Law firm

Clarke Kiernan

Clarke Kiernan is named as solicitors in at least 22 UK judgments from 2003 to 2025, most often in public and administrative law and crime.

22
judgments
5
in the last five years
7
in the Court of Appeal

Practice areas

  • Public and administrative law12
  • Crime6
  • Planning and environment4
  • Family and children3
  • Civil liberties and human rights3
  • Trusts, wills and private client2
  • Employment2
  • Real estate1

Courts

  • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)5
  • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)2
  • High Court15

Judgments by year

  • 20260
  • 20253
  • 20241
  • 20231
  • 20220
  • 20210
  • 20202
  • 20191
  • 20181
  • 20171
  • 20160
  • 20150
  • 20140
  • 20130
  • 20121
  • 20110
  • 20100
  • 20090
  • 20081
  • 20072

Cases later courts cite most

Cases Clarke Kiernan acted in that later judgments cite most often.

Date Case Cited by
17 Nov 2005
[2005] EWCA Civ 1568 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
To acquire immunity from planning enforcement for a change of use to a single dwelling-house, residential use must be established throughout the four-year…
13

Recent cases

Date Case Cited by
19 Dec 2025
[2025] EWHC 3375 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Licence conditions imposing exclusion zones engage the offender’s and the victim’s family’s rights under Article 8. The assessment is highly fact-sensitive.…
15 Jan 2025
[2025] EWHC 973 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
A handed-down civil judgment may be reopened before consequential orders are made or sealed, but finality remains a weighty consideration. The court must…
22 Oct 2020
[2020] EWHC 2769 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A compromise may be binding where the parties reach agreement orally and subsequent correspondence records its terms. A proposed Tomlin order or acknowledgment…
11 Nov 2019
[2019] EWHC 3031 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A prisoner’s categorisation may be reviewed where new information indicates that the existing security category may be unsound. A policy referring expressly to…
10 Jul 2017
[2017] EWHC 1722 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Under art 23 of the Salvage Convention, the two-year limitation period begins when the salvage operations giving rise to the claim are terminated. Whether…
1
13 Oct 2008
[2008] EWHC 2389 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Entrapment is not a substantive defence to a criminal charge. It may nevertheless justify a stay or other response for abuse of process where state agents…
22 Oct 2007
[2007] EWHC 3445 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Permission to appeal in a planning enforcement case should be granted where a proposed ground is properly arguable, even if it is not strongly arguable. An…
17 Nov 2005
[2005] EWCA Civ 1568 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
To acquire immunity from planning enforcement for a change of use to a single dwelling-house, residential use must be established throughout the four-year…
13
4 Mar 2005
[2005] EWHC 290 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
For a certificate of lawful use based on the four-year limitation period, the decision-maker must determine whether continuous residential use of a building as…
3 Sep 2003
[2003] EWHC 2139 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
For planning purposes, the use of caravans positioned inside a building may form part of the use of that building. Where caravans are used residentially in…
23 Jan 2003
[2003] EWCA Civ 119 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Under Part II of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, a tribunal must determine whether a reasonable-adjustment duty arose, whether reasonable steps were…

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