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Counsel most often instructed
Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Leathes Prior Solicitors acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 4 Oct 2022 |
[2023] EAT 2 · Employment Appeal Tribunal
When employee or worker status is in issue, a tribunal must determine the parties’ true agreement by considering all relevant circumstances under the purposive…
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4 |
| 25 Apr 2013 |
[2013] EWCA Civ 429 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
On an application by a bankrupt for permission to sue a trustee under section 304(2) of the Insolvency Act 1986, the court must assess whether the proposed…
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4 |
| 6 Aug 2015 |
[2015] EWHC 2368 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A full planning permission must be construed according to its true scope, having regard where appropriate to the approved plans, the application, the factual…
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4 |
| 18 Jun 2013 |
[2013] EWHC 1681 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
Interim restraint of post-termination competition requires an arguable case that the covenant protects a legitimate business interest and extends no further…
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3 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 28 Feb 2025 |
[2025] EAT 23 · Employment Appeal Tribunal
A limited right to provide a substitute only when the individual is unable to work will ordinarily support, rather than defeat, an obligation of personal…
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1 |
| 20 Jan 2025 |
[2025] UKUT 21 (AAC) · Upper Tribunal: Administrative Appeals Chamber
A licensing authority must act fairly when deciding whether to revoke an operator’s licence after a period of grace. Procedural unfairness arises where the…
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| 16 Nov 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 2897 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A contractual right to extend a fixed-term agreement may be exercisable repeatedly where the wording, read in context, gives effect to successive extensions.…
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1 |
| 1 Mar 2023 |
[2024] EWHC 453 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
In split trials, costs should generally be determined when issues are resolved rather than deferred until the end of the litigation. The court retains a broad…
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| 4 Oct 2022 |
[2023] EAT 2 · Employment Appeal Tribunal
When employee or worker status is in issue, a tribunal must determine the parties’ true agreement by considering all relevant circumstances under the purposive…
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4 |
| 18 Jun 2020 |
[2020] EWHC 1409 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
An option must be exercised strictly in accordance with its terms, construed objectively in the context of the instrument as a whole. A notice addressed to…
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| 7 Dec 2015 |
[2015] EWHC 4042 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
An unfair prejudice petition cannot ordinarily be used by a shareholder who has contracted to sell the shares to complain of conduct occurring after the…
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| 6 Aug 2015 |
[2015] EWHC 2368 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A full planning permission must be construed according to its true scope, having regard where appropriate to the approved plans, the application, the factual…
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4 |
| 10 Feb 2015 |
[2015] EWCA Civ 76 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008, whether non-disclosure is misleading depends on the factual context and all features and…
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1 |
| 28 Oct 2013 |
[2013] EWHC 3626 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Under Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008, information that a trader’s service is available free from the very providers with whom it will…
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| 18 Jun 2013 |
[2013] EWHC 1681 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
Interim restraint of post-termination competition requires an arguable case that the covenant protects a legitimate business interest and extends no further…
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3 |
| 25 Apr 2013 |
[2013] EWCA Civ 429 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
On an application by a bankrupt for permission to sue a trustee under section 304(2) of the Insolvency Act 1986, the court must assess whether the proposed…
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4 |
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