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Counsel most often instructed
Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Devonshires Solicitors LLP acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 26 Mar 2015 |
[2015] EWHC 759 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A party seeking a very late amendment which would cause the loss of a fixed trial date bears a heavy burden. The court applies the overriding objective and…
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| 23 Nov 2012 |
[2012] EWHC 3320 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Under CPR Part 36.14, the question is whether the usual costs order would be unjust in all the circumstances. It is not whether the claimant acted reasonably…
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30 |
| 7 Mar 2007 |
[2007] EWHC 437 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Summary judgment should be refused where allegations of serious personal corruption depend materially on disputed witness evidence, hearsay, unexplored…
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21 |
| 18 Jun 2009 |
[2009] EWCA Civ 587 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A registered social landlord may be a hybrid public authority when providing subsidised social housing. Its status depends on a broad, fact-sensitive…
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19 |
| 17 Mar 2009 |
[2009] EWCA Civ 219 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Credible allegations of serious ill-treatment in state custody may require an independent investigation under article 3 of the European Convention on Human…
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12 |
| 24 Jul 2007 |
[2007] EWCA Civ 766 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
For an interim receiving order, the Director must show a good arguable case that property was obtained through an identified kind of unlawful conduct, or…
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12 |
| 29 Jul 2019 |
[2019] EWCA Civ 1334 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A breach of the public sector equality duty does not automatically invalidate a decision or confine the court to narrow categories in which relief may be…
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10 |
| 2 Oct 2019 |
[2019] EWHC 2551 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A transfer made to safeguard property from a third state may preserve the transferor's beneficial interest. Where the transferee accepts the property in an…
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10 |
| 6 Feb 2019 |
[2019] EWCA Civ 83 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A fiduciary’s obligations depend on the nature and scope of the particular relationship. Where a principal knows that an intermediary is remunerated by the…
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10 |
| 15 Jan 2026 |
[2026] UKSC 1 · Supreme Court
An industry-wide standard form contract is interpreted objectively and contextually, using the established principles of contractual interpretation. Its…
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9 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 16 Oct 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2625 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A judgment obtained by fraud may ordinarily be set aside only against a party whose own fraud procured it. Fraud by another party or witness is insufficient…
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| 30 Sep 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2455 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A charitable constitution is construed using ordinary contractual principles, read against the background reasonably available to users of the public document.…
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| 14 Aug 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2178 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Relevant fraud and dishonesty allegations should remain in a pleading where they disclose reasonable grounds and relate to the pleaded claim. Their potential…
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| 31 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EWCA Civ 1015 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A director does not, without more, owe a fiduciary duty to prevent a company from trading at a loss or while insolvent. The wrongful-trading regime in section…
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| 15 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1745 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Under CPR 19.2(2), a person affected by an order may be added as a party only where doing so has issue-resolution utility: the court must be able to resolve a…
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| 7 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1696 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Fraud must be pleaded clearly, identifying the alleged fraudster, the deception and how the court was misled. A defective but curable pleading should…
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| 30 Jun 2026 |
[2026] UKUT 235 (LC) · Upper Tribunal: Lands Chamber
A lease may be corrected by construction only where there is a clear drafting mistake and the intended correction is clear. A landlord’s obligation to pay…
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| 15 Jan 2026 |
[2026] UKSC 1 · Supreme Court
An industry-wide standard form contract is interpreted objectively and contextually, using the established principles of contractual interpretation. Its…
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| 10 Nov 2025 |
[2025] EWCA Civ 1407 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Waiver by election requires the electing party to know both the facts giving rise to the choice and that it has the relevant right. This requirement applies…
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| 21 Jul 2025 |
[2025] EWCA Civ 932 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Where an insurance policy covers an employer who has to pay more to complete works because a contractor becomes insolvent or commits fraud, the insolvency or…
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| 8 May 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 1095 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
On an application for summary judgment, the court must decide whether the relevant claim or defence has a realistic, rather than fanciful, prospect of success.…
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| 8 Apr 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 743 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Where multiple insurance policies cover the same risk and contain excess or other-insurance clauses, the clauses must be construed objectively and together. If…
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