Practice areas
Courts
Counsel most often instructed
Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Cripps acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 11 Mar 2003 |
[2003] EWCA Civ 576 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A continuing act of discrimination requires evidence of an employer’s practice, policy, rule or regime governing the conduct alleged. A later discriminatory…
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62 |
| 19 Oct 2007 |
[2007] EWCA Civ 805 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
For added matter, the court must compare the application as filed with the proposed amendment through the eyes of the skilled addressee. The comparison is…
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47 |
| 17 Apr 2008 |
[2008] EWHC 775 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Summary judgment should be granted only where the defendant has no real prospect of successfully defending the claim and there is no other compelling reason…
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22 |
| 10 Oct 2012 |
[2012] UKSC 41 · Supreme Court
A building is a “house” under section 2(1) of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 only if it is both designed or adapted for living in and reasonably called a house.…
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16 |
| 28 Jun 2005 |
[2005] EWCA Civ 782 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A planning authority’s judgment that it has sufficient information to decide whether proposed development is likely to have significant environmental effects…
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14 |
| 22 Mar 2005 |
[2005] EWCA Civ 324 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A landlord’s counter-notice under section 21 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 is valid if it specifies a counter-proposal for…
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7 |
| 24 Mar 2020 |
[2020] EWHC 686 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A company director’s fiduciary duties are not limited to preventing misappropriation of existing company assets. They also prohibit exploiting a business…
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7 |
| 22 Jul 2009 |
[2009] EWCA Civ 751 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A director who obtains information and a business opportunity while acting for the company must disclose the opportunity and obtain the company’s informed…
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6 |
| 14 Mar 2006 |
[2006] EWCA Civ 241 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
In a syndicated loan agreement permitting transfer to a “bank or other financial institution”, the latter expression is not confined to banks, bank-like bodies…
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5 |
| 11 Nov 2010 |
[2010] EWCA Civ 1259 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
For collective enfranchisement under Leasehold Reform Housing and Urban Development Act 1993, “common parts” includes facilities that provide a shared benefit…
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4 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Aug 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2173 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
An application to set aside a statutory demand requires more than an arguable case. Under rule 10.5(5) of the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016, a…
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| 7 Aug 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2111 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
When enforcement of a judgment is challenged on appeal, the court may grant a stay before formal enforcement proceedings have begun where the procedural…
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| 23 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1879 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
The public-policy exception to recognition or enforcement under the Brussels I Recast Regulation is exceptional and strictly construed. It applies only where…
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| 6 Jun 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 1392 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Sections 89 and 95 of the Insolvency Act 1986 impose a specific payment-in-time test for a members’ voluntary liquidation. The question is whether the company…
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| 9 May 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 1072 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A voluntary disposition may be rescinded for equitable mistake where the disposer made a distinct and causative mistake about the legal character or nature of…
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| 9 Apr 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 849 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A charity’s objects contained in a Royal Charter remain legally binding when the charity’s corporate custodian is replaced. The replacement corporation remains…
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| 14 Mar 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 586 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A change of position defence to restitution is governed by legal principle, applied flexibly to all the circumstances. Payment away under a contract later…
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| 7 Mar 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 503 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
Costs ordinarily follow the event. A successful party’s refusal to mediate justifies a costs sanction only where the refusal was unreasonable, assessed by…
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1 |
| 26 Feb 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 410 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
A contractual bonus entitlement must be identified from the parties’ agreement and its proper context. A general reference to a base salary does not imply an…
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| 17 Jan 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 54 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
The court has jurisdiction to appoint an additional liquidator in a members’ voluntary liquidation. The jurisdiction may arise under Insolvency Act 1986…
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1 |
| 11 Nov 2024 |
[2024] EWHC 2857 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A cy-près occasion requires more than showing that a charity could use its property in a more extensive or effective way. The existing use must have become…
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| 4 Oct 2024 |
[2024] EWHC 2491 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A constructive trust may arise where it would be unconscionable for a legal owner to deny an agreed beneficial interest, even without detrimental reliance.…
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Earlier names
These figures include judgments naming firms that have since merged into, or been renamed as, Cripps: Pemberton Greenish, Cripps Pemberton Greenish, Vertex Law.
Based on judgments published by The National Archives (Find Case Law) in which Cripps 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 Cripps. Something wrong or missing? Tell us. All law firms.