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Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Harbottle & Lewis LLP acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 18 Jan 2019 |
[2019] EWHC 48 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
The natural and ordinary meaning of an allegedly defamatory book is the broad impression conveyed to the hypothetical reasonable reader by the whole…
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163 |
| 21 Dec 2006 |
[2006] EWCA Civ 1776 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Where private information has been obtained through a known breach of confidence, the proportionality exercise between privacy and freedom of expression must…
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32 |
| 27 Jul 2011 |
[2011] UKSC 39 · Supreme Court
“Sculpture” bears its ordinary meaning under the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988. Artistic quality is irrelevant, but the object must possess an…
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24 |
| 20 Mar 2003 |
[2003] EWCA Civ 323 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A claimant’s inability to prove financial loss does not necessarily confine contractual damages to a nominal sum. Where a defendant has deliberately obtained a…
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21 |
| 25 Jul 2003 |
[2003] EWCA Civ 1058 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A signed document can create an immediate binding contract when, construed purposively against its factual background, it manifests an intention to be…
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17 |
| 16 Dec 2009 |
[2009] EWCA Civ 1328 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
For copyright purposes, sculpture is an artistic category under the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988. It requires some element of artistic expression or…
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16 |
| 6 Nov 2009 |
[2009] EWHC 2783 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
An exclusive jurisdiction clause is construed broadly in accordance with the parties’ commercial purpose. Claims fall within the clause where determination of…
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13 |
| 26 Jun 2003 |
[2003] EWHC 1423 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A contractual novation may be inferred where it is necessary to give business efficacy and a lawful explanation to the parties’ conduct. The parties need not…
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12 |
| 1 Nov 2005 |
[2005] EWHC 2351 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
When deciding whether England is the appropriate forum for service out of the jurisdiction, the court must identify the likely issues and compare the competing…
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7 |
| 27 Nov 2013 |
[2013] EWHC 3724 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
In a public interest immunity claim involving national security, the court must ultimately balance disclosure against non-disclosure. The minister’s assessment…
|
5 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 15 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1799 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
Where a pleading defect is accepted but may be corrected, the court may strike out the defective pleading while preserving an opportunity to file a replacement…
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| 24 Oct 2024 |
[2024] EWHC 3622 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
For CPR 18.1, a matter may be “in dispute” before a defence is served. The question is determined from the case as a whole, including available pre-action…
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| 7 Jun 2024 |
[2024] EWHC 1381 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
An employer may suspend an employee pending investigation where a genuine complaint raises serious issues and a fair investigation would be difficult with the…
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| 13 Feb 2023 |
[2023] EWCA Civ 121 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
For a single composite supply for VAT purposes, the predominant element test is the primary test where a predominant element can be identified. The assessment…
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3 |
| 20 Oct 2022 |
[2022] EWCA Civ 1349 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Contractual obligations are determined objectively by reading the agreement as a whole, in its factual and commercial context. Clear language must be applied…
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| 24 Nov 2021 |
[2021] EWHC 3154 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
In determining the meaning of passages in a book, the court must assess the broad impression made on the ordinary reasonable reader by the publication taken as…
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1 |
| 27 Oct 2021 |
[2021] EWHC 3810 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
A common-law claim for malicious falsehood requires pleaded pecuniary loss. The claimant must provide particulars with as much certainty and particularity as…
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| 6 May 2021 |
[2021] EWHC 1193 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Where a document has been placed before a judge and specifically referred to in open court, the default position is that access should be permitted under the…
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2 |
| 9 Dec 2020 |
[2020] EWHC 3375 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A process described as non-binding arbitration is not an arbitration agreement under Arbitration Act 1996, s 6(1), where the parties are not bound by the…
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1 |
| 4 Dec 2019 |
[2019] EWHC 3287 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Whether a contractual payment obligation is independent or dependent depends on the true construction of the agreement as a whole. The court considers the…
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1 |
| 20 Jun 2019 |
[2019] EWHC 1620 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A bankruptcy petition may be presented only in respect of a petitioning debt which is a liquidated sum. Contractual obligations to pay and to transfer assets…
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2 |
| 18 Jan 2019 |
[2019] EWHC 48 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
The natural and ordinary meaning of an allegedly defamatory book is the broad impression conveyed to the hypothetical reasonable reader by the whole…
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163 |
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