Law firm

JF Law Limited

JF Law Limited is named as solicitors in at least 97 UK judgments from 2003 to 2020, most often in public and administrative law and civil liberties and human rights.

97
judgments
0
in the last five years
3
in the Supreme Court or Privy Council
38
in the Court of Appeal

Practice areas

  • Public and administrative law87
  • Civil liberties and human rights40
  • Planning and environment8
  • Social welfare and education5
  • Immigration and asylum5
  • Real estate4
  • Cross-border disputes3
  • Extradition3

Courts

  • Supreme Court3
  • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)37
  • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)1
  • High Court56

Counsel most often instructed

  • Michael Fordham20
  • David Wolfe15
  • Dan Squires12
  • Tom Hickman10
  • Rabinder Singh8
  • Richard Hermer7
  • Aileen McColgan6
  • Danny Friedman6

Judgments by year

  • 20260
  • 20250
  • 20240
  • 20230
  • 20220
  • 20210
  • 20201
  • 20191
  • 20181
  • 20170
  • 20164
  • 20159
  • 201410
  • 201314
  • 20127
  • 20117
  • 20104
  • 20098
  • 200810
  • 20072

Cases later courts cite most

Cases JF Law Limited acted in that later judgments cite most often.

Date Case Cited by
17 Feb 2012
[2012] EWHC 201 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
The right to education requires effective access to existing higher education institutions, but permits tuition fees. Access and indirect discrimination must…
80
16 Oct 2003
[2003] EWCA Civ 1408 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A local planning authority's decision whether a Schedule 2 project is likely to have significant environmental effects is a planning judgment. It is reviewable…
53
7 Nov 2003
[2003] EWHC 2775 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A waste planning authority must keep mandatory waste-management objectives in mind, but may lawfully grant permission where conditions reduce noise and odour…
44
30 Jul 2014
[2014] UKSC 47 · Supreme Court
The illegality defence does not automatically bar a statutory discrimination claim arising from unlawful employment. In tort, the claimant’s illegality must be…
28
5 Feb 2009
[2009] EWCA Civ 23 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A restriction upon the manner or form of political expression may interfere with the substance of the right. Its significance depends upon the facts. Where a…
18
22 Jul 2015
[2015] UKSC 51 · Supreme Court
Where a public body has acted unlawfully but coercive relief is inappropriate, a court will usually make a declaratory order reflecting its finding. A…
13
29 Apr 2016
[2016] EWCA Civ 413 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Retrospective legislation which deliberately alters the outcome of pending civil proceedings engages article 6, even where it applies generally rather than…
12
24 May 2013
[2013] EWHC 1412 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
An Article 2 investigative duty requires a full, fair and fearless investigation that is independent, prompt, accessible to the victim’s family and the public…
10
8 Jul 2010
[2010] EWCA Civ 758 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Under Articles 15 and 37(1)(B) of the Iraqi Constitution, read with Article 46, the essence of protection against detention is an objective, independent and…
9
9 Oct 2003
[2003] EWCA Civ 1345 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Differential treatment engages article 14 only where the claimant and comparator are in sufficiently analogous circumstances to require objective…
9

Recent cases

Date Case Cited by
5 May 2020
[2020] EWHC 1074 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A possession order is a final order for the purposes of CPR Rule 3.1(7) where it finally determines the claimant’s right to possession, even if other claims…
3
5 Mar 2019
[2019] EWHC 508 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
An employer’s duty to provide health surveillance under Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002, regulation 11, arises only where the…
9 Sep 2016
[2016] EWCA Civ 811 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Extra-territorial jurisdiction under Article 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights is exceptional, but no additional high threshold applies once an…
7
29 Apr 2016
[2016] EWCA Civ 413 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Retrospective legislation which deliberately alters the outcome of pending civil proceedings engages article 6, even where it applies generally rather than…
12
27 Apr 2016
[2016] EWHC 953 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A university may postpone or withdraw permission for an event where concrete, evidence-based risk assessments show substantial risks to safety or public order…
7 Apr 2016
[2016] EWHC 773 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A duty under articles 2 or 3 of the Convention to investigate arises when credible information disclosing an arguable substantive breach comes to the attention…
4 Dec 2015
[2015] EWHC 3533 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A policy supplementing an unlawful eligibility condition may use a bright-line residence rule, even though some applicants with strong UK connections fall on…
10 Nov 2015
[2015] EWCA Civ 1141 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
An immigration rule requiring refusal of entry clearance following a sentence of at least four years does not displace the rule’s express exception where…
2
22 Oct 2015
[2015] EWHC 2964 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A consultation on changes to a statutory library service is lawful if, read with earlier material, it gives consultees a fair opportunity to propose affordable…
1
22 Jul 2015
[2015] UKSC 51 · Supreme Court
Where a public body has acted unlawfully but coercive relief is inappropriate, a court will usually make a declaratory order reflecting its finding. A…
13
17 Jul 2015
[2015] EWCA Civ 770 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
In military Article 2 cases falling within the middle ground, the court must distinguish an isolated failure by an individual, including a supervisor, from a…
6
26 Jun 2015
[2015] EWHC 1769 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Where the state owes a Convention duty to investigate alleged unlawful killing or ill-treatment, the investigation must be effective and prompt.…

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