Practice areas
Courts
Counsel most often instructed
Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Laytons ETL acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 20 Jul 2006 |
[2006] EWCA Civ 1240 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Whether an undertaking exists and retains its identity for TUPE purposes is a practical, multifactorial question of fact. An economic entity may be stable even…
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| 2 Nov 2012 |
[2012] EWCA Civ 1706 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
An appellate court should interfere with a case-management decision only where the judge erred in principle, considered irrelevant matters or was otherwise…
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13 |
| 8 Jul 2003 |
[2003] EWHC 1578 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Recreational use of land is not necessarily use as of right merely because it is substantial and continuous. The court must ask how the use would have appeared…
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12 |
| 29 Jul 2010 |
[2010] EWCA Civ 870 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
On an application to amend an employment tribunal claim, the tribunal must assess the factual allegations already pleaded and still in issue. It must not treat…
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12 |
| 30 Nov 2012 |
[2012] EWHC 3440 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Trade mark specifications must be construed by their ordinary and natural meaning, assessed in the context of trade and the goods concerned. A product may fall…
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9 |
| 28 May 2010 |
[2010] EWHC 1211 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A coexistence agreement should be construed by reference to its language, purpose and relevant background. A consent to registration of specified goods is not…
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4 |
| 7 Jul 2009 |
[2009] EWHC 1552 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
Architects’ fee instalments calculated by reference to a project programme were not automatically payable in full merely because time had elapsed. The…
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3 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 11 Feb 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 271 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
A letter of request under the Evidence (Proceedings in Other Jurisdictions) Act 1975 must seek evidence directed to facts alleged in the requesting…
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| 14 Jun 2024 |
[2024] EWHC 1412 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A guarantor who discharges the principal debtor’s liability is prima facie entitled to an indemnity from the principal debtor. A payment made under the…
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| 7 Feb 2024 |
[2024] EWHC 512 (SCCO) · High Court: Senior Courts Costs Office
A common law assessment following the loss of an opportunity to seek a statutory detailed assessment must remain within the issues and directions actually…
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| 31 Jul 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 1979 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A mandatory interim injunction for delivery up of company accounting records may be granted where there is a serious issue as to a director’s right to inspect…
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| 19 Jul 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 1800 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Under section 994 of the Companies Act 2006, prejudice must be substantial and must be unfair. A procedural defect is insufficient where proper compliance…
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| 8 Feb 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 248 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
Under Civil Procedure Rules 1998, r 44.2, the overall winner is ordinarily awarded its costs, but the court must consider all the circumstances and may make an…
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| 25 Oct 2022 |
[2022] EWHC 2643 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
An employee who knowingly causes company funds to be paid against false invoices commits misconduct capable of justifying summary dismissal. A settlement…
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| 8 Jul 2022 |
[2022] EWHC 1747 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
An oral agreement to acquire land may create a common intention constructive trust even where the parties later arrange for a company to be registered as…
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| 27 May 2022 |
[2022] EWHC 1309 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
An application for disclosure against a non-party is exceptional. The applicant must establish that the statutory conditions for non-party disclosure are met…
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| 4 May 2020 |
[2020] EWHC 1175 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
On an application for an interim injunction restraining a specific payment, the applicant need satisfy only the American Cyanamid requirement of a serious…
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| 15 May 2015 |
[2015] EWHC 1315 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
The High Court is bound by a House of Lords decision defining the tort of malicious prosecution as generally confined to criminal proceedings and special…
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| 28 Jul 2014 |
[2014] EWHC 2597 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
An application under CPR r.31.22(1)(b) requires the court to balance the interests of the party seeking collateral use of disclosed documents against the…
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Earlier names
These figures include judgments naming firms that have since merged into, or been renamed as, Laytons ETL: Silverman Sherliker, Lattey & Dawe.
Based on judgments published by The National Archives (Find Case Law) in which Laytons ETL 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 Laytons ETL. Something wrong or missing? Tell us. All law firms.