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Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases gunnercooke LLP acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 28 Feb 2017 |
[2017] EWCA Civ 92 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
An asset-wide notification injunction is a modified freezing order. It requires the same objectively assessed real risk, supported by solid evidence, that…
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| 21 Dec 2017 |
[2017] EWHC 3397 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Commercial pressure amounts to economic duress only where it is illegitimate and significantly induces the transaction. A creditor who honestly asserts an…
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| 27 Oct 2021 |
[2021] UKSC 47 · Supreme Court
An employer contravenes section 145B of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 by making direct offers which, if accepted, would cause…
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11 |
| 31 Jul 2018 |
[2018] EWHC 2021 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
The forum bar applies where a substantial measure of the requested person’s relevant activity occurred in the United Kingdom and, having regard only to the…
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8 |
| 29 Apr 2016 |
[2016] EWHC 970 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A notification injunction may be granted under Senior Courts Act 1981, section 37, where the claimant establishes a substantive right threatened by disposal or…
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6 |
| 15 Feb 2019 |
[2019] EWHC 115 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
In a family company, the expression “quasi-partnership” is a convenient label, not a legal definition. The question is whether the dealings between members…
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6 |
| 29 Oct 2015 |
[2015] EWCA Civ 1084 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
An exclusivity clause operating during an agency agreement does not ordinarily engage the restraint of trade doctrine where it is a normal incident of the…
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5 |
| 17 Dec 2019 |
[2019] EWHC 3495 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
On an application to serve proceedings out of the jurisdiction, deliberate and material non-disclosure of parallel foreign proceedings is a serious default.…
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5 |
| 29 Aug 2019 |
[2019] EWHC 2304 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Conduct may be unfairly prejudicial where majority shareholders use contractual or statutory powers in breach of good-faith obligations, for a collateral…
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4 |
| 18 Jun 2014 |
[2014] EWHC 1998 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A planning authority may determine an application under section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 by reference to the particular conditions…
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3 |
Recent cases
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| 4 Sep 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2281 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
In a petition under Companies Act 2006, section 994, unfair prejudice requires proof that the conduct concerned the company’s affairs, caused prejudice to a…
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| 31 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EWCA Civ 1005 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A judgment obtained by fraud may be set aside against a party who was not personally dishonest where the fraud is properly attributable to that party.…
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| 17 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2300 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A post-termination restraint is enforceable only if objectively reasonable in the parties’ interests and not contrary to the public interest. Where a holding…
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| 16 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1775 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
Summary disposal is inappropriate where an arguable legal issue may depend on facts at trial, may not arise, or would benefit from a decision on established…
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| 19 Jun 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1476 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
An application for security for costs should generally be made promptly once the facts justifying it are known. Where a corporate claimant is likely to be…
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| 2 Apr 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 817 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
On an appeal under section 289 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, the court reviews an inspector’s decision for legal error, not planning merits.…
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| 20 Feb 2026 |
[2026] EWCA Civ 145 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
An arbitration agreement must contemplate an award that will become final and binding. Party autonomy permits agreed appellate or review mechanisms, but it…
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| 30 Jan 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 151 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
For liability for non-domestic rates on an unoccupied hereditament, the owner is ordinarily the person with the immediate legal right to exclusive possession…
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| 29 Jan 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 106 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
For the purposes of an unfair prejudice petition, equitable obligations may supplement strict legal rights where a company is operated as a quasi-partnership.…
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| 26 Nov 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 3100 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
A judgment obtained by fraud may be set aside against a party who was not himself fraudulent. The relevant fraud-based requirements concern the integrity of…
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| 6 Nov 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 2899 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
An employer is not vicariously liable for trespasses committed by an independent contractor. Liability may nevertheless arise from the employer’s own tort, a…
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| 3 Nov 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 2829 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
In contentious probate proceedings, the general rule that costs follow the event remains applicable. The second probate exception may justify no order as to…
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