Practice areas
Courts
Counsel most often instructed
Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Geldards LLP acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 2 Apr 2009 |
[2009] EWCA Civ 291 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A director nominated by a shareholder owes no duty to the nominator merely because of the nomination. When acting as a director, the director must exercise…
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| 7 Nov 2017 |
[2017] EWCA Civ 1768 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Joinder under the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 requires both a relevant issue and a finding that joinder is desirable. The rule is to be construed widely, so…
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24 |
| 2 Nov 2022 |
[2022] UKSC 30 · Supreme Court
A planning permission for an integrated multi-unit scheme ordinarily cannot be severed into permissions for discrete parts of the site. It authorises each…
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21 |
| 3 Apr 2014 |
[2014] EWCA Civ 383 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A company may be insolvent although it is currently paying its debts as they fall due. The cash-flow and balance-sheet tests under section 123 of the…
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20 |
| 5 Nov 2004 |
[2004] EWCA Civ 1541 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Under section 21(2) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, a service provider must assess whether a physical feature makes a service impossible or…
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17 |
| 21 Dec 2004 |
[2004] EWHC 2945 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Information is not confidential merely because it is supplied in confidence. A breach of confidence claim requires private or confidential information and…
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12 |
| 26 Mar 2015 |
[2015] EWHC 776 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
The Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive requires assessment of the preferred plan and every alternative which the decision-maker rationally considers…
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10 |
| 7 Nov 2003 |
[2003] EWHC 2607 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A railway regulator exercising statutory powers to impose a station access contract may adopt a compensation regime designed to hold a train operator…
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8 |
| 15 Jun 2018 |
[2018] EWHC 1494 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
Declaratory relief is discretionary and requires a real, justiciable dispute. The declaration sought must identify the parties’ rights or obligations with…
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7 |
| 1 Dec 2022 |
[2022] EWCA Civ 1579 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A development consent order must be construed objectively, in its statutory and planning context, so as to give effect to its purpose. Where an order specifies…
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5 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 2 Feb 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 178 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
In accelerated possession proceedings, a riverbed owner may recover possession from vessels trespassing in the water above it. The order may extend beyond each…
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| 5 Sep 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 2249 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Failure to disclose a document materially relied on in officers’ advice may breach statutory publication duties and procedural fairness. A planning authority…
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| 11 Jul 2025 |
[2025] EAT 93 · Employment Appeal Tribunal
Apparent bias requires a real possibility of bias in the eyes of the fair-minded and informed observer. The inquiry is fact-sensitive and must rest on…
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| 19 Jun 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 1518 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
In judicial review, the court reviews the legality of the decision-making process and does not substitute its own assessment of the merits. A decision-maker…
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| 23 May 2024 |
[2024] EWHC 1242 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Under regulation 63 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017, an appropriate assessment is distinct from the competent authority’s decision…
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| 26 Feb 2024 |
[2024] EWHC 380 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
In determining the natural and ordinary meaning of words complained of in defamation, the court must read the publication as a whole and use only context that…
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| 13 Sep 2023 |
[2023] UKUT 225 (AAC) · Upper Tribunal: Administrative Appeals Chamber
Education, Health and Care Plans may specify special educational provision otherwise than in a school where the statutory conditions for such provision are…
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| 13 Sep 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 2269 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
Adjudicators’ decisions are ordinarily enforced summarily because adjudication provides a rapid, temporary resolution of construction disputes. A stay may be…
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| 3 Jul 2023 |
[2023] EWCA Civ 763 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Where preliminary issues are ordered to establish general standards and avoid extensive disclosure, the court may determine them on that basis at the scheduled…
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| 23 Dec 2022 |
[2022] EWHC 3359 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A member’s petition under Companies Act 2006, section 994 requires both relevant prejudice and unfairness. In an insolvent company, the member will generally…
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| 8 Dec 2022 |
[2022] EAT 195 · Employment Appeal Tribunal
In a constructive unfair dismissal claim founded on the implied term of mutual trust and confidence, the tribunal must determine the material factual…
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| 1 Dec 2022 |
[2022] EWCA Civ 1579 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A development consent order must be construed objectively, in its statutory and planning context, so as to give effect to its purpose. Where an order specifies…
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5 |
Earlier names
These figures include judgments naming firms that have since merged into, or been renamed as, Geldards LLP: Edwards Geldard.
Based on judgments published by The National Archives (Find Case Law) in which Geldards 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 Geldards LLP. Something wrong or missing? Tell us. All law firms.