Practice areas
Courts
Counsel most often instructed
Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases K&L Gates acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 9 Oct 2020 |
[2020] EWCA Civ 1300 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
An equitable obligation of confidence depends on what a reasonable person in the recipient’s position would understand. A reputable supplier’s contractual…
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49 |
| 23 Mar 2015 |
[2015] UKPC 11 · Privy Council
A nominee director must understand the company’s affairs, apply an independent mind to its interests and exercise personal judgment. The director cannot…
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44 |
| 14 Sep 2005 |
[2005] EWCA Civ 1117 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A domestic sporting tribunal must comply with fundamental requirements of fairness, but fairness is assessed realistically in the context of the tribunal’s…
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24 |
| 23 Jul 2008 |
[2008] EWCA Civ 863 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
For limitation purposes, negligent financial advice causes immediate damage where it induces a claimant to exchange a secure investment for a materially less…
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18 |
| 27 Apr 2012 |
[2012] EWCA Civ 548 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Commercial parties may intend to create legal relations without making every contemplated obligation enforceable. The court must identify objectively both…
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13 |
| 1 May 2013 |
[2013] EWHC 1088 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Summary judgment is inappropriate where determining whether a claim has a realistic prospect of success would require a mini-trial of disputed facts, extensive…
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12 |
| 4 Nov 2021 |
[2021] EWCA Civ 1589 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A state does not enjoy immunity under section 3(1)(a) of the State Immunity Act 1978 where proceedings concern its non-sovereign pursuit of monetary claims…
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11 |
| 1 Apr 2015 |
[2015] EWCA Civ 333 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A statutory direct action against an insurer must be characterised by identifying the substance of the right conferred. Where the right largely mirrors the…
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9 |
| 23 May 2017 |
[2017] EWHC 1217 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Security for costs may be ordered against a non-party funder under section 51 of the Senior Courts Act 1981 and CPR 25.14(2)(b) where it is just to do so. The…
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9 |
| 18 Feb 2011 |
[2011] EWHC 257 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Directors may honestly believe that a risky transaction benefits a company, so commercial misjudgment does not by itself establish breach of fiduciary duty or…
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7 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 27 Jul 2026 |
[2026] UKUT 281 (TCC) · Upper Tribunal: Tax and Chancery Chamber
On a non-disciplinary reference, the Upper Tribunal conducts supervisory review: it remits a prohibition decision only where the decision is outside the range…
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| 27 Apr 2026 |
[2026] UKUT 162 (TCC) · Upper Tribunal: Tax and Chancery Chamber
A reference to the Upper Tribunal is a complete rehearing, with the burden of proof on the Authority. In assessing pension-transfer advice, suitability is a…
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| 19 Jan 2026 |
[2026] UKUT 20 (TCC) · Upper Tribunal: Tax and Chancery Chamber
An expert’s qualifications and awareness of the duty to the tribunal do not by themselves establish admissibility. The tribunal must assess whether the…
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| 20 Nov 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 3064 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
On a reverse summary judgment application, a claimant need only show a real prospect of establishing the pleaded case. The court may closely examine evidence…
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| 13 Mar 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 591 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
An assignment transfers contractual rights and benefits, but not burdens, obligations or liabilities, unless the transaction amounts to a novation agreed by…
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1 |
| 12 Dec 2024 |
[2024] EWCA Civ 1536 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A CJEU preliminary ruling made on a valid reference is binding in the United Kingdom, including where it gives a qualified answer to the questions referred. A…
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4 |
| 20 Oct 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 2650 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Where a contractual rent-deferral arrangement remains valid only while no continuing event of default exists, the deferral does not end automatically on the…
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| 21 Apr 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 910 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
An arbitration award will be challenged for serious irregularity under section 68 of the Arbitration Act 1996 only where the tribunal has failed to comply with…
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| 30 Oct 2022 |
[2022] EWHC 2242 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
The State Immunity Act 1978 is a complete code governing state immunity in England and Wales, construed against customary international law. State-sponsored…
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2 |
| 7 Dec 2021 |
[2021] EWCA Civ 1834 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
The Court of Appeal may use its case-management jurisdiction to make a strike-out unless order which effectively imposes a payment condition, despite the…
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1 |
| 4 Nov 2021 |
[2021] EWCA Civ 1589 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A state does not enjoy immunity under section 3(1)(a) of the State Immunity Act 1978 where proceedings concern its non-sovereign pursuit of monetary claims…
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11 |
| 27 May 2021 |
[2021] EWHC 1438 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Registrability must be assessed against the goods and services covered by the application and the perception of the relevant public. The assessment must…
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Earlier names
These figures include judgments naming firms that have since merged into, or been renamed as, K&L Gates: Nicholson Graham & Jones.
Based on judgments published by The National Archives (Find Case Law) in which K&L Gates 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 K&L Gates. Something wrong or missing? Tell us. All law firms.