Law firm

DFA Law

DFA Law is named as solicitors in at least 11 UK judgments from 2003 to 2022, most often in family and children and real estate.

11
judgments
1
in the last five years
6
in the Court of Appeal

Practice areas

  • Family and children3
  • Real estate2
  • Trusts, wills and private client2
  • Company and partnership2
  • Commercial disputes2
  • Housing1
  • Public and administrative law1
  • Planning and environment1

Courts

  • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)6
  • High Court5

Judgments by year

  • 20260
  • 20250
  • 20240
  • 20230
  • 20221
  • 20210
  • 20200
  • 20190
  • 20180
  • 20170
  • 20160
  • 20151
  • 20141
  • 20132
  • 20120
  • 20110
  • 20100
  • 20090
  • 20081
  • 20073

Cases later courts cite most

Cases DFA Law acted in that later judgments cite most often.

Date Case Cited by
30 Jun 2015
[2015] EWCA Civ 651 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A fiduciary who continues to perform an outstanding retainer remains bound by loyalty, even if released to compete generally. Acting for the principal and…
5

Recent cases

Date Case Cited by
23 Mar 2022
[2022] EWHC 578 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
Adverse possession requires both factual possession and an intention to possess, maintained for the requisite limitation period. The assessment is…
30 Jun 2015
[2015] EWCA Civ 651 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A fiduciary who continues to perform an outstanding retainer remains bound by loyalty, even if released to compete generally. Acting for the principal and…
5
23 Jan 2014
[2014] EWHC 30 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
Professional agents owe duties of reasonable skill and care even where services are provided gratuitously or speculatively. An agent instructed by a vendor…
19 Jun 2013
[2013] EWHC 1720 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
On an application for security for costs, the court may consider the claimant’s prospects of success, but should not examine the merits in detail unless a high…
19 Dec 2007
[2007] EWCA Civ 1355 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
An appellate court may admit evidence not before the trial judge only with permission under the Civil Procedure Rules 1998, r 52.11(2). The discretion is…
4 Jul 2005
[2005] EWCA Civ 1129 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A restrictive covenant against use for a purpose that may be or become a nuisance or annoyance must be construed consistently with the grant. It does not…
31 Jul 2003
[2003] EWCA Civ 1293 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Under section 204(3) of the Housing Act 1996, an appeal court is not confined to quashing an unlawful homelessness decision and remitting it. In highly…

Based on judgments published by The National Archives (Find Case Law) in which DFA Law 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 DFA Law. Something wrong or missing? Tell us. All law firms.