Law firm

Gadsby Wicks

Gadsby Wicks is named as solicitors in at least 14 UK judgments from 2003 to 2020, most often in clinical negligence and personal injury.

14
judgments
0
in the last five years
3
in the Court of Appeal

Practice areas

  • Clinical negligence7
  • Personal injury2

Courts

  • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)3
  • High Court11

Counsel most often instructed

  • Eliot Woolf3

Judgments by year

  • 20260
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  • 20220
  • 20210
  • 20201
  • 20192
  • 20180
  • 20170
  • 20160
  • 20152
  • 20142
  • 20130
  • 20120
  • 20111
  • 20101
  • 20091
  • 20080
  • 20071

Cases later courts cite most

Cases Gadsby Wicks acted in that later judgments cite most often.

Date Case Cited by
29 Jun 2011
[2011] EWCA Civ 750 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
When identifying the successful party for costs purposes, the court must determine who, as a matter of substance and reality, won the litigation. The fact that…
18
3 Dec 2014
[2014] EWHC 4053 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
In a secondary-victim claim arising from a stillbirth, the mother is the primary victim because the law treats the foetus and mother as one legal person. The…
5
11 May 2015
[2015] EWHC 1312 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
Part 36 applies to detailed assessment proceedings through CPR 47.20, including the additional amount under CPR 36.14(3)(d), unless the rules provide…
4

Recent cases

Date Case Cited by
31 Jan 2020
[2020] EWHC 158 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
In a medical negligence claim involving radiological diagnosis, the court must distinguish factual findings about what imaging shows from professional…
1
20 Dec 2019
[2019] EWHC 3577 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
In a clinical negligence claim, a claimant must prove on the balance of probabilities both a breach of duty and that the negligent mechanism advanced caused…
3 Apr 2019
[2019] EWHC 832 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
In a clinical negligence claim, compliance with an established medical practice is not negligent merely because another responsible body would have acted…
2
5 Nov 2015
[2015] EWHC 3134 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
In a clinical negligence claim, the claimant must prove the most likely causal mechanism before breach of duty can be assessed. Where experts disagree, the…
11 May 2015
[2015] EWHC 1312 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
Part 36 applies to detailed assessment proceedings through CPR 47.20, including the additional amount under CPR 36.14(3)(d), unless the rules provide…
4
3 Dec 2014
[2014] EWHC 4053 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
In a secondary-victim claim arising from a stillbirth, the mother is the primary victim because the law treats the foetus and mother as one legal person. The…
5
14 May 2014
[2014] EWHC 1515 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
Under CPR 44.2, identifying the successful party requires an assessment of substance and reality. A claimant who obtains damages for an established breach and…
1
29 Jun 2011
[2011] EWCA Civ 750 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
When identifying the successful party for costs purposes, the court must determine who, as a matter of substance and reality, won the litigation. The fact that…
18
22 Jul 2010
[2010] EWHC 1888 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
In a clinical negligence claim, the claimant must prove on the balance of probabilities that the breach caused the injury for which damages are sought. Where…
21 May 2009
[2009] EWHC 1104 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
When assessing a success fee under a conditional fee agreement, the relevant prospects of success are those reasonably apparent to the solicitor when the…
1
22 Jun 2007
[2007] EWCA Civ 602 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
In a clinical negligence claim, an admitted breach does not establish causation unless the claimant proves what information competent further inquiries would…
25 Jan 2006
[2006] EWHC 39 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
Whether an artificial limb is functionally too long is determined by dynamic, patient-specific assessment, rather than by comparison with a predetermined…

Based on judgments published by The National Archives (Find Case Law) in which Gadsby Wicks 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 Gadsby Wicks. Something wrong or missing? Tell us. All law firms.