Hughes Fowler Carruthers: court cases and practice areas

Hughes Fowler Carruthers

Hughes Fowler Carruthers is named as solicitors in at least 79 UK judgments from 2003 to 2026, most often in family and children and trusts, wills and private client.

judgments

in the last five years

in the Supreme Court or Privy Council

in the Court of Appeal

Practice areas

Family and children75
Trusts, wills and private client6
Civil fraud and asset recovery5
Cross-border disputes5
Real estate2
Insolvency and restructuring2
Public international law and sanctions2
Tax1

Courts

Supreme Court1
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)25
High Court53

Counsel most often instructed

Charles Howard19
Deepak Nagpal10
C. HOWARD6
C Howard4
Jennifer Palmer4
Deirdre Fottrell3
Richard Castle3
Tim Owen3

Judgments by year

20263
20253
20243
20233
20222
20211
20207
20193
20182
20174
20167
20153
20146
20135
20124
20112
20108
20092
20082
20073

Cases later courts cite most

Cases Hughes Fowler Carruthers acted in that later judgments cite most often.

Date	Case	Cited by
22 Mar 2016	Al-Juffali v Estrada [2016] EWCA Civ 176 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division) A receiving-state court should not conduct a functional inquiry into whether an accredited Permanent Representative or diplomat has actually performed official…	4

Recent cases

Date	Case	Cited by
2 Oct 2025	Natalia Nikolaevna Potanina v Vladimir Olegovich Potanin (No 2) (Costs) [2025] EWCA Civ 1223 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division) On an appeal from the Family Division, the general costs rule does not apply, but the successful party’s success may remain the decisive factor where there is…
22 Mar 2016	Al-Juffali v Estrada [2016] EWCA Civ 176 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division) A receiving-state court should not conduct a functional inquiry into whether an accredited Permanent Representative or diplomat has actually performed official…	4
27 Jul 2007	Holman v Howes [2007] EWCA Civ 877 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Beneficial interests in jointly acquired property must be quantified by determining the parties’ actual common intention, or the intention inferred from their…	1
11 Nov 2005	Holman v Howes [2005] EWHC 2824 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division Where a property is acquired for joint domestic use and both parties contribute, the court must determine whether they communicated a common intention that…

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