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Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Gardner Leader LLP acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 11 Apr 2017 |
[2017] UKSC 32 · Supreme Court
Damages do not include loss which has been avoided. A benefit is collateral only where its character is independent of the circumstances giving rise to the…
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40 |
| 6 Oct 2015 |
[2015] EWCA Civ 1002 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Summary judgment may determine a disputed factual issue only where one party’s evidence has no real prospect of acceptance. Contemporary documents may expose…
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13 |
| 21 Jul 2017 |
[2017] EWHC 1867 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
Where a procurement claim is subject to the time limits in regulation 92 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the court may extend time by up to three…
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4 |
| 11 Dec 2012 |
[2012] EWHC 3518 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
An application under section 67 of the Arbitration Act 1996 may proceed where no agreed arbitral appeal or review process is available. The statutory slip rule…
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3 |
| 8 Jul 2020 |
[2020] EWHC 1696 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
On an appeal involving disputed signatures, a court may resort to the burden of proof only after an unsuccessful examination and evaluation of the evidence.…
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3 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 14 Aug 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2175 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A pre-incorporation agreement between individuals does not bind a company that did not yet exist. Under section 51(1) of the Companies Act 2006, the company…
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| 18 Jun 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1499 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Amendments to pleadings are governed by the ordinary overriding-objective discretion unless the alleged illegality is manifest or obvious. That expression…
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| 17 Apr 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 928 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, an adult child’s need for maintenance is necessary but insufficient. The court must…
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| 25 Feb 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 405 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
On applications concerning a derivative claim and service out of the jurisdiction, the court must focus on whether the pleaded case has a real prospect of…
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| 20 Feb 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 388 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Permission is required to withdraw a clear admission, but the court must first determine whether the pleading contains an admission at all. Pleadings must be…
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| 19 Feb 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 387 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Where an interim application has been compromised and only costs remain, the court should ordinarily avoid deciding the underlying merits. Parties may…
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1 |
| 25 Jul 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 1905 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Forfeiture of a long residential lease requires compliance with the statutory preconditions in section 168 of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002…
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| 20 Mar 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 682 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Section 29 of the Partnership Act 1890 requires a partner to account for benefits derived without consent from a transaction concerning the partnership, or…
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| 20 Dec 2024 |
[2024] UKUT 414 (LC) · Upper Tribunal: Lands Chamber
Under section 84 of the Law of Property Act 1925, a restrictive covenant is not obsolete merely because the land’s use has changed. The relevant question is…
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| 25 Oct 2024 |
[2024] EWHC 2674 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Requests for further information must concern a matter in dispute and be concise, strictly confined, reasonably necessary and proportionate. The court’s…
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1 |
| 30 Jun 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 1640 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Part 36 is a self-contained and prescriptive regime. An offer qualifies only if it relates to the whole or part of a pleaded claim, or to an issue arising in…
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| 12 May 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 1223 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
In determining whether a judgment arising from confidential arbitration should be anonymised, the court must balance the parties’ expectations of privacy…
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Earlier names
These figures include judgments naming firms that have since merged into, or been renamed as, Gardner Leader LLP: Charles Hoile & Co.
Based on judgments published by The National Archives (Find Case Law) in which Gardner Leader 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 Gardner Leader LLP. Something wrong or missing? Tell us. All law firms.