Practice areas
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Counsel most often instructed
Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Lyons Davidson acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 17 Jan 2008 |
[2008] EWCA Civ 4 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Whether an impairment’s substantial adverse effect is “likely to recur” under paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 1 to the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 must be…
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20 |
| 27 Jul 2007 |
[2007] EWCA Civ 796 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Untested and uncorroborated hearsay is not subject to an absolute rule preventing a court from giving it weight. The court must assess reliability on all the…
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14 |
| 28 Jul 2006 |
[2006] EWCA Civ 1121 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Under section 2(2) of the Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957, reasonable care is assessed against the danger and all the circumstances. The relevant foreseeability…
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9 |
| 18 Jun 2015 |
[2015] EWCA Civ 595 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A claimant who bears the burden of proving causation cannot succeed merely because the proposed cause is less implausible than alternatives. The court must…
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6 |
| 16 Dec 2008 |
[2008] EWCA Civ 1604 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
In an insolvent administration, a proprietary or trust claim against money in a client account requires an identifiable fund into which the claimant’s money…
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5 |
| 13 Feb 2015 |
[2015] EWCA Civ 75 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
For a service provision change under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006, the court should identify the service, the…
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5 |
| 23 Feb 2007 |
[2007] EWCA Civ 225 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
An appellate court may interfere with an award of general damages only where the judge applied a wrong legal principle, misapprehended the facts or made a…
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5 |
| 15 Nov 2011 |
[2011] EWCA Civ 1306 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Under the Land Registration Act 2002, adverse possession is not interrupted merely because the paper owner enters the land, asserts ownership, erects stakes or…
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5 |
| 27 Feb 2024 |
[2024] EAT 22 · Employment Appeal Tribunal
For direct discrimination, a statutory comparator must be in circumstances which are not materially different from those of the claimant. Whether a difference…
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4 |
| 9 Mar 2010 |
[2010] EWCA Civ 199 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Laches and estoppel by acquiescence are distinct. Mere undue delay bars equitable relief but does not extinguish the legal right or prevent common-law damages.…
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4 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 11 Dec 2024 |
[2024] EWHC 3184 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
A professional adviser’s contractual and tortious duty is determined objectively by the scope and purpose of the engagement. A planning-related purpose does…
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| 3 May 2024 |
[2024] EAT 66 · Employment Appeal Tribunal
Where the conditions in section 110 of the Equality Act 2010 are met, an employment tribunal has no discretion to decline to find that an employee or agent has…
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1 |
| 27 Feb 2024 |
[2024] EAT 22 · Employment Appeal Tribunal
For direct discrimination, a statutory comparator must be in circumstances which are not materially different from those of the claimant. Whether a difference…
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4 |
| 20 Dec 2022 |
[2022] EWCA Civ 1681 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
In construing contractual divestiture undertakings, a business defined by reference to its position at a specified date must be assessed at that date. Property…
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| 28 Jan 2016 |
[2016] EWHC 251 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
In clinical negligence, a clinician must take reasonable steps to exclude an imminently life-threatening and treatable condition, even where another diagnosis…
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| 14 Jan 2016 |
[2016] EWHC 68 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
An enclosure award may confer rights of way on adjoining owners while imposing repair obligations on only some users. Unless displaced by cogent evidence, the…
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| 18 Jun 2015 |
[2015] EWCA Civ 595 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A claimant who bears the burden of proving causation cannot succeed merely because the proposed cause is less implausible than alternatives. The court must…
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6 |
| 26 Feb 2015 |
[2015] EWCA Civ 93 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Where a claimant who is not impecunious hires a replacement vehicle on credit terms, recoverable damages are limited to the basic hire rate. That rate excludes…
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3 |
| 13 Feb 2015 |
[2015] EWCA Civ 75 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
For a service provision change under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006, the court should identify the service, the…
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5 |
| 30 Jan 2015 |
[2015] EWHC 757 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Transfer between the Chancery Division and the Commercial Court should be ordered only where the Commercial Court is significantly more suitable for trial. The…
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1 |
| 11 Jun 2014 |
[2014] EWHC 1891 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
A reasonable and prudent landowner is not generally required to engage an arboriculturalist to inspect every tree periodically without a warning sign or other…
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1 |
| 12 Mar 2014 |
[2014] EWHC 689 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
In a credit-hire claim, an impecunious claimant may recover the reasonable additional cost of credit hire, but impecuniosity means an inability to pay ordinary…
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