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Cases later courts cite most
Cases Dechert LLP acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 6 Jul 2011 |
[2011] UKSC 31 · Supreme Court
A foreign judgment against a state is recognised and enforced under section 31 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 where the ordinary recognition…
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47 |
| 1 Apr 2015 |
[2015] EWCA Civ 220 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
On partial revocation for non-use, a trade mark specification must reflect the goods for which the mark has genuinely been used, but it must not be reduced to…
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39 |
| 20 Jan 2006 |
[2006] EWCA Civ 6 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A judge is automatically disqualified where a fair-minded and informed observer, having considered all relevant circumstances, would conclude that there is a…
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36 |
| 3 Jul 2008 |
[2008] EWHC 1530 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Permission to serve proceedings outside the jurisdiction requires a reasonable prospect of success, a good arguable case that a jurisdictional gateway applies…
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29 |
| 31 Jul 2009 |
[2009] EWCA Civ 849 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
On an application for permission to serve proceedings outside the jurisdiction, England may be the proper forum even though another country is the natural…
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29 |
| 24 Jan 2008 |
[2008] EWCA Civ 12 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A person may be an appellant under CPR r 52.1(3)(d) although they were not a party to the proceedings below. The separate definition of respondent does not…
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20 |
| 12 Apr 2006 |
[2006] EWHC 836 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A director’s preparations for a competing business become unlawful when, assessed in their factual context, they conflict with the director’s duty to act in…
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20 |
| 12 Feb 2016 |
[2016] EWHC 246 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
At a scheme convening hearing, the court must be satisfied by sufficiently reliable evidence that the proposed process can properly proceed. Complex or novel…
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15 |
| 8 Nov 2016 |
[2016] EWCA Civ 1099 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Where security for costs is sought from a claimant resident in a non-Convention state, foreign residence satisfies the jurisdictional condition but does not…
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14 |
| 7 Nov 2007 |
[2007] EWCA Civ 1128 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Interim relief under section 25 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 must be framed by reference to the foreign substantive proceedings and their…
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14 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 17 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1820 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A board of a Lebanese joint-stock company may manage regular operations, but cannot, without the appropriate general-assembly authority, dispose of…
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| 17 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1807 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
For the consumer-jurisdiction provisions of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982, consumer status depends on the purpose of the contract viewed as a…
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| 13 May 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1134 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Insurance recoveries under contingent cover do not discharge a primary insurer’s liability. They are res inter alios acta as between the insured and the…
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| 25 Jul 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 1930 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Security for costs may be ordered where the jurisdictional condition is satisfied and the order is just, subject to the court’s broad discretion under the…
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1 |
| 30 Apr 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 1033 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
The consumer jurisdiction under sections 15B and 15E of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 requires the consumer to be domiciled in the United…
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| 15 Apr 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 919 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
Costs following an appeal concerning disclosure in a Part 11 jurisdiction challenge are determined by substance and reality. Success below and success on…
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| 28 Feb 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 440 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
Disclosure in a jurisdiction challenge is governed by a two-stage test: the applicant must establish a prima facie case on jurisdiction, and the documents…
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| 19 Oct 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 2606 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
For the consumer jurisdiction gateway, a claimant must show a good arguable case that the contract is a consumer contract within the statutory regime. The…
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4 |
| 16 Jun 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 1481 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Business interruption cover for disease occurring at insured premises is not subject to a different causation test from disease cover defined by a geographical…
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1 |
| 26 May 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 1269 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Contractual insurance limits must be construed objectively, by considering the wording in its immediate and wider contractual context. Commercial common sense…
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1 |
| 31 Mar 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 754 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
Permission is required to issue execution more than six years after judgment. The judgment creditor must explain the delay and show circumstances taking the…
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| 16 Jan 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 17 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
A banking deposit contract may confer a right to international transfers even where it contains no express reference to transfers outside the country. The…
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