Law firm

Hay & Kilner

Hay & Kilner is named as solicitors in at least 22 UK judgments from 2003 to 2025, most often in public and administrative law and construction and engineering.

22
judgments
7
in the last five years
5
in the Court of Appeal

Practice areas

  • Public and administrative law5
  • Construction and engineering4
  • Family and children3
  • Commercial disputes3
  • Clinical negligence2
  • Planning and environment1
  • Crime1
  • Professional liability1

Courts

  • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)5
  • High Court17

Counsel most often instructed

  • David Drake4

Judgments by year

  • 20260
  • 20251
  • 20244
  • 20232
  • 20220
  • 20210
  • 20201
  • 20191
  • 20180
  • 20170
  • 20161
  • 20153
  • 20141
  • 20130
  • 20121
  • 20111
  • 20101
  • 20090
  • 20080
  • 20070

Cases later courts cite most

Cases Hay & Kilner acted in that later judgments cite most often.

Date Case Cited by
23 Jul 2003
[2003] EWCA Civ 1189 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
In a solicitor-negligence claim for loss of a litigation chance, the court must first decide whether the lost claim had real and substantial value. A claim is…
4
27 May 2011
[2011] EWCA Civ 644 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Economic loss flowing directly and foreseeably from physical damage to revenue-generating property is recoverable in negligence. It includes revenue lost…
3

Recent cases

Date Case Cited by
13 Jun 2024
[2024] EWHC 1926 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
On an application for strike out or summary judgment, the court must distinguish legal sufficiency from the evidential merits of the claim. Strike out is…
31 May 2024
[2024] EWHC 1295 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Natural justice does not create an automatic right to legal representation in internal disciplinary proceedings. In an exceptional case, however, fairness may…
6 Dec 2023
[2023] EWHC 3122 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
On a summary judgment application to enforce an adjudicator’s decision, the court may determine a short question of contractual formation or construction where…
1
20 May 2015
[2015] EWHC 1460 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
Indemnity costs require conduct which takes the case out of the ordinary run and is unreasonable to a high degree. A party’s defeat, a robust judgment, or the…
6 May 2015
[2015] EWHC 1175 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
Loss of revenue payable under a contractual performance regime may be recoverable as consequential loss where physical damage to revenue-generating property…
17 Jul 2014
[2014] EWHC 2437 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Where a continuing care agreement refers to a price fixed under an expired umbrella agreement, the former price does not necessarily continue for the…
11 Oct 2012
[2012] EWCA Civ 1726 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
In insolvency proceedings, the ordinary costs rules apply, subject to the special rules governing a trustee in bankruptcy’s right to reimbursement from the…
2
27 May 2011
[2011] EWCA Civ 644 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Economic loss flowing directly and foreseeably from physical damage to revenue-generating property is recoverable in negligence. It includes revenue lost…
3
21 Jul 2010
[2010] EWHC 1852 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
Where negligence causes physical damage to a claimant’s property, consequential loss of use, profit or revenue may be recovered if causation is established and…
1 Nov 2005
[2005] EWHC 2564 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A public authority exercising a discretionary licensing power must not fetter its discretion by applying policy rigidly. It must keep open the possibility of…
21 Dec 2004
[2004] EWCA Civ 1687 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
An appellate court should not order a retrial merely because a trial judge made an unnecessary and potentially unfair finding about a party’s motivation. The…
23 Jul 2003
[2003] EWCA Civ 1189 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
In a solicitor-negligence claim for loss of a litigation chance, the court must first decide whether the lost claim had real and substantial value. A claim is…
4

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