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Counsel most often instructed
Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Coyle White Devine acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 16 Jun 2017 |
[2017] EWCA Civ 438 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Planning permission under a development order is granted only to development falling fully within the relevant class of permitted development. Conditions…
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14 |
| 22 Oct 2009 |
[2009] EWCA Civ 1092 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A witness or complainant becomes a prosecutor for the tort of malicious prosecution only by positively intending and effectively procuring the prosecution.…
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13 |
| 23 May 2014 |
[2014] EWHC 1674 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A contractual indemnity may impose a primary obligation, so the indemnifier cannot rely on the rule in Holme v Brunskill concerning material variations to the…
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6 |
| 7 Apr 2021 |
[2021] EWHC 842 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
Contractual exclusions in online gambling agreements must use clear language and prominent signposting if they are intended to exclude payment of apparently…
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4 |
| 16 Jul 2015 |
[2015] EWCA Civ 745 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Damages under section 2(2) of the Misrepresentation Act 1967 may be awarded in lieu of rescission only where rescission is, or was, available. Where practical…
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4 |
| 13 Dec 2016 |
[2016] EWHC 3192 (IPEC) · High Court: Intellectual Property Enterprise Court
Passing off requires goodwill or reputation, a misrepresentation, and damage. A trade association may sue to protect goodwill in its trading name.…
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3 |
| 31 Jul 2007 |
[2007] EWHC 1809 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
An expert appointed under a contract to determine a dispute must act fairly. Ordinarily, each party should have an opportunity to respond to communications or…
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3 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 22 Sep 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2386 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A liquidator cannot use section 212 of the Insolvency Act 1986 to recover a simple contractual debt owed to the company, including a lawful director’s loan…
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| 29 May 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1231 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Conduct may be unfairly prejudicial even where the petitioner has behaved improperly, if the conduct complained of excludes a minority shareholder from…
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| 5 Mar 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 498 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
In an online gambling contract, the game rules may make the result displayed on screen contractually determinative. Where those rules conflict with standard…
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| 26 Jul 2024 |
[2024] EWHC 1883 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Relief from sanctions requires a structured assessment of the seriousness and significance of the breach, the reason for default, and all the circumstances.…
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| 1 Mar 2024 |
[2024] EWCA Civ 185 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A contract made online must be construed as a whole. A screen instruction does not override incorporated game procedures which define a valid winning play…
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2 |
| 4 Apr 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 800 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
Contractual terms for online games may be incorporated through hyperlinks and drop-down menus where the supplier takes reasonably sufficient steps to make them…
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2 |
| 7 Apr 2021 |
[2021] EWHC 842 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
Contractual exclusions in online gambling agreements must use clear language and prominent signposting if they are intended to exclude payment of apparently…
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4 |
| 4 Jul 2019 |
[2019] EWHC 1719 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A claimant cannot introduce a materially wider professional-negligence case at trial through an ambiguous pleading where the defendant reasonably understood…
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1 |
| 21 Jun 2019 |
[2019] EWHC 1576 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
In an LLP, members’ rights on leaving depend on the LLP agreement where that agreement contains provisions governing cessation of membership. A fixed minimum…
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| 12 Jun 2018 |
[2018] EWCA Civ 1302 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
For passing off, a defendant need not intend a misrepresentation once it is made. However, the claimant must first show that the defendant made, authorised…
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2 |
| 7 Dec 2017 |
[2017] EWHC 3176 (IPEC) · High Court: Intellectual Property Enterprise Court
In passing off, liability for a misrepresentation published through a third-party medium depends on who directly controlled the act creating it, subject to…
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| 7 Dec 2017 |
[2017] EWHC 3175 (IPEC) · High Court: Intellectual Property Enterprise Court
A company cannot acquire primary liability for passing off merely because it has the same controlling mind as a company that committed the tort. Liability…
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