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Mays Brown Solicitors

Mays Brown Solicitors is named as solicitors in at least 10 UK judgments from 2005 to 2024, most often in commercial disputes and shipping, aviation and trade.

10
judgments
1
in the last five years
1
in the Court of Appeal

Practice areas

  • Commercial disputes10
  • Shipping, aviation and trade4
  • Arbitration3
  • Cross-border disputes1

Courts

  • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)1
  • High Court9

Judgments by year

  • 20260
  • 20250
  • 20241
  • 20230
  • 20220
  • 20210
  • 20200
  • 20190
  • 20180
  • 20170
  • 20160
  • 20151
  • 20140
  • 20130
  • 20121
  • 20111
  • 20101
  • 20092
  • 20082
  • 20070

Cases later courts cite most

Cases Mays Brown Solicitors acted in that later judgments cite most often.

Date Case Cited by
13 Nov 2015
[2015] EWHC 3266 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
An anti-suit injunction enforcing an English arbitration agreement is discretionary. The court will ordinarily uphold the contractual forum, but the applicant…
9
7 Nov 2005
[2005] EWHC 2443 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A claim form delivered by fax to solicitors who have indicated that they are authorised to accept service is served when the delivery is made by a permitted…
6

Recent cases

Date Case Cited by
12 Dec 2024
[2024] EWHC 3174 (Admlty) · High Court: Admiralty Court
A party may qualify as a “charterer” and therefore a “shipowner” under Article 1(2) of the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 1976 as…
13 Nov 2015
[2015] EWHC 3266 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
An anti-suit injunction enforcing an English arbitration agreement is discretionary. The court will ordinarily uphold the contractual forum, but the applicant…
9
9 Mar 2012
[2012] EWCA Civ 180 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A shipowner may enforce a receiver’s letter of indemnity under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 where the letter is addressed to the charterer…
5 May 2011
[2011] EWHC 1372 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A letter of indemnity issued for delivery of cargo without production of original bills of lading is construed commercially and straightforwardly. Delivery may…
18 Nov 2010
[2010] EWHC 2985 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
An application under section 67 of the Arbitration Act 1996 is a rehearing. The court must decide afresh whether an arbitration agreement exists. Where a…
2
25 Feb 2009
[2009] EWHC 933 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Under an off-hire clause, a vessel is efficient only if it is able to perform the service required by the charterers at the relevant time. Travelling in the…
11 Nov 2008
[2008] EWHC 2755 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
An indemnity requiring charterers to provide bail or other security to prevent, or secure the release of, a vessel from arrest creates an accrued obligation…
6 Jun 2008
[2008] EWHC 1252 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A notice of default under a GAFTA contract may constitute a repudiatory breach, but that depends on the sender’s objective intention assessed from all the…
7 Nov 2005
[2005] EWHC 2443 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A claim form delivered by fax to solicitors who have indicated that they are authorised to accept service is served when the delivery is made by a permitted…
6

Based on judgments published by The National Archives (Find Case Law) in which Mays Brown Solicitors 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 Mays Brown Solicitors. Something wrong or missing? Tell us. All law firms.