Practice areas
Courts
Counsel most often instructed
Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Leigh Day acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 10 Apr 2019 |
[2019] UKSC 20 · Supreme Court
Article 4 of the Recast Brussels Regulation confers mandatory jurisdiction over a domiciled defendant. Any implied abuse exception must be construed narrowly.…
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116 |
| 3 Apr 2012 |
[2012] EWCA Civ 420 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Courts have an inherent common law jurisdiction to determine the requirements of open justice. Where documents have been placed before a judge and referred to…
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69 |
| 19 Feb 2021 |
[2021] UKSC 5 · Supreme Court
Whether an individual is a “worker” is primarily a question of statutory interpretation, not contractual classification. A tribunal must apply the statutory…
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59 |
| 10 Mar 2021 |
[2021] EWCA Civ 326 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A negligence claim based on knowingly sending a vessel for demolition in notoriously unsafe conditions may arguably engage the creation-of-danger exception to…
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47 |
| 3 Apr 2003 |
[2003] EWCA Civ 473 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Where neither European Union law nor rights under the European Convention on Human Rights are engaged, the legality of an administrative decision remains…
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42 |
| 17 May 2013 |
[2013] EWHC 1236 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A breach of immigration detention policy renders detention unlawful where it bears upon, is relevant to, and is capable of affecting the decision to detain.…
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32 |
| 7 Dec 2012 |
[2012] EWCA Civ 1630 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A list of issues prepared at an employment tribunal pre-hearing review is ordinarily a case management tool, rather than an order or final adjudication. An…
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31 |
| 16 Oct 2019 |
[2019] UKSC 44 · Supreme Court
A judicial office-holder does not ordinarily qualify as a limb (b) worker where the statutory scheme, governing terms and constitutional context show no…
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26 |
| 21 Apr 2020 |
[2020] EWCA Civ 542 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A legislative scheme capable of being operated compatibly with Convention rights in all or nearly all cases is not inherently incompatible merely because some…
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22 |
| 21 Feb 2014 |
[2014] EWCA Civ 13 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Disability discrimination arising from housing benefit bedroom criteria must be assessed within the whole scheme, including discretionary housing payments. In…
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20 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 10 Sep 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2332 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
An environmental tort claim does not become an impermissible global claim merely because some causative events are unidentified and causation is proved by…
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| 7 Sep 2026 |
[2026] EAT 130 · Employment Appeal Tribunal
Under the Equality Act 2010, market-rate pay differences are neither automatically justified nor automatically discriminatory. A tribunal may find particular…
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| 18 Aug 2026 |
[2026] EWCA Civ 1095 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A highway authority which positively creates or materially contributes to a highway danger owes road users a duty to take reasonable care. The duty may extend…
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| 11 Aug 2026 |
Witness IIA126, R (on the application of) v Chair of the Independent Inquiry Relating to Afghanistan
[2026] EWHC 2143 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
In an interim judicial review concerning closed material, the High Court exercises its own inherent Haralambous jurisdiction. It is not bound to reproduce the…
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| 11 Aug 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2138 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
In a challenge under Town and Country Planning Act 1990, s. 288, the court reviews an inspector’s regulation 63 decision on ordinary public-law principles and…
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| 7 Aug 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2107 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
A stay pending an intended appeal is discretionary and fact-sensitive. The court must weigh the risk of injustice in granting or refusing it, the effect of…
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| 4 Aug 2026 |
[2026] EWCA Civ 1040 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Planning policy is interpreted as a practical whole, in its policy and factual context. It is not construed as a statute or contract. The court distinguishes…
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| 31 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2002 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A planning decision may rely on conditions and diplomatic obligations despite the limited domestic enforcement available at inviolable diplomatic premises. The…
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| 27 Jul 2026 |
[2026] UKSC 25 · Supreme Court
Section 5 of the State Immunity Act 1978 removes state immunity where personal injury or tangible property damage is caused by a legally causative act or…
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| 10 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EWCA Civ 889 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Employment provisions requiring repayment of salary in specified circumstances engage the restraint of trade doctrine. Financial disincentives are assessed by…
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| 1 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EWCA Civ 838 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, whether requested environmental information is held is determined when the public authority receives the…
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| 26 Jun 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1573 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A judicial review court should generally decide whether past or proposed public-authority action was lawful, rather than answer a hypothetical question…
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