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Counsel most often instructed
Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Covington & Burling LLP acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 6 Apr 2022 |
[2022] EWCA Civ 466 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
On a summary assessment, costs claimed at hourly rates substantially above the applicable guideline rates require a clear and compelling justification. It is…
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26 |
| 23 Mar 2012 |
[2012] EWHC 731 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A cause of action is identified at the highest level of abstraction by the material facts creating the claimant’s legal right and remedy. Later particulars or…
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9 |
| 1 Apr 2022 |
[2022] EWCA Civ 423 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
On an application for permission to serve a contribution claim outside the jurisdiction, the claimant must establish that England and Wales is clearly the…
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9 |
| 21 Jul 2005 |
[2005] EWHC 1621 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A solvent insurer’s scheme of arrangement must be assessed against the realistic alternative of continuing solvent run-off where liquidation is not a realistic…
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8 |
| 6 Dec 2012 |
[2012] EWCA Civ 1624 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
An English court should not permit service out of the jurisdiction for declaratory relief unless the declarations have real utility. That requirement applies…
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7 |
| 11 Jul 2025 |
[2025] EWCA Civ 869 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A concerted practice requires concertation, subsequent market conduct and a causal connection. Consensus remains necessary, although it may arise from tacit…
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7 |
| 28 Jan 2004 |
[2004] EWCA Civ 23 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A products-liability policy covering liability for physical damage to another’s property does not insure against a defective component merely because it has…
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7 |
| 9 Jun 2006 |
[2006] EWHC 1335 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
The English court has jurisdiction to sanction a scheme of arrangement for a foreign or EEA insurance company where the company is capable of being wound up…
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5 |
| 25 Mar 2020 |
[2020] EWCA Civ 449 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A policy encouraging off-label use of a cheaper medicine is lawful where realistic and lawful methods of implementation exist. Compounded medicine falls…
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4 |
| 22 May 2012 |
[2012] EWCA Civ 643 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
The duty of sincere cooperation between the European Union and its Member States may require a domestic competition authority to abstain from making a merger…
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4 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 10 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1747 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
The iniquity exception prevents legal professional privilege attaching where communications would otherwise be privileged, an iniquity is established on the…
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| 23 Jun 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1535 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
The court may grant preventive orders against intermediaries whose facilities facilitate wrongdoing by others. The jurisdiction is not confined to disclosure…
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| 13 May 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1094 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
The High Court may grant a website-blocking injunction under its inherent equitable jurisdiction where internet service providers facilitate civil or criminal…
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| 11 Jul 2025 |
[2025] EWCA Civ 869 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A concerted practice requires concertation, subsequent market conduct and a causal connection. Consensus remains necessary, although it may arise from tacit…
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7 |
| 2 May 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 1060 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Where parallel foreign proceedings may determine overlapping issues, the court may stay English enforcement proceedings under its case-management powers where…
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1 |
| 16 Apr 2025 |
[2025] EWCA Civ 459 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
In opt-out collective proceedings, section 47C(3) of the Competition Act 1998 permits the Competition Appeal Tribunal to order that a funder’s return and…
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2 |
| 7 Apr 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 909 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
The court has jurisdiction to make costs orders involving non-parties, including orders in favour of a non-party, but such orders are exceptional and require…
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| 21 Jun 2024 |
[2024] EWCA Civ 702 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
The Competition Appeal Tribunal has substantial latitude to manage collective proceedings, particularly where information is initially held by the defendant.…
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1 |
| 21 Mar 2024 |
[2024] EWHC 678 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Fully-informed consent to a fiduciary benefit requires disclosure of the benefit with sufficient specificity. The court determines whether consent was given as…
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| 19 Mar 2024 |
[2024] EWHC 614 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
In determining whether a food is novel, the decision-maker must assess whether it was used for human consumption to a significant degree before the statutory…
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1 |
| 12 Jan 2024 |
[2023] EWHC 3378 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Interest on costs incurred in a foreign currency should ordinarily reflect the borrowing cost in that currency. For euro costs, the appropriate benchmark was…
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1 |
| 10 Nov 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 2826 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A concerted practice requires coordination between undertakings, conduct on the market pursuant to that coordination, and a causal connection between them. A…
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