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Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Druces LLP acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 2 Aug 2017 |
[2017] UKSC 57 · Supreme Court
A court must not impose or maintain a condition on an appeal if the condition would probably prevent the appellant from pursuing it. The appellant bears the…
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45 |
| 13 Jul 2018 |
[2018] EWCA Civ 1660 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A claim under Insolvency Act 1986 section 423 may fall within paragraph 3.1(20)(a) of Practice Direction 6B. The gateway permits service outside England and…
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15 |
| 27 Jul 2022 |
[2022] EWCA Civ 1021 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A detailed commercial lease will not ordinarily relieve a tenant from rent merely because a legal restriction prevents the intended use of the premises. A…
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4 |
| 9 Mar 2012 |
[2012] EWHC 485 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Contractual damages must reflect the value of the benefit actually lost. Where an agreement ends after the breach, the court must take that known event into…
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3 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 16 Jun 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1462 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
On an application to replace a personal representative, the court’s guiding question is whether replacement is in the interests of the beneficiaries and…
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| 10 Feb 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 234 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A contractual renewal clause conditioned continuation on positive performance and mutual understanding of the same business goals. Those conditions were…
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| 11 Dec 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 3166 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
A Norwich Pharmacal order is exceptional and discretionary. The applicant must show a good arguable claim in law against the persons whose identities are…
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| 27 Jul 2022 |
[2022] EWCA Civ 1021 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A detailed commercial lease will not ordinarily relieve a tenant from rent merely because a legal restriction prevents the intended use of the premises. A…
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4 |
| 6 May 2022 |
[2022] EWHC 1053 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
At an IVA creditors’ decision procedure, the creditor must put forward and substantiate the debt relied on for voting purposes. The chair must consider the…
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2 |
| 9 Mar 2020 |
[2020] EWHC 536 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
In construing a will, the court identifies the testatrix’s intention from the words used in their documentary and factual context, giving legal or technical…
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1 |
| 13 Dec 2019 |
[2019] EWHC 3338 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
For the purposes of Insolvency Act 1986, section 239, the requisite desire to prefer is subjective. It may, however, be inferred from the director’s deliberate…
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| 5 Dec 2019 |
[2019] EWHC 3701 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Where a trust instrument uses traditional terms that exclude illegitimate or adopted descendants, the court may interpret relevant legislation compatibly with…
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| 4 Sep 2019 |
[2019] EWHC 2338 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
The court may award interest on a damages claim expressed in a foreign currency at a rate it considers appropriate. A relevant market benchmark may be adopted…
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1 |
| 13 Jul 2018 |
[2018] EWCA Civ 1660 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A claim under Insolvency Act 1986 section 423 may fall within paragraph 3.1(20)(a) of Practice Direction 6B. The gateway permits service outside England and…
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15 |
| 21 Mar 2018 |
[2018] EWHC 495 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Summary judgment should be granted only where the opposing case has no realistic prospect of success. The court must avoid a mini-trial, while considering the…
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| 16 Nov 2017 |
[2017] EWCA Civ 1830 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
When deciding whether a condition requiring an appellant company to pay a judgment sum into court would stifle an appeal, the question is whether the company…
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