Law firm

Hausfeld

Hausfeld is named as solicitors in at least 50 UK judgments from 2009 to 2026, most often in competition and regulated industries and commercial disputes.

50
judgments
16
in the last five years
3
in the Supreme Court or Privy Council
8
in the Court of Appeal

Practice areas

  • Competition and regulated industries10
  • Commercial disputes10
  • Public and administrative law6
  • Insolvency and restructuring5
  • Company and partnership3
  • Cross-border disputes3
  • Civil fraud and asset recovery3
  • Trusts, wills and private client1

Courts

  • Supreme Court3
  • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)8
  • High Court39

Counsel most often instructed

  • Tom de la Mare5
  • Gareth Shires4
  • Oliver Campbell4
  • Thomas Roe4
  • Tristan Jones4
  • Anna Lintner3
  • Colin West3
  • Edward Brown3

Judgments by year

  • 20263
  • 20252
  • 20245
  • 20234
  • 20222
  • 20215
  • 20207
  • 20192
  • 20182
  • 20175
  • 20162
  • 20155
  • 20143
  • 20130
  • 20121
  • 20110
  • 20101
  • 20091

Cases later courts cite most

Cases Hausfeld acted in that later judgments cite most often.

Date Case Cited by
18 Nov 2010
[2010] EWCA Civ 1284 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Under Civil Procedure Rules r 19.6, a representative action requires a class whose members can be determined to have the same interest at every stage of the…
15
11 Dec 2020
[2020] UKSC 51 · Supreme Court
Certification of competition collective proceedings is not ordinarily a merits inquiry. Suitability is assessed comparatively, by asking whether collective…
15
12 Apr 2017
[2017] EWCA Civ 272 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Under CPR Part 17.4(2), a late amendment adding a new cause of action may relate back only where it arises from the same, or substantially the same, facts as…
14
18 Oct 2019
[2019] EWCA Civ 1724 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Where proceedings contain both a claim for damages for personal injury and a claim for another type of loss, the mixed-claim exception in rule 44.16(2)(b) of…
13
23 May 2017
[2017] EWHC 1217 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Security for costs may be ordered against a non-party funder under section 51 of the Senior Courts Act 1981 and CPR 25.14(2)(b) where it is just to do so. The…
9
18 Mar 2020
[2020] EWHC 657 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Confidentiality rings in competition litigation are exceptional. They must be confined to the narrowest extent possible and carefully scrutinised to prevent…
7
31 Jan 2024
[2024] EWHC 190 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
The starting point for confidentiality designations in disclosure is open justice. A confidentiality ring is exceptional. The party seeking departure must…
5
9 Apr 2014
[2014] UKSC 24 · Supreme Court
A European Commission decision finding a competition infringement against several addressees is legally a series of individual decisions. An appeal by one…
5
8 Apr 2009
[2009] EWHC 741 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
CPR rule 19.6 permits representative proceedings only where the represented persons have the same interest when the claim is begun. The class must have a…
5
8 Mar 2023
[2023] EWHC 512 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
In complex group litigation, the court may require information from each claimant where it is necessary to plead a complete cause of action, identify suitable…
3

Recent cases

Date Case Cited by
10 Jul 2026
[2026] EWCA Civ 887 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
In follow-on cartel damages proceedings, binding Commission findings against the defendant may encompass collusive exchanges with a leniency applicant whose…
2 Jun 2026
[2026] EWHC 1299 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
On a summary judgment application, the court may determine a short issue of contractual construction, but must not conduct a mini-trial where material factual…
12 Feb 2026
[2026] EWHC 282 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A provisional liquidator’s powers depend on the appointment order and the facts. Protecting company assets may, in an unusual and urgent case, require selling…
7 Mar 2025
[2025] EWHC 525 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A public authority may rationally disagree with an independent expert review without proving that the review was irrational or identifying a special, good or…
5 Feb 2025
[2025] EWHC 213 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
For an in-time application under CPR r. 7.6(2), the court exercises its discretion in accordance with the overriding objective. A claimant’s delay in preparing…
18 Dec 2024
[2024] EWHC 3285 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Under Civil Procedure Rules 1998, r 38.6, discontinuance normally makes the claimant liable for the defendant’s costs. The claimant bears a high burden to show…
11 Dec 2024
[2024] EWHC 3186 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
Under CPR 31.22(2), the court may restrict collateral use of material referred to in open court where the applicant identifies specific commercial sensitivity…
14 Nov 2024
[2024] EWHC 2904 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
In a civil damages claim, a regulatory approval or update decision does not necessarily determine whether an individual vehicle contains a prohibited defeat…
5 Jun 2024
[2024] EWCA Civ 609 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A court or tribunal may direct a single joint expert even where the instructing parties have conflicting interests. Conflict is a material factor, but it is…
1
31 Jan 2024
[2024] EWHC 190 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
The starting point for confidentiality designations in disclosure is open justice. A confidentiality ring is exceptional. The party seeking departure must…
5
1 Dec 2023
[2023] EWHC 3099 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
Under CPR 31.14, a party generally has a prima facie right to inspect a document mentioned or directly alluded to in a statement of case. That right may extend…
4 Jul 2023
[2023] EWHC 1662 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
In non-environmental judicial review, a costs capping order requires satisfaction of the statutory preconditions and a separate assessment of whether a cap…

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