Practice areas
Courts
Counsel most often instructed
Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Hill Dickinson acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 4 Mar 2015 |
[2015] UKSC 10 · Supreme Court
Accessory liability as a joint tortfeasor requires more than knowing facilitation. The defendant must provide assistance which is more than trivial and must do…
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78 |
| 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 |
| 25 Oct 2011 |
[2011] EWCA Civ 1190 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Under section 47B of the Employment Rights Act 1996, a protected disclosure must materially influence the employer’s detrimental treatment. A causal background…
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67 |
| 11 Dec 2019 |
[2019] EWCA Civ 2203 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A good arguable case that a respondent committed wrongdoing relevant to dissipation points powerfully towards a real risk of dissipation. Significant further…
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53 |
| 21 Nov 2012 |
[2012] UKSC 56 · Supreme Court
Vicarious liability is not confined to a contract of employment. A relationship may suffice where its essential incidents make it akin to employment. Relevant…
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52 |
| 13 May 2010 |
[2010] EWCA Civ 522 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
In deciding whether a misconduct dismissal was reasonable, an employment tribunal must examine whether the employer genuinely believed the employee guilty, had…
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51 |
| 9 Mar 2011 |
[2011] UKSC 10 · Supreme Court
The Fairchild exception applies to mesothelioma caused by a single wrongful exposure to asbestos where environmental exposure is the only alternative source.…
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47 |
| 1 Jul 2015 |
[2015] UKSC 43 · Supreme Court
Contract damages compensate the injured party for the value of the performance actually lost. Following an accepted anticipatory repudiation, a court may…
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34 |
| 5 May 2010 |
[2010] EWCA Civ 485 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A commercial contract requiring an airline to establish and operate a two-aircraft base was enforceable although it did not prescribe a minimum number of…
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32 |
| 17 Jun 2010 |
[2010] EWCA Civ 683 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
In a common-law occupational-noise claim, an employer’s failure to make the noise assessments required by the applicable Code of Practice may amount to a…
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31 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 7 Oct 2026 |
[2026] EWCA Civ 1259 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
The change of position defence requires good faith, a sufficient connection with the payment and detriment making restitution inequitable. Mere negligence does…
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| 16 Sep 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2356 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
An NHS integrated care board’s assessment of a disabled child’s continuing-care package involves evaluative judgments, but it must engage rationally with clear…
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| 7 Aug 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2109 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
At the permission stage, a judicial review claim must be arguable with a realistic prospect of success. Statutory duties to arrange health, palliative and…
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| 23 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1873 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Under GAFTA Form 48 clause 20, “unforeseeable” means a risk whose probability, assessed when the contract is made, is so remote that it is negligible in…
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| 23 Jun 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1571 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
Where a party has succeeded overall, the general rule is that costs should follow the event. The court must assess success in substance and may adjust the…
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| 19 Jun 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1522 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
A principal may require a former agent to provide access to business documents stored on a personal device, subject to a proportionate process protecting…
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| 18 Jun 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1494 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Where a contract of affreightment requires separate shipments pursuant to separate cargo declarations, failure to provide a vessel for one declared shipment is…
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| 5 Jun 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1356 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
An educational body outside the statutory exclusions regime must act fairly and in accordance with natural justice. A decision-maker must investigate…
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| 4 Jun 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1217 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Article 3 duties must be analysed by reference to the particular duty, public authority, and its powers and responsibilities. General responsibility as an…
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| 30 Apr 2026 |
[2026] EAT 64 · Employment Appeal Tribunal
An Employment Tribunal determines time-limit issues on the case advanced in the pleadings, evidence and submissions. It is not required, and would be wrong, to…
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| 23 Apr 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 997 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
An anti-suit injunction enforcing an arbitration agreement should ordinarily be granted where incorporation and contractual scope are established to a high…
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| 27 Mar 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 632 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
In quantifying beneficial interests in a jointly owned home after cohabitees separate, the court must consider the whole course of dealing between the parties…
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Earlier names
These figures include judgments naming firms that have since merged into, or been renamed as, Hill Dickinson: Middleton Potts, Bullivant Jones.
Based on judgments published by The National Archives (Find Case Law) in which Hill Dickinson 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 Hill Dickinson. Something wrong or missing? Tell us. All law firms.