Practice areas
Courts
Counsel most often instructed
Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Farrer & Co LLP acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
|---|---|---|
| 31 Jan 2008 |
[2008] EWCA Civ 130 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
In libel proceedings, the capability of words to bear a pleaded defamatory meaning is governed by reasonableness. The court must consider what a representative…
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130 |
| 18 May 2004 |
[2004] EWCA Civ 613 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Where defamatory words may convey both that a person is under investigation and that there are objectively reasonable grounds for suspicion, a justification…
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47 |
| 16 Jul 2014 |
[2014] UKSC 45 · Supreme Court
An agent holds on trust for the principal any benefit acquired as a result of the agency and in breach of fiduciary duty. This rule includes bribes and secret…
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43 |
| 27 Feb 2015 |
[2015] EWCA Civ 139 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Where the wording of a freezing order expressly includes an interest that may arise through the exercise of a discretion, it can encompass the equitable…
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39 |
| 16 Oct 2009 |
[2009] EWHC 2526 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A statutory derivative claim under Part 11 of the Companies Act 2006 must arise from a director’s negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust. It…
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31 |
| 5 Nov 2004 |
[2004] EWCA Civ 1462 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
In a defamation action, the court will not restrain publication before trial unless it is clear that no defence will succeed. A defendant’s stated intention to…
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25 |
| 17 Mar 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 587 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
The starting point for a reporting restriction order is the constitutional principle of open justice. Hearings are public and the press may report what occurs…
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17 |
| 1 Mar 2017 |
[2017] UKSC 13 · Supreme Court
For jurisdiction in tort under article 5.3 of the Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001, the relevant connecting factor is the place where the event causing the…
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15 |
| 29 Jan 2013 |
[2013] EWCA Civ 17 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A fiduciary’s receipt of a secret commission does not necessarily leave the principal with only a personal claim. Under the binding distinction in Sinclair, a…
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11 |
| 21 Sep 2021 |
[2021] EWHC 2522 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A director may be served under section 1140 of the Companies Act 2006 at a registered address within the jurisdiction, even when resident abroad. A…
|
10 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Sep 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2325 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Proceedings brought in England under a non-exclusive jurisdiction clause should not ordinarily be stayed unless strong reasons are shown. Matters foreseeable…
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| 29 Jul 2026 |
[2026] UKUT 285 (TCC) · Upper Tribunal: Tax and Chancery Chamber
Under section 105(3), whether a company’s business consists wholly or mainly of making or holding investments is a fact-sensitive evaluation of the business as…
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| 12 Jun 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1449 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
Costs are discretionary and must be determined consistently with Civil Procedure Rules 1998, r 44.2. The general rule that the unsuccessful party pays the…
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| 8 May 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1096 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
An imaging order is an exceptional preservation remedy. It may be granted without notice where there is a strong prima facie case, very serious potential…
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| 5 May 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1080 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
The court has an inherent supervisory jurisdiction to give directions enabling trustees to administer trust property safely where uncertainty, risk or…
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| 12 Feb 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 281 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A party debarred from defending remains unable to participate substantively in the proceedings, subject to the limited terms of the debarring order and any…
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| 6 Feb 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 217 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
On an application for security for costs, the court’s discretion must be exercised having regard to all the circumstances. A claimant’s strong merits will…
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| 1 Oct 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 2479 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
When deciding whether to extend time for judicial review, the court applies the broader question whether there is a good reason to extend time. Relevant…
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1 |
| 14 Jul 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 1786 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
The statutory stay imposed by Insolvency Act 1986, s 130(2), is directed to actions and proceedings which may disrupt the winding-up or confer an advantage on…
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| 8 Jul 2025 |
[2025] EWCA Civ 849 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
For the purposes of the Civil Aviation (Working Time) Regulations 2004, an agency worker may be employed by the supplying agency even though the user…
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1 |
| 3 Apr 2025 |
[2025] EWCA Civ 379 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Article 14 does not require identical protection for every group affected by a whistleblowing scheme. Job applicants are capable of having an other status, but…
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1 |
| 13 Feb 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 303 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A contractual pre-emption right triggered by a lender’s wish to sell requires a firmly formed and unequivocal intention to sell, which the lender is willing to…
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Earlier names
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Based on judgments published by The National Archives (Find Case Law) in which Farrer & Co LLP 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 Farrer & Co LLP. Something wrong or missing? Tell us. All law firms.