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Counsel most often instructed
Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases JMW Solicitors LLP acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 16 Nov 2010 |
[2010] EWCA Civ 1276 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
In a claim concerning proposed publication of private information, the court must first determine whether the information attracts a reasonable expectation of…
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28 |
| 6 Nov 2013 |
[2013] UKSC 69 · Supreme Court
A claim entered on a tax return form is not necessarily part of the statutory return for the relevant assessment year. Where the taxpayer leaves the…
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16 |
| 21 Oct 2010 |
[2010] EWHC 2367 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
Parties are ordinarily identified in judgments and orders, including proceedings concerning private information. Anonymity and reporting restrictions require a…
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14 |
| 1 Mar 2023 |
[2023] UKSC 9 · Supreme Court
Under section 40(2) of the Housing and Planning Act 2016, a rent repayment order may be made only against the immediate landlord under the tenancy which…
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11 |
| 1 Apr 2020 |
[2020] UKSC 12 · Supreme Court
An employer is vicariously liable only where an employee’s wrongful conduct is so closely connected with authorised acts that it may fairly and properly be…
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10 |
| 18 Feb 2015 |
[2015] EWHC 366 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
Compensatory damages for future care, accommodation and equipment must meet the claimant’s reasonable needs arising from the injury. Proportionality is…
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5 |
| 20 Feb 2019 |
[2019] EWHC 318 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
An employer required to make an immediate payment under the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 after failing to serve a Payment Notice or…
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5 |
| 17 Jan 2025 |
[2025] EWCA Civ 11 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Interpretation Act 1978, section 7 applies only where an enactment authorises or requires a document to be served by post. It does not apply merely because a…
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4 |
| 22 Oct 2018 |
[2018] EWCA Civ 2339 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Vicarious liability for an employee’s misuse of private information or breach of confidence is not excluded by the Data Protection Act 1998 unless Parliament…
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4 |
| 26 Jan 2022 |
[2022] EWCA Civ 40 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
An authorised agent’s signature normally counts as the signature of the principal, including a company, unless the statute exceptionally requires personal…
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3 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 24 Sep 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2415 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
An application for strike out or summary judgment should be refused where the defence or claim raises a properly arguable question of contractual construction…
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| 9 Sep 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2286 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
For limitation purposes, a purely personal and wholly contingent liability under an unsecured guarantee is not, without more, damage caused by fraudulent…
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| 2 Jun 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1266 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A judicial review of a police misconduct panel is concerned with public law error, not with conducting an appeal or rehearing the evidence. Appropriate…
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| 27 Jan 2026 |
[2026] EWCA Civ 28 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
The police vetting test is distinct from misconduct proceedings. A finding of “no case to answer” or that misconduct was not proved on the balance of…
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| 9 Dec 2025 |
[2025] EWCA Civ 1596 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
In a deceit claim, the claimant bears the burden under section 32 of the Limitation Act 1980 of showing that the fraud could not have been discovered with…
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| 24 Nov 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 3502 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
In assessing costs, the court must identify the successful party and then exercise its discretion having regard to all the circumstances. Admissible Calderbank…
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| 17 Nov 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 3014 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
In an Article 2 inquest, the low threshold of an arguable breach determines whether the enhanced procedural investigation is required. Once the inquest has…
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| 29 Oct 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 2796 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A proprietary estoppel claim requires a sufficiently clear promise, reasonable reliance and detriment. These elements are interrelated, but each must be…
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| 26 Sep 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 2442 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
In construing a deed of priority, the court must undertake a unitary, objective assessment of the language, relevant background and commercial consequences.…
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2 |
| 11 Jul 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 1782 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
For the defence of honest opinion under Defamation Act 2013, the defendant must prove the facts relied on and show that an honest person could have held the…
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1 |
| 6 Jun 2025 |
[2025] EWCA Civ 690 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Under the Debt Respite Scheme (Breathing Space Moratorium and Mental Health Moratorium) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020, secured debt is generally…
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| 16 May 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 1267 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Under CPR 44.2, the unsuccessful party ordinarily pays the successful party’s costs. A party’s failure on individual issues does not justify an issue-based…
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Earlier names
These figures include judgments naming firms that have since merged into, or been renamed as, JMW Solicitors LLP: Goodman Harvey LLP.
Based on judgments published by The National Archives (Find Case Law) in which JMW Solicitors LLP 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 JMW Solicitors LLP. Something wrong or missing? Tell us. All law firms.