Law firm

Gorvins

Gorvins is named as solicitors in at least 20 UK judgments from 2003 to 2025, most often in public and administrative law and professional discipline and regulation.

20
judgments
4
in the last five years
8
in the Court of Appeal

Practice areas

  • Public and administrative law10
  • Professional discipline and regulation9
  • Commercial disputes4
  • Company and partnership3
  • Insolvency and restructuring2
  • Civil liberties and human rights1
  • Real estate1
  • Employment1

Courts

  • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)8
  • High Court12

Counsel most often instructed

  • G MARRIOTT4
  • George Marriott3
  • Sam Green3

Judgments by year

  • 20260
  • 20251
  • 20241
  • 20232
  • 20220
  • 20210
  • 20201
  • 20191
  • 20180
  • 20170
  • 20161
  • 20150
  • 20140
  • 20130
  • 20120
  • 20111
  • 20100
  • 20091
  • 20083
  • 20072

Cases later courts cite most

Cases Gorvins acted in that later judgments cite most often.

Date Case Cited by
25 Oct 2011
[2011] EWCA Civ 1190 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Under section 47B of the Employment Rights Act 1996, a protected disclosure must materially influence the employer’s detrimental treatment. A causal background…
67
17 Aug 2007
[2007] EWHC 1998 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
In an application for an administration order, the court’s discretion is not constrained by the Companies Court practice applicable to winding-up petitions…
15
29 Jan 2003
[2003] EWCA Civ 49 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Lease covenants must be construed so far as possible to operate together. A landlord’s repairing obligation and the tenant’s covenant for quiet enjoyment…
7
31 Jul 2019
[2019] EWCA Civ 1376 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A unilateral contractual notice is construed objectively. The question is how a reasonable recipient, with the admissible factual context, would understand the…
7
31 Jul 2020
[2020] EWCA Civ 1017 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
On a public-interest winding-up petition under section 124A of the Insolvency Act 1986, the court must identify the public interest which an order would…
3

Recent cases

Date Case Cited by
17 Nov 2025
[2025] EWHC 3018 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
On judicial review, the court should not substitute its assessment for that of an experienced police misconduct panel. The question is whether the sanction was…
2
26 Apr 2024
[2024] EWHC 983 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
The power to require re-investigation under section 13B(2) of the Police Reform Act 2002 must be exercised according to the IOPC’s published policy. Under…
15 Nov 2023
[2023] EWHC 2839 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
A Group Litigation Order is discretionary. The existence of numerous claims and some common or related issues is not enough. The court must also assess access…
1
23 Jan 2023
[2023] EWHC 81 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
When deciding which conclusions to leave to an inquest jury, a coroner must apply the Galbraith plus approach: there must be evidence on which a properly…
2
31 Jul 2020
[2020] EWCA Civ 1017 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
On a public-interest winding-up petition under section 124A of the Insolvency Act 1986, the court must identify the public interest which an order would…
3
31 Jul 2019
[2019] EWCA Civ 1376 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A unilateral contractual notice is construed objectively. The question is how a reasonable recipient, with the admissible factual context, would understand the…
7
25 Nov 2016
[2016] EWHC 2986 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
An indemnity clause must be construed by identifying the natural meaning of its words in their documentary, factual and commercial context. An indemnity…
25 Oct 2011
[2011] EWCA Civ 1190 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Under section 47B of the Employment Rights Act 1996, a protected disclosure must materially influence the employer’s detrimental treatment. A causal background…
67
17 Aug 2007
[2007] EWHC 1998 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
In an application for an administration order, the court’s discretion is not constrained by the Companies Court practice applicable to winding-up petitions…
15
31 Jan 2007
[2007] EWCA Civ 40 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A success-fee contract for rating appeals must be construed in its commercial and rating-scheme context. For the current five-year valuation period, the fee…
29 Jan 2003
[2003] EWCA Civ 49 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Lease covenants must be construed so far as possible to operate together. A landlord’s repairing obligation and the tenant’s covenant for quiet enjoyment…
7

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