Practice areas
Courts
Counsel most often instructed
Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Charles Russell Speechlys acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 13 Dec 2010 |
[2010] UKPC 32 · Privy Council
A substantive legitimate expectation based on a promise arises where the claimant proves a clear, unambiguous and unqualified representation. Reliance and…
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| 13 Feb 2017 |
[2017] UKPC 2 · Privy Council
A court may imply a contractual term only where it is necessary to make the contract work, because it is obvious or required for business efficacy. It may not…
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51 |
| 7 Mar 2012 |
[2012] UKPC 6 · Privy Council
A judicial order is construed in one coherent, contextual exercise. The court’s reasons are always admissible because they authoritatively identify the…
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46 |
| 23 Apr 2010 |
[2010] EWHC 837 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
An adjudicator must address the dispute referred, including any legitimate defence necessarily encompassed by a monetary claim. A deliberate and materially…
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27 |
| 3 Feb 2016 |
[2016] EWCA Civ 42 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
In judicial review of a planning permission, the court may refuse to quash a decision affected by a material misdirection only where it is inevitable that the…
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25 |
| 12 Jul 2005 |
[2005] EWCA Civ 1056 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A court reviewing a contractual disciplinary decision exercises a supervisory jurisdiction. It asks whether the decision-maker acted lawfully and whether a…
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22 |
| 19 Apr 2021 |
[2021] UKPC 8 · Privy Council
A serious-irregularity challenge under section 90 of the Arbitration Act 2009 requires both a listed irregularity and substantial injustice. The threshold is…
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20 |
| 21 Nov 2013 |
[2013] EWCA Civ 1482 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Copyright protects the expression of an author’s intellectual creation, not ideas, functionality, methods of operation, programming language or data-file…
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17 |
| 26 Nov 2009 |
[2009] UKPC 46 · Privy Council
A defendant served within the jurisdiction who already has grounds for seeking a forum non conveniens stay should apply promptly under the applicable…
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17 |
| 1 Oct 2004 |
[2004] EWHC 2164 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
The court’s role in reviewing a disciplinary decision of a domestic sporting body is supervisory. Whether the claim is contractual or based on restraint of…
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16 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 16 Oct 2026 |
[2026] EWCA Civ 1331 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Relief for an irrecoverable trading loan under section 253 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 requires an outstanding principal amount when the claim…
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| 20 Aug 2026 |
[2026] UKPC 30 · Privy Council
A binding contract is identified objectively from the parties’ words and conduct, asking whether they intended legal relations and had agreed all essential…
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| 17 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1793 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
In a supply contract requiring testing by an agreed Product Tester, “Product Testing” meant the contractual testing process, not merely compliance with a…
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| 9 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1731 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A local housing authority may designate an area for selective licensing by reference to established administrative boundaries such as wards, even though…
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| 22 Jun 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1552 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
On an assessment of damages following default judgment, the claimant must prove the loss by evidence. The assessment proceeds on the basis of the liability…
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| 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…
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| 11 Jun 2026 |
[2026] UKPC 26 · Privy Council
An arrest under section 9 of the Immigration Act requires proof of three cumulative matters: reasonable cause to suspect an immigration offence, necessity for…
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| 22 May 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1254 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
In an unfair-prejudice petition, a respondent need only be sufficiently connected with the impugned conduct for relief against it to be just. At the strike-out…
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| 11 May 2026 |
[2026] UKPC 20 · Privy Council
The constitutional power to appoint and promote public officers does not include the power to set minimum qualifications. Subject to legislation, that function…
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| 17 Apr 2026 |
[2026] EWCA Civ 445 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
For PAYE purposes, a payment is earnings only if the payment itself is remuneration or a reward for employment. A company contribution to an employee benefit…
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| 16 Apr 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 885 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
A binding contract may arise during negotiations marked or begun subject to contract if the parties later expressly or impliedly waive that condition. The…
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| 12 Feb 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 266 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A boundary plan incorporated into a transfer may be used to clarify an ambiguous transfer even if its principal purpose is drainage or construction, and even…
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Earlier names
These figures include judgments naming firms that have since merged into, or been renamed as, Charles Russell Speechlys: Speechly Bircham LLP, Campbell Hooper.
Based on judgments published by The National Archives (Find Case Law) in which Charles Russell Speechlys 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 Charles Russell Speechlys. Something wrong or missing? Tell us. All law firms.