Practice areas
Courts
Counsel most often instructed
Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Gordons LLP acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Dec 2012 |
[2012] EWHC 3708 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A failure to satisfy the sequential approach for out-of-centre retail development engages the national policy direction that permission should be refused. The…
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42 |
| 15 Oct 2010 |
[2010] EWCA Civ 1110 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A patent claim must be construed through the skilled person’s understanding of its language and technical purpose. Where a claim requires ribs or like…
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31 |
| 26 Apr 2012 |
[2012] EWHC 1056 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A Part 36 offer does not lapse merely because the period for its ordinary costs consequences has passed. It remains open unless properly withdrawn under the…
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21 |
| 29 Mar 2012 |
[2012] EWCA Civ 378 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A planning authority’s reasons for deciding that an environmental impact assessment is unnecessary must enable a potential objector to understand the basis of…
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19 |
| 23 May 2014 |
[2014] EWHC 1662 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
A statutory power which contains no express procedural safeguards may nevertheless be subject to common-law requirements of fairness. However, there is no…
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14 |
| 18 Nov 2016 |
[2016] EWHC 2911 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Keyword bidding is use of the searched trade mark, distinct from the consequences of the resulting advertisement. Infringement depends on whether the…
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9 |
| 13 Nov 2015 |
[2015] EWHC 3297 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Natural England must apply the statutory and Directive-based licensing scheme consistently and for its intended purpose. It may scrutinise an unusual…
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7 |
| 23 Aug 2012 |
[2012] EWHC 2398 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Where an initial creditors’ meeting rejects an administrator’s proposals, the administrator must apply to the court under paragraph 55 of Schedule B1 to the…
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4 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
|---|---|---|
| 24 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1824 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
An application for payment must satisfy statutory requirements and any more demanding contractual requirements. A self-billing arrangement does not remove the…
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| 16 Jun 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 1459 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Under CPR 19.2(2)(a), the court may join an intervener with no direct or indirect interest where intervention would desirably assist the court in resolving the…
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1 |
| 3 Aug 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 2022 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
In construing historic conveyances, the validity principle permits a construction favouring validity only where the rival construction is realistic. It cannot…
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| 5 Feb 2021 |
[2021] EWHC 215 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Schedules containing employee and prepaid-consumer creditor details must not be delivered to the Registrar with a company’s statement of affairs under the…
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1 |
| 25 Apr 2017 |
[2017] EWHC 916 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
On a summary judgment application, the court may grapple with difficult issues but must not conduct a mini-trial or prefer competing evidence unless one side’s…
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| 18 Nov 2016 |
[2016] EWHC 2959 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
For summary judgment purposes, a claim may be determined where it turns on a short point of law and the court has the necessary evidence and adequate…
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| 18 Nov 2016 |
[2016] EWHC 2911 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Keyword bidding is use of the searched trade mark, distinct from the consequences of the resulting advertisement. Infringement depends on whether the…
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9 |
| 26 Oct 2016 |
[2016] EWHC 2650 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Marshalling may apply to an agricultural charge created under the Agricultural Credits Act 1928. The equity operates between creditors and does not depend on…
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| 13 Nov 2015 |
[2015] EWHC 3297 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Natural England must apply the statutory and Directive-based licensing scheme consistently and for its intended purpose. It may scrutinise an unusual…
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7 |
| 23 May 2014 |
[2014] EWHC 1662 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
A statutory power which contains no express procedural safeguards may nevertheless be subject to common-law requirements of fairness. However, there is no…
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14 |
| 14 Feb 2014 |
[2014] EWCA Civ 100 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A tenant’s prima facie right to remove tenant’s fixtures during the term may be modified or excluded by the lease. No prescribed formula or express reference…
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1 |
| 13 Feb 2014 |
[2014] EWCA Civ 116 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Vicarious liability for an employee’s intentional tort requires a relationship capable of giving rise to liability and a sufficiently close connection between…
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1 |
Based on judgments published by The National Archives (Find Case Law) in which Gordons 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 Gordons LLP. Something wrong or missing? Tell us. All law firms.