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Counsel most often instructed
Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Gentle Mathias LLP acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 11 Dec 2007 |
[2007] EWCA Civ 1303 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Priority given to a first mortgagee’s power of sale may make performance of a leaseback obligation impossible, but it does not without clear words discharge…
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| 11 Feb 2008 |
[2008] EWCA Civ 59 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A document is “mentioned” for the purposes of CPR 31.14 when the statement makes a direct or specific allusion to it. The test is broad and does not require…
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19 |
| 30 Jan 2006 |
[2006] EWHC 74 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A mortgagee may exercise a power of sale to recover all or part of the secured debt or to protect its security. Mixed motives do not invalidate the exercise…
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15 |
| 17 Oct 2006 |
[2006] EWCA Civ 1319 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Whether correspondence creates a binding settlement depends on the objective construction of the documents, read together and in the light of admissible…
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5 |
| 5 Oct 2012 |
[2012] EWCA Civ 1249 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
For the domestic-worker exemption in regulation 2(2) of the National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999, the central question is whether the worker is treated as a…
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3 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 19 Jul 2022 |
[2022] EWHC 1882 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
Part 36 consequences are not avoided merely because a claimant’s offer leaves only a small mathematical discount. The question whether an offer was a genuine…
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2 |
| 17 Dec 2021 |
[2021] EWHC 3421 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
A company director may be liable jointly with the company for a tort where the director’s participation or involvement goes beyond exercising constitutional…
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| 18 Jun 2015 |
[2015] EWHC 1647 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Contractual language must be construed objectively by asking what a reasonable person with the relevant background would have understood. Business common sense…
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| 11 Dec 2012 |
[2012] EWCA Civ 1635 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
In an appeal concerning the formal validity of a will, the presumption of due execution does not displace a trial judge’s findings that the statutory…
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| 5 Oct 2012 |
[2012] EWCA Civ 1249 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
For the domestic-worker exemption in regulation 2(2) of the National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999, the central question is whether the worker is treated as a…
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3 |
| 11 Jul 2012 |
[2012] EWCA Civ 943 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
For goods bought for resale, contractual fitness for purpose is assessed objectively by asking how a reasonable buyer, credited with the relevant facts, would…
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| 21 Feb 2012 |
[2012] EWHC 241 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
An adjudicator’s decision will be enforced where the alleged breach of natural justice did not materially affect the result. A point raised by the adjudicator…
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| 6 Sep 2011 |
[2011] EWHC 2907 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A will that contains a regular attestation clause and the signatures of the testator and witnesses attracts a strong presumption of due execution. The…
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| 22 Jul 2011 |
[2011] EWHC 1908 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
On an appeal under section 289 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, the High Court determines points of law arising from the Secretary of State’s…
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| 21 Sep 2009 |
[2009] EWHC 2313 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A private company may acquire its own fully paid shares otherwise than for valuable consideration only within the statutory exceptions. Unpaid shares cannot be…
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| 14 Jul 2009 |
[2009] EWHC 2022 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
Under section 111 of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996, a withholding notice must be effective in substance, not merely purport to be…
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2 |
| 11 Feb 2008 |
[2008] EWCA Civ 59 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A document is “mentioned” for the purposes of CPR 31.14 when the statement makes a direct or specific allusion to it. The test is broad and does not require…
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19 |
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