Practice areas
Courts
Counsel most often instructed
Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Freeths LLP acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 3 Jul 2019 |
[2019] UKSC 33 · Supreme Court
A planning permission is interpreted objectively. The starting point, and usually the end point, is the natural and ordinary meaning of its words, read in…
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58 |
| 15 Mar 2019 |
[2019] EWHC 606 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
This judgment holds that the contracts between sub-postmasters and Post Office Ltd were relational contracts. They carried an implied duty of good faith…
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28 |
| 31 Mar 2011 |
[2011] EWHC 804 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A person who has assumed the duties and real influence of a director may be a de facto director for the purposes of Insolvency Act 1986 section 212. Once a…
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18 |
| 3 Mar 2009 |
[2009] EWCA Civ 145 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A claimant who has suffered a tortious loss may elect to recover damages for future care and accommodation from the tortfeasor rather than rely on a public…
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17 |
| 21 Feb 2007 |
[2007] EWHC 149 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
In a construction defects claim, professional liability is governed by the services actually undertaken, not every function normally associated with the…
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14 |
| 10 Oct 2003 |
[2003] EWCA Civ 1129 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Where state agents potentially bear responsibility for a death in medical care, article 2 requires an effective, independent and public judicial investigation…
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13 |
| 18 Jan 2011 |
[2011] EWCA Civ 9 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A builder does not, merely by contracting to construct a building, assume a concurrent duty in tort to protect the purchaser from the purely economic cost of…
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12 |
| 14 Jul 2015 |
[2015] EWHC 2011 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
In public procurement, published award criteria must be clear, precise and unequivocal. Contracting authorities must apply them transparently and treat…
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11 |
| 20 Apr 2018 |
[2018] EWCA Civ 844 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A planning permission granted under section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 is a fresh permission, and its conditions must be stated in the new…
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9 |
| 10 May 2011 |
[2011] EWCA Civ 712 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A coroner has a wide area of judgment under section 11 of the Coroners Act 1988 when deciding which witnesses it is expedient to examine. The court may…
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9 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 24 Sep 2026 |
[2026] EAT 145 · Employment Appeal Tribunal
A tribunal need not formally dispose of an outstanding reasonable-adjustments application before considering strike-out where the applicant’s non-attendance…
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| 8 Sep 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2260 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Property held under charitable trusts remains governed by the trust instruments. Registration of a separate congregational charity and adoption of its…
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| 28 Aug 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2247 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A person may be a de facto director without a valid appointment. The court must examine the company’s governance structure, the person’s actual acts and the…
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| 7 Aug 2026 |
[2026] UKUT 299 (LC) · Upper Tribunal: Lands Chamber
Whether an occupier who remains after a lease expires is a tenant at will or a periodic tenant depends on the parties’ objectively assessed intention in all…
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| 7 Aug 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2110 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Permission for judicial review requires an arguable ground with a realistic prospect of success which merits full investigation, subject to discretionary bars.…
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| 24 Jun 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1576 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A substantial payment by an older family member is not recoverable as a loan merely because the payer later describes it as repayable. The court must determine…
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| 8 Jun 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1363 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
In planning decision-making, fairness is assessed by the court in the circumstances of the particular case. A practical question is whether the person…
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| 3 Jun 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1331 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
On an application to strike out a defence under CPR 3.4(2), the pleaded facts are assumed to be true and the court should strike out only where the pleading…
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| 13 Feb 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 298 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A court deciding whether commercial parties formed a contract must assess their words and conduct throughout the entire course of dealing. A document described…
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| 15 Jan 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 66 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Insolvency proceedings are civil proceedings for the purposes of statutory pro bono costs orders. Where counsel represents a successful party free of charge…
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| 12 Dec 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 3301 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
In planning applications, amendments may be made before determination. Whether fairness requires further consultation is a matter for the planning officer’s…
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| 14 Nov 2025 |
[2025] EWCA Civ 1457 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Courts and tribunals must make reasonable adjustments to alleviate substantial disadvantage caused by disability in participation in proceedings. The duty…
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Earlier names
These figures include judgments naming firms that have since merged into, or been renamed as, Freeths LLP: Henmans, Henmans Freeth, Kimbells LLP.
Based on judgments published by The National Archives (Find Case Law) in which Freeths 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 Freeths LLP. Something wrong or missing? Tell us. All law firms.