Practice areas
Courts
Counsel most often instructed
Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Duncan Lewis Solicitors acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 25 Feb 2010 |
[2010] EWCA Civ 116 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
The practical difference between the rule 353 test of a realistic prospect of success and certification of a claim as clearly unfounded under section 94(2) of…
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54 |
| 21 Feb 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 370 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Rationality review varies with the importance of the interests affected and the gravity of the potential consequences. Serious risks to health and life can…
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37 |
| 9 Feb 2016 |
[2016] EWCA Civ 82 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A judicial review application should be certified as totally without merit only where, after careful consideration, it is bound to fail. The test is distinct…
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34 |
| 12 Nov 2013 |
[2013] EWCA Civ 1378 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Immigration detention pending a decision on an exception to automatic deportation must last no longer than is reasonable in all the circumstances. The…
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25 |
| 4 May 2016 |
[2016] EWCA Civ 415 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Where a public authority withdraws a challenged decision and the claimant has thereby obtained the maximum realistic judicial-review remedy, usually…
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23 |
| 8 Apr 2008 |
[2008] EWCA Civ 307 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Detention pending deportation is lawful only while it serves the purpose of deportation and lasts for a period reasonable in all the circumstances.…
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21 |
| 26 Feb 2025 |
[2025] UKSC 6 · Supreme Court
Under section 40(4) of the British Nationality Act 1981, statelessness is not a precedent fact governing the power to deprive a person of citizenship. The…
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20 |
| 2 Apr 2014 |
[2014] EWCA Civ 402 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
An express transitional provision stating that applications made before a specified date will be decided under the earlier Immigration Rules prevents reliance…
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19 |
| 10 Dec 2021 |
[2021] EWCA Civ 1875 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
The power to grant immigration bail under Paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 10 to the Immigration Act 2016 depends on the existence of a legal power to detain. It…
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15 |
| 17 Jun 2003 |
[2003] EWCA Civ 765 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A person who lacks leave to enter or remain will ordinarily be required to leave the United Kingdom and seek entry clearance from abroad, even where a genuine…
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14 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 5 Oct 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2628 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
An interim mandatory injunction requires a real issue to be tried, a strong prima facie case, strict necessity and a balance of convenience in favour. The…
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| 18 Sep 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2409 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Adult human trafficking requires an action, a coercive means and an exploitative purpose. Exploitation is not confined to forced labour. Forced labour requires…
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| 12 Aug 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2157 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Immigration Rules made under the Immigration Act 1971 are administrative rules, not primary legislation, and mandatory wording does not remove the Secretary of…
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| 5 Aug 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2088 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A governors’ disciplinary panel deciding whether to reinstate a permanently excluded pupil must make its own decision under regulation 24(3)(a). It must…
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| 29 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EWCA Civ 996 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Paragraph 14(f) of the Authority to Carry Scheme 2023 covers a foreign criminal while the Secretary of State is considering matters, including relevant…
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| 7 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1705 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
In reviewing a general immigration policy decision, the court gives appropriate respect to the decision-maker’s evaluative judgment, particularly where the…
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| 30 Jun 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1623 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A naturalisation policy may lawfully provide that illegal entry or irregular arrival will normally indicate a failure to satisfy the good-character…
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| 21 May 2026 |
[2026] EWCA Civ 647 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
For a medical Article 3 claim resisting deportation, serious illness and a real risk of serious, rapid and irreversible deterioration are insufficient alone.…
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2 |
| 17 Apr 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1038 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A challenge to immigration detention may be arguable where the detention is prolonged, removal is uncertain, procedural delay is alleged, and the detainee has…
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| 26 Mar 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 735 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
For interim mandatory relief in a public-law claim, the claimant must ordinarily show a strong prima facie case. Where the interim order would effectively…
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| 20 Feb 2026 |
[2026] EWCA Civ 149 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Risk-on-return appeals under Articles 2 and 3 require an individual assessment of whether the person faces a real risk of unlawful killing or inhuman or…
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| 10 Feb 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 251 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Immigration detention assumes responsibility for the detainee’s welfare and may engage the Article 3 operational duty where there is a real and immediate risk…
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Earlier names
These figures include judgments naming firms that have since merged into, or been renamed as, Duncan Lewis Solicitors: White Ryland.
Based on judgments published by The National Archives (Find Case Law) in which Duncan Lewis Solicitors 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 Duncan Lewis Solicitors. Something wrong or missing? Tell us. All law firms.