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Cases later courts cite most
Cases Hextalls Law acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 29 Feb 2008 |
[2008] EWCA Civ 147 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Breach of a procedural condition precedent in an insurance policy does not put the insurer to an irrevocable election whether to rely on the resulting defence.…
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| 30 Jun 2005 |
[2005] EWHC 1398 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Permission to appeal an arbitration award under Arbitration Act 1996, section 69, requires a genuine question of law. A party cannot recast disagreement with…
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7 |
| 27 Jul 2006 |
[2006] EWCA Civ 1089 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A highway authority’s duty under section 41(1) of the Highways Act 1980 extends beyond the traffic surface to the structure and fabric of the highway. It…
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5 |
| 23 Feb 2006 |
[2006] EWHC 232 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A towage obligation to proceed at utmost dispatch requires the maximum speed consistent with normal navigation and ordinary use of the tug’s engines. A…
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5 |
| 27 Jun 2024 |
[2024] EWCA Civ 718 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
For the purposes of Rome II, whether a matter constitutes evidence or procedure has an autonomous meaning. The words should receive their natural meaning in…
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5 |
| 14 Nov 2008 |
[2008] EWHC 2790 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
A ski instructor must assess a group by reference to the capabilities of its weakest members. The assessment is prospective and objective, and must take…
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4 |
| 18 Jun 2004 |
[2004] EWHC 1447 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
When a statutory wage-setting body creates different minimum rates, the distinction must rest on facts relating to the work, including skill, commitment…
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4 |
| 19 Mar 2008 |
[2008] EWHC 535 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Summary judgment should be refused where the defendant shows a real, rather than fanciful, prospect of defending the claim on assumed facts. A court should not…
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3 |
| 14 Jul 2006 |
[2006] EWHC 1729 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A time charterer gives an absolute warranty that cargo loaded will be lawful and will not expose the vessel to capture or seizure. The relevant risk is…
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3 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 27 Jun 2024 |
[2024] EWCA Civ 718 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
For the purposes of Rome II, whether a matter constitutes evidence or procedure has an autonomous meaning. The words should receive their natural meaning in…
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5 |
| 1 Nov 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 2683 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
An employer may be liable in negligence where an employee is required to undertake work at height using an unsafe system. Where the task presents an obvious…
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| 29 Jun 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 1565 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
Damages must compensate only for loss caused by the defendant’s breach. The court must compare the claimant’s actual position with the position that would…
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1 |
| 26 Oct 2022 |
[2022] EWHC 2704 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
Under Rome II, Spanish law governed the substantive assessment of damages for an accident in Spain, while English law governed procedure and evidence. The…
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1 |
| 12 Jul 2013 |
[2013] EWHC 2060 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
In a mid-term broker change, commission for business under a binding authority, quota share treaty or declaration-based policy is generally earned when…
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| 8 Mar 2013 |
[2013] EWHC 479 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
Employers must address the risks of work at height through proper planning, competent supervision, suitable training, site-specific risk assessment and an…
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| 28 Jan 2010 |
[2010] EWHC 97 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Retrospective tax legislation is not incompatible with Article 1 of Protocol No 1 merely because it imposes liability for past periods. The court must assess…
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2 |
| 13 Jul 2009 |
[2009] EWHC 1610 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
A defendant may owe a duty to take reasonable care when placing equipment near a motor-racing circuit, particularly where vehicles may foreseeably overrun the…
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| 17 Jun 2009 |
[2009] EWCA Civ 583 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
In valuing damages for a lost chance of future earnings, a court may identify the most probable career path and apply an overall discount for contingencies…
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1 |
| 18 Dec 2008 |
[2008] EWCA Civ 1621 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A contractual agent’s authority is confined to functions expressly assigned, reasonably understood from the instructions, or reasonably incidental to them.…
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| 14 Nov 2008 |
[2008] EWHC 2790 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
A ski instructor must assess a group by reference to the capabilities of its weakest members. The assessment is prospective and objective, and must take…
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4 |
| 11 Aug 2008 |
[2008] EWHC 1962 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
In assessing damages for loss of a chance, the court must reflect the prospects that the chance would have materialised. Where significant uncertainty exists…
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2 |
Based on judgments published by The National Archives (Find Case Law) in which Hextalls Law 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 Hextalls Law. Something wrong or missing? Tell us. All law firms.