Practice areas
Courts
Counsel most often instructed
Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases HFW acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 18 Jan 2021 |
[2021] EWCA Civ 33 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Liability for inducing breach of contract is accessory. The defendant must persuade, encourage or assist the contract-breaker, with conduct that causally…
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98 |
| 9 Aug 2019 |
[2019] EWCA Civ 1413 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
An appellate court may allow an appeal and order a retrial where the trial judgment does not demonstrate that the critical issues and evidence were properly…
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83 |
| 28 Nov 2006 |
[2006] EWCA Civ 1601 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Deceit requires a clearly identified false representation and proof of dishonesty. Knowledge of information inconsistent with a statement does not itself…
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69 |
| 13 Mar 2014 |
[2014] EWCA Civ 257 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A published Air Accident Investigation Branch report is admissible in civil proceedings for its factual evidence, including hearsay, and its opinions informed…
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69 |
| 24 Nov 2003 |
[2003] EWCA Civ 1668 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
An acknowledgment under Limitation Act 1980 section 30(1) is signed where the maker’s name or mark is attached in a manner which objectively indicates approval…
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39 |
| 22 Nov 2007 |
[2007] EWHC 2699 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A notification of circumstances under a professional indemnity policy must be construed objectively in its documentary and commercial context. A notice…
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38 |
| 14 Feb 2014 |
[2014] EWHC 236 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Contractual terms are incorporated by construing the incorporating words in the host contract before examining the terms said to be incorporated. A reference…
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20 |
| 20 Apr 2016 |
[2016] EWCA Civ 386 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A statutory right to claim directly against a liability insurer is essentially contractual where its content is substantially defined by the insurance…
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19 |
| 20 Oct 2005 |
[2005] EWHC 2239 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A third-party debt order requires a debt owed by the third party to the judgment debtor. An ultimate beneficial interest does not itself create the necessary…
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18 |
| 17 Jun 2010 |
[2010] EWCA Civ 691 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A contractual obligation to perform services ordinarily includes the legal incident that they will be performed with reasonable skill and care, unless the…
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17 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 14 Sep 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2358 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Permission to serve a foreign defendant out of the jurisdiction requires a serious issue on the merits, a good arguable case within a jurisdictional gateway…
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| 4 Sep 2026 |
[2026] EWCA Civ 1158 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
For Article III rule 6 of the Hague-Visby Rules, a “suit” is substantive proceedings capable of determining the carrier’s liability for cargo loss or damage.…
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| 30 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1914 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
An anti-suit injunction may restrain foreign proceedings brought in breach of an exclusive English jurisdiction clause where the claimant shows to a high…
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| 23 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1942 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A confidentiality ring derogates from the ordinary expectation that a party can inspect disclosed material, subject to the implied undertaking against…
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| 21 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1837 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
At renewal, an insured must disclose material circumstances that remain relevant to the risk and unknown to the insurer, even if they should have been…
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| 22 May 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1236 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Foreign insolvency assignees who alone have authority under the foreign insolvency law to conduct proceedings may be joined under Civil Procedure Rules 1998 r…
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| 13 May 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1134 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Insurance recoveries under contingent cover do not discharge a primary insurer’s liability. They are res inter alios acta as between the insured and the…
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| 27 Mar 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 727 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
In a CIF contract incorporating standard terms, stated destination delivery dates are ordinarily indicative where the contract terms provide that the seller…
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| 11 Mar 2026 |
[2026] EWCA Civ 251 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Rule 14(b) of the Collision Regulations does not impose fixed 3° or 6° geometric limits derived from the technical lighting provisions. The expressions “nearly…
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| 20 Jan 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 52 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
An assignee who takes the benefit of contractual rights takes it subject to the contractual burdens and limitations attached to those rights. This may require…
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| 13 Jan 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 17 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Under a sale contract providing for payment by documentary credit, the buyer’s obligation is ordinarily discharged conditionally, not absolutely. Construction…
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| 5 Dec 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 3187 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
On an appeal under Arbitration Act 1996, a wrongful declaration of force majeure does not relieve the innocent party from proving that, absent the repudiation…
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Earlier names
These figures include judgments naming firms that have since merged into, or been renamed as, HFW: Holman Fenwick Willan LLP.
Based on judgments published by The National Archives (Find Case Law) in which HFW 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 HFW. Something wrong or missing? Tell us. All law firms.