adequate, not perfect. It should explain decisive findings but need not recite every statutory step or item of evidence where…
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| 26 Jun 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1603 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A statutory appeal under section 29 of the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 is supervisory rather than a rehearing. The…
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| 26 Jun 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1573 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A judicial review court should generally decide whether past or proposed public-authority action was lawful, rather than answer a hypothetical question…
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| 22 May 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1157 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
On an appeal under section 40 of the Medical Act 1983, the court conducts an appellate rehearing and may substitute its own decision, while allowing…
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| 19 May 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1138 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
On an appeal under National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002, the court reviews, rather than rehears, a tribunal’s evaluative…
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