Practice areas
Courts
Counsel most often instructed
Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Knights acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 29 Apr 2008 |
[2008] EWCA Civ 431 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
An application preserves mechanically propelled vehicular rights from extinguishment under section 67(3) of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act…
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14 |
| 17 Nov 2009 |
[2009] EWHC 2890 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
A dispute for adjudication requires a communicated claim, assertion or position which the other party expressly rejects or does not accept. The dispute is…
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9 |
| 31 Mar 2009 |
[2009] EWHC 639 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A fiduciary relationship does not necessarily impose contractual exclusivity. It does require loyalty, avoidance of conflicts and full, express informed…
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9 |
| 25 Jun 2008 |
[2008] EWCA Civ 714 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A planning-permission notice gives adequate reasons where it identifies the development-plan policy relied upon and sufficiently indicates why the proposal…
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5 |
| 18 Feb 2015 |
[2015] EWCA Civ 94 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
In a misconduct dismissal, the reasonableness of the employer’s investigation under section 98(4) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 is assessed as a whole. The…
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5 |
| 20 Nov 2003 |
[2003] EWCA Civ 1676 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Illegality in the performance of a lawful employment contract does not automatically make the contract unenforceable. The employer bears the burden of proving…
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4 |
| 23 Jul 2025 |
[2025] EWCA Civ 958 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A party’s failure to identify a consideration arising after a planning inquiry has closed does not create an absolute procedural bar to a statutory review. The…
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4 |
| 9 Jun 2023 |
[2023] EWCA Civ 652 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Rule 70 requires a broad assessment of the interests of justice. The tribunal must balance the applicant’s injustice if reconsideration is refused against the…
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4 |
| 13 Jul 2010 |
[2010] EWHC 1459 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
Under section 18(1) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1927, the court first assesses common-law damages reasonably compensating the landlord for breach of a…
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4 |
| 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 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 29 Sep 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2453 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
A terminal dilapidations claim is assessed first by the common-law cost of work needed to restore the covenanted condition, subject to mitigation and…
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| 17 Aug 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2177 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
In consequential-costs proceedings, an approved costs budget may be revised during an unfinished trial where a court-directed development creates unbudgeted…
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| 21 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EWCA Civ 942 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A bank or payment service provider must ordinarily execute a customer’s apparently valid payment instruction. Its duty to exercise reasonable care requires…
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| 10 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1701 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Section 60 of the Land Registration Act 2002 makes a boundary shown on a registered title plan a general boundary; it does not itself fix the exact line. The…
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| 3 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1682 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A capital-value assessment is not required for every claim for profits lost through breach of contract. Where the loss concerns a short period while a claimant…
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| 19 Jun 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1476 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
An application for security for costs should generally be made promptly once the facts justifying it are known. Where a corporate claimant is likely to be…
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| 22 May 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1244 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A commons registration authority cannot accept a fresh application under the Commons Registration Act 1965 after the statutory machinery and time limit have…
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| 22 May 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1182 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Under the Mines (Working Facilities and Support) Act 1966, compensation for ancillary mining rights is assessed as fair and reasonable between a willing…
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| 27 Mar 2026 |
[2026] EWCA Civ 363 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A payment is consideration for VAT purposes where, under the relevant legal arrangements, it is provided in return for identifiable services. The payer need…
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| 26 Mar 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 811 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Whether to order a split trial is a pragmatic balancing exercise under the court’s case-management powers. The court must assess how the litigation is likely…
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| 26 Mar 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 685 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A collateral contract may arise between a customer and a supplier where the supplier makes assurances about goods, the customer relies on them in procuring a…
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| 4 Mar 2026 |
[2026] UKSC 9 · Supreme Court
A state waives adjudicative immunity under a treaty where the treaty’s words, interpreted under public international law, clearly and unequivocally express…
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Earlier names
These figures include judgments naming firms that have since merged into, or been renamed as, Knights: IBB Law, Owen White, Iliffes Booth Bennett, Turbervilles, Knight & Sons.
Based on judgments published by The National Archives (Find Case Law) in which Knights 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 Knights. Something wrong or missing? Tell us. All law firms.