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Counsel most often instructed
Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Latham & Watkins acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 10 Jun 2022 |
[2022] EWCA Civ 782 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
For Limitation Act 1980 section 32(1)(b), deliberate concealment postpones time only until the claimant knows, or could reasonably know, that it has a…
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23 |
| 27 Jan 2022 |
[2022] EWCA Civ 43 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A claim in knowing receipt requires beneficial receipt of assets traceable to the claimant’s trust property and knowledge making it unconscionable to retain…
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21 |
| 8 Apr 2020 |
[2020] EWHC 853 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
An English court may enforce disclosure notwithstanding a real risk that compliance will expose a foreign litigant to prosecution abroad. Foreign law does not…
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15 |
| 20 Dec 2023 |
[2023] UKSC 51 · Supreme Court
A personal claim in knowing receipt requires the claimant to retain an equitable proprietary interest in the property when the defendant receives or retains it…
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15 |
| 14 Mar 2019 |
[2019] EWCA Civ 416 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A new cause of action introduced after expiry of the limitation period may relate back only if it arises from the same or substantially the same facts as are…
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12 |
| 18 Sep 2024 |
[2024] UKSC 30 · Supreme Court
A general choice of law governing a contract ordinarily governs an arbitration clause contained in it, even where the arbitration has a foreign seat. The law…
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12 |
| 11 Aug 2009 |
[2009] EWHC 2114 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A company may select the creditors with whom it enters a scheme and need not include creditors whose rights are unaffected or who have no real economic…
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10 |
| 16 Apr 2014 |
[2014] UKPC 9 · Privy Council
A mistaken payment cannot be recovered as unjust enrichment where it discharged a valid contractual debt, unless the mistake avoided the contract. Only an…
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9 |
| 18 Nov 2019 |
[2019] EWHC 3107 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A widely worded jurisdiction clause may extend to a separate document where the documents form one closely connected commercial package, no competing…
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8 |
| 5 Jun 2020 |
[2020] EWHC 1499 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
At a scheme convening hearing, the court does not determine the merits or fairness of the proposed scheme. It should, however, identify any jurisdictional…
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7 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 10 Jun 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1414 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
At a scheme convening hearing, the court assesses whether the proposed scheme is jurisdictionally available and whether any apparent roadblock makes refusal of…
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| 21 Nov 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 3081 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
The court has an unfettered discretion whether to sanction a scheme of arrangement. It will ordinarily do so where the statutory requirements are met, the…
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| 2 Sep 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 2318 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
At a convening hearing for a scheme under Companies Act 2006 Part 26, the court considers jurisdiction, notice, class composition and explanatory material…
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| 5 Jun 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 1386 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
At the convening stage of a scheme under Companies Act 2006 Part 26, the court does not decide the scheme’s merits or fairness. It considers notice…
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| 11 Feb 2025 |
[2025] EWCA Civ 99 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A final anti-suit injunction may, in an appropriate and exceptional case, be varied or revoked under CPR Part 3.1(7). The importance of finality remains…
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1 |
| 31 Jan 2025 |
[2025] EWCA Civ 62 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
An unrecognised and unregistered foreign money judgment has no direct operation in England and Wales. It cannot be used as a sword to invoke the collective…
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1 |
| 16 Jan 2025 |
[2025] UKPC 3 · Privy Council
For an IBCA company, the shareholder bargain is defined by its constitution and the statutory framework. At an annual general meeting, the election of…
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| 14 Jan 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 40 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A challenge to an arbitral award under Arbitration Act 1996 section 68 is a longstop remedy. The applicant must show a serious procedural irregularity of a…
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| 20 Dec 2024 |
[2024] EWHC 3340 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Relief under article 21 of the UNCITRAL Model Law requires both a jurisdictional basis and a discretionary assessment. The court must be satisfied that the…
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| 20 Dec 2024 |
[2024] EWHC 3322 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
For jurisdiction applications, the court must avoid conducting a mini-trial where disputed credibility, authenticity and expert evidence prevent a reliable…
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1 |
| 4 Dec 2024 |
[2024] EWHC 3022 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Under Spanish law, commercial contracts are construed by ascertaining the parties’ evident intention from all available evidence. The literal wording remains…
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| 18 Sep 2024 |
[2024] UKSC 30 · Supreme Court
A general choice of law governing a contract ordinarily governs an arbitration clause contained in it, even where the arbitration has a foreign seat. The law…
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12 |
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