Practice areas
Courts
Counsel most often instructed
Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Foot Anstey acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Oct 2010 |
[2010] EWCA Civ 1168 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A mistaken assertion that a contract has been terminated does not automatically amount to a repudiatory breach. The question is whether, viewed objectively and…
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40 |
| 22 Jun 2007 |
[2007] EWCA Civ 600 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
In a defamation claim, the meaning of the words must be identified before deciding whether the defence of fair comment applies. Whether words are fact or…
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8 |
| 27 Aug 2014 |
[2014] EWHC 2886 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
In exercising the discretion on costs, the court must consider all the circumstances, including the parties’ conduct and their relative success on particular…
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6 |
| 27 Jun 2017 |
[2017] EWHC 1444 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
In a defamation claim, the court must assess the words in their full publication context, rather than isolated words selected by the claimant. At the meaning…
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4 |
| 6 Mar 2019 |
[2019] EWCA Civ 344 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
An apparently binding and unconditional written commercial agreement is effective unless the party alleging an extrinsic condition precedent proves both that…
|
3 |
| 19 May 2022 |
[2022] EWHC 1196 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A local planning authority must determine the development described in the planning application. It may impose conditions, but a condition must not result in a…
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3 |
| 3 Nov 2009 |
[2009] EWHC 2735 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
Acceptance of an offer of amends under the Defamation Act 1996 does not exclude an application for permission to read a unilateral statement in open court.…
|
3 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
|---|---|---|
| 17 Sep 2026 |
[2026] EAT 139 · Employment Appeal Tribunal
All litigants before the EAT, represented or not, must comply with its Rules and Practice Direction. A litigant using generative AI remains responsible for…
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1 |
| 17 Mar 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 626 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A statutory regulator given a power to control overstocking is not necessarily required to exercise that power whenever overstocking is alleged. The regulator…
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| 29 Jan 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 137 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Costs in proceedings involving personal representatives depend on the character of the dispute, the conduct of the parties and whether expenditure was properly…
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| 17 Dec 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 3321 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
In trustee costs disputes, the court must assess the character of the proceedings, the relief sought, the parties’ positions and their conduct. An application…
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2 |
| 4 Sep 2025 |
[2025] UKUT 292 (LC) · Upper Tribunal: Lands Chamber
Under section 35 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987, the question is whether the lease makes satisfactory provision in the circumstances that exist, not…
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| 7 Apr 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 838 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
The appropriate rate of interest on damages is determined broadly by reference to the general characteristics of the claimant, rather than its actual borrowing…
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2 |
| 3 Mar 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 475 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Confidential information may exist in a collection of material even though some individual elements are public, commonplace or non-confidential. The relevant…
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1 |
| 10 May 2024 |
[2024] EWHC 1095 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A charitable gift in a will must first be construed to identify the intended donee. A misdescription may be corrected where the surrounding circumstances…
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1 |
| 29 Jun 2022 |
[2022] EWHC 1663 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Derogations from open justice in committal proceedings require exceptional circumstances and must be strictly necessary to secure the proper administration of…
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| 19 May 2022 |
[2022] EWHC 1196 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A local planning authority must determine the development described in the planning application. It may impose conditions, but a condition must not result in a…
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3 |
| 17 May 2022 |
[2022] EWHC 1179 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Under Civil Procedure Rules 1998, costs remain in the court’s discretion, with costs usually following the successful party in the litigation as a whole.…
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| 16 Oct 2020 |
[2020] EWHC 3286 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Approval of a distribution plan under the special administration regime requires the court to be satisfied that the statutory conditions and notification…
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1 |
Earlier names
These figures include judgments naming firms that have since merged into, or been renamed as, Foot Anstey: Foot Anstey Sargent.
Based on judgments published by The National Archives (Find Case Law) in which Foot Anstey 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 Foot Anstey. Something wrong or missing? Tell us. All law firms.