Practice areas
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Counsel most often instructed
Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases EMW Law LLP acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 19 Dec 2017 |
[2017] EWCA Civ 2175 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Patent claims are construed purposively in the context of the description and drawings. The inventor’s purpose informs construction, but the language chosen…
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16 |
| 18 Oct 2013 |
[2013] EWHC 3147 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A director’s duty to act in good faith is judged by the director’s honest view, but each director must inform himself and exercise independent judgment.…
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15 |
| 27 Oct 2011 |
[2011] EWCA Civ 1206 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Registered design infringement depends on whether the accused design produces a different overall impression on the informed user. The comparison is primarily…
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12 |
| 13 Nov 2009 |
[2009] EWHC 2893 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Under section 994 of the Companies Act 2006, prejudice and unfairness are distinct questions assessed objectively. A genuine need for capital does not make a…
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7 |
| 29 Jul 2010 |
[2010] EWHC 1923 (Pat) · High Court: Patents Court
In registered-design infringement, the relevant comparison is the overall impression produced on the informed user, assessed against the design corpus and the…
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6 |
| 16 Nov 2012 |
[2012] EWCA Civ 1469 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Fresh evidence on appeal is admitted at the Court of Appeal’s discretion. The considerations derived from Ladd v Marshall include whether the evidence was…
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4 |
| 25 Jan 2007 |
[2007] EWHC 72 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
For jurisdiction under Article 6(1) of the Judgments Regulation, claims must be assessed objectively as at their institution. The question is whether they are…
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4 |
| 2 Jun 2021 |
[2021] EWHC 1481 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
An assignee of company claims cannot use the procedural gateway in the Insolvency Act 1986 unless it is itself a creditor or contributory. Assignment of…
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4 |
| 6 Dec 2021 |
[2021] EWHC 3290 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Under the Private Hire Vehicles (London) Act 1998, a licensed operator accepting a private hire booking must undertake, as principal, a contractual obligation…
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4 |
| 14 Jul 2003 |
[2003] EWHC 1589 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
For partial revocation of a trade mark for non-use, the specification should be reduced to a fair description of the goods for which genuine use has been…
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3 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 17 May 2024 |
[2024] EWHC 1173 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Strike out is a draconian remedy and should be used only where the pleading is bound to fail, or where striking it out will materially simplify the proceedings…
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| 29 Mar 2023 |
[2023] EAT 40 · Employment Appeal Tribunal
An Employment Tribunal may reconsider a judgment only where this is necessary in the interests of justice. The jurisdiction must be exercised cautiously…
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| 22 Jul 2022 |
[2022] EWCA Civ 1026 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
For plying for hire under the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869, a vehicle must be exhibited to the public and, while exhibited, expressly or impliedly…
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| 15 Jun 2022 |
[2022] EWHC 1354 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
When deciding whether to transfer proceedings from the High Court to the county court, the court must consider the factors in CPR r.30.3 and PD57AA. The…
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| 6 Apr 2022 |
[2022] UKUT 102 (AAC) · Upper Tribunal: Administrative Appeals Chamber
An appeal on an error of law jurisdiction cannot be used to re-argue the factual merits. A tribunal need not investigate every piece of evidence where its…
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| 18 Jan 2022 |
[2022] EAT 6 · Employment Appeal Tribunal
For limb (b) worker status under section 230(3) of the Employment Rights Act 1996, the question is whether the other contracting party is a client or customer…
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2 |
| 6 Dec 2021 |
[2021] EWHC 3290 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Under the Private Hire Vehicles (London) Act 1998, a licensed operator accepting a private hire booking must undertake, as principal, a contractual obligation…
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4 |
| 2 Jun 2021 |
[2021] EWHC 1481 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
An assignee of company claims cannot use the procedural gateway in the Insolvency Act 1986 unless it is itself a creditor or contributory. Assignment of…
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4 |
| 12 Jan 2021 |
[2021] EWCA Civ 15 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Under paragraph 11(d) of the National Planning Policy Framework, the absence-of-policy trigger for the tilted balance applies only where no development plan…
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3 |
| 31 Jan 2020 |
[2020] EWHC 166 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
An agreement to grant share options in lieu of salary is construed objectively from the parties’ correspondence and commercial context. An HMRC-approved market…
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| 6 Sep 2019 |
[2019] EWHC 2367 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Under paragraph 11d of the 2018 National Planning Policy Framework, the first trigger for the tilted balance is unavailable where at least one development-plan…
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1 |
| 28 Feb 2019 |
[2019] EWCA Civ 261 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
An insurer’s declaration made to the best of the insured’s knowledge and belief imports honesty, not an objective warranty that every answer is correct. A…
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Earlier names
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