Practice areas
Courts
Counsel most often instructed
Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Kennedys acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 19 Dec 2017 |
[2017] UKSC 80 · Supreme Court
Permission to serve proceedings outside the jurisdiction requires a plausible evidential basis for an applicable gateway. Where disputed facts can be assessed…
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126 |
| 20 Oct 2021 |
[2021] UKSC 45 · Supreme Court
For the domestic tort gateway in paragraph 3.1(9)(a) of Civil Procedure Rules 1998 Practice Direction 6B, “damage” means actionable harm caused by the alleged…
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78 |
| 29 Nov 2023 |
[2023] UKSC 48 · Supreme Court
In civil proceedings, a party must ordinarily challenge by cross-examination any material evidence of an opposing witness which it intends to invite the court…
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66 |
| 9 Oct 2020 |
[2020] UKSC 38 · Supreme Court
Under English common-law conflict rules, the law governing an arbitration agreement is the law chosen by the parties or, absent choice, the law with which the…
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44 |
| 15 May 2003 |
[2003] EWHC 1089 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
An applicant seeking a freezing order without notice must make full, fair and accurate disclosure of every material fact. It must make proper inquiries…
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27 |
| 15 Mar 2017 |
[2017] EWCA Civ 145 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
In a long-term-sickness dismissal, the fairness and justification of dismissal normally depend on the composite effect of the initial decision and the internal…
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22 |
| 29 Feb 2008 |
[2008] EWCA Civ 147 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Breach of a procedural condition precedent in an insurance policy does not put the insurer to an irrevocable election whether to rely on the resulting defence.…
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20 |
| 29 Aug 2018 |
[2018] EWCA Civ 1882 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
An appellate court will rarely disturb a trial judge’s findings of primary fact or a multi-factorial evaluation of evidence. Intervention requires an…
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19 |
| 17 Oct 2006 |
[2006] EWHC 2531 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Indemnity costs are exceptional. They require conduct or circumstances taking the case outside the ordinary standard-basis regime; dishonesty or moral blame is…
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18 |
| 3 Jul 2015 |
[2015] EWCA Civ 665 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
At the jurisdiction stage, a claimant must show a good arguable case: more than a merely arguable case, but less than proof on the balance of probabilities.…
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18 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 11 Sep 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2308 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Specific disclosure is not a means of discovering or constructing an unpleaded case. Under CPR r.31.12, an applicant must show prima facie that identified…
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| 31 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EWCA Civ 1005 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A judgment obtained by fraud may be set aside against a party who was not personally dishonest where the fraud is properly attributable to that party.…
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1 |
| 24 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1875 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
In a workplace injury claim, the claimant must prove breach of the duty to provide a safe system of work on the balance of probabilities. Competing accounts…
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| 6 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EWCA Civ 863 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Under the mortgagees’ interest wording considered, the insured loss was impairment of the mortgagees’ security interest, subject to the contractual limits.…
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| 2 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EWCA Civ 816 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Appellate interference with a discretionary case management decision requires legal misdirection, failure to consider relevant matters, consideration of…
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1 |
| 11 Jun 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1429 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
A statement of case must identify the facts, duties, breaches, causation and loss relied on against each defendant. General allegations of statutory…
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| 22 May 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1247 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
Claims based on fraud, conspiracy or misfeasance in public office must plead the primary facts said to constitute dishonesty. Assertions that reports were…
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| 6 May 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1054 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
Permission to serve a foreign defendant out of the jurisdiction requires a serious issue to be tried, a good arguable case within a jurisdictional gateway, and…
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| 31 Mar 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 750 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
In a disputed medical diagnosis, the court must determine the balance of probabilities from the totality of the available evidence. That evidence may include…
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| 23 Mar 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 674 (SCCO) · High Court: Senior Courts Costs Office
Proceedings may be issued solely to obtain an order for pre-action costs where the substantive claim has settled but costs remain disputed. The relevant…
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| 20 Mar 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 667 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
A contribution claim under the Civil Liability (Contribution) Act 1978 requires the proposed contributor to be liable to the injured claimant for the same…
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| 20 Mar 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 657 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
In assessing damages for clinical negligence, the court must compensate reasonable needs arising from the injury. Proportionality has a limited role: the court…
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Earlier names
These figures include judgments naming firms that have since merged into, or been renamed as, Kennedys: Berg & Co, Waltons & Morse LLP, Davies Lavery, Gates & Partners.
Based on judgments published by The National Archives (Find Case Law) in which Kennedys 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 Kennedys. Something wrong or missing? Tell us. All law firms.