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Cases later courts cite most
Cases Lester Aldridge LLP acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 20 May 2010 |
[2010] EWCA Civ 538 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A proposed pleading based on an implied contractual term is arguable only if the term satisfies the rigorous test of necessity. The term must be necessary for…
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| 8 Oct 2004 |
[2004] EWCA Civ 1259 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A defect in a statutory demand does not itself require the demand to be set aside. Under rule 6.5(4)(d) of the Insolvency Rules 1986, the court must decide, on…
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6 |
| 13 Jul 2005 |
[2005] EWCA Civ 1113 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A second statutory demand concerning the same debt does not ordinarily justify repeating arguments which have already failed, or advancing arguments which…
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6 |
| 17 Mar 2009 |
[2009] EWCA Civ 218 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
On the proper construction of a sale agreement, a defined development may mean the buyer’s current proposal, rather than a development already permitted or…
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5 |
| 15 Dec 2011 |
[2011] EWHC 3542 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
On an application to set aside a statutory demand, security must be valued on the basis of its immediate forced-sale value. A creditor is not entitled to rely…
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4 |
| 13 Oct 2009 |
[2009] EWCA Civ 1133 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
The ship-specific rules in Part 10 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 do not exhaustively exclude employees working on foreign-registered ships. Section 199(7)…
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4 |
| 13 Feb 2015 |
[2015] EWHC 296 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
An annulment under section 282(1)(a) of the Insolvency Act 1986 may be appropriate where new material, even if produced by the petitioning creditor, materially…
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4 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 20 Feb 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 349 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Specific disclosure orders must be construed by reference to their actual language. Where an order requires production of a full file relating even in part to…
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| 4 Jul 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 1616 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
In bankruptcy proceedings, a debt is disputed on substantial grounds where the debtor shows a real prospect of successfully challenging liability or quantum at…
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| 22 Dec 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 3318 (SCCO) · High Court: Senior Courts Costs Office
Inquest costs may be recoverable under a civil costs order where they are of and incidental to the civil claim. However, the statutory disapplication of the…
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| 21 Sep 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 2326 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
In disputed factual causation cases, a court is not always required to choose between competing explanations. It may ask the single, unitary question whether…
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| 4 Dec 2020 |
[2020] EWHC 3334 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A buyer remains liable for the contractual price unless it proves, on the balance of probabilities, that a failure was caused by a manufacturing defect…
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| 14 Jun 2018 |
[2018] EWHC 1499 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A director’s duty to act in the best interests of an insolvent or doubtfully solvent company is treated as a duty to act in the interests of creditors as a…
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| 23 Mar 2018 |
[2018] EWHC 604 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
When reviewing a planning officer’s report, the court must read it fairly and as a whole, allowing for the knowledge of the committee and the flexible nature…
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| 17 Nov 2016 |
[2016] EWCA Civ 1125 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
In a claim for misrepresentation by omission in a property sale, a dispute may be inferred from persistent dissatisfaction, communications and the surrounding…
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| 4 Feb 2016 |
[2016] EWCA Civ 62 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A total failure of consideration depends on the contractual performance promised, not merely on whether work was carried out or materials supplied. Where the…
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| 23 Jun 2015 |
[2015] EWHC 1717 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
An arrangement approved under the Variation of Trusts Act 1958 is a variation rather than a resettlement where the existing trust continues in substance.…
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| 13 Feb 2015 |
[2015] EWHC 296 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
An annulment under section 282(1)(a) of the Insolvency Act 1986 may be appropriate where new material, even if produced by the petitioning creditor, materially…
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| 16 Jan 2015 |
[2015] EWHC 483 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Section 44 of the Arbitration Act 1996 gives the court a broad jurisdiction to grant interim measures in support of arbitration. The court must ask first…
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