Law firm

McGuireWoods London LLP

McGuireWoods London LLP is named as solicitors in at least 25 UK judgments from 2006 to 2026, most often in commercial disputes and real estate.

25
judgments
5
in the last five years
6
in the Court of Appeal

Practice areas

  • Commercial disputes9
  • Real estate3
  • Intellectual property3
  • Arbitration2
  • Civil fraud and asset recovery2
  • Trusts, wills and private client2
  • Company and partnership2
  • Insolvency and restructuring2

Courts

  • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)6
  • High Court19

Counsel most often instructed

  • Fionn Pilbrow3

Judgments by year

  • 20262
  • 20252
  • 20241
  • 20230
  • 20220
  • 20210
  • 20200
  • 20190
  • 20181
  • 20171
  • 20160
  • 20152
  • 20146
  • 20132
  • 20120
  • 20111
  • 20100
  • 20094
  • 20081
  • 20071

Cases later courts cite most

Cases McGuireWoods London LLP acted in that later judgments cite most often.

Date Case Cited by
9 Oct 2014
[2014] EWCA Civ 1295 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A party seeking fortification of a cross-undertaking in damages need not prove loss on the balance of probabilities. It must show a good arguable case by…
21
26 Jun 2009
[2009] EWHC 1456 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Where confidential information has been misused, the claimant is generally entitled to an injunction against further use or disclosure if there is a sufficient…
14
17 Jul 2013
[2013] EWHC 2118 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A contractual success-fee mechanism may be varied by subsequent agreement or conduct where the parties objectively abandon the original method for calculating…
8
18 Jan 2018
[2018] EWCA Civ 23 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A contractual notice of claim must satisfy the language of the particular notification clause. Where a share purchase agreement requires the claimant to set…
5
3 Apr 2009
[2009] EWHC 657 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
An action for breach of confidence requires confidential information, circumstances importing an obligation of confidence and unauthorised use to the…
5
14 May 2014
[2014] EWCA Civ 602 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A third party affected by a freezing or receivership order may use the order’s liberty-to-apply procedure to seek removal of assets. Where beneficial ownership…
4

Recent cases

Date Case Cited by
19 Jun 2026
[2026] EWHC 1531 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
When an amendment introduces a new claim after expiry of the limitation period, the court must apply the four-stage test under CPR 17.4. If the new claim does…
30 Jan 2026
[2026] EWHC 327 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
The court has no power under Civil Procedure Rules 1998 rule 3.1(2)(g) to stay arbitral proceedings. The court’s intervention in an arbitration is limited to…
5 Dec 2025
[2025] EWHC 3198 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
Where a party relies on the adequacy of after-the-event insurance to resist an application concerning security for costs, the opposing party must reasonably…
21 Nov 2025
[2025] EWHC 3116 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
Applications for disclosure of litigation-funding information in advance of possible security for costs applications should be assessed by asking whether there…
14 Nov 2024
[2024] EWHC 2904 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
In a civil damages claim, a regulatory approval or update decision does not necessarily determine whether an individual vehicle contains a prohibited defeat…
18 Jan 2018
[2018] EWCA Civ 23 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A contractual notice of claim must satisfy the language of the particular notification clause. Where a share purchase agreement requires the claimant to set…
5
1 Jul 2015
[2015] EWHC 1864 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Insolvency choice-of-law rules for credit institutions are distinct from jurisdictional rules under the Lugano Convention. Where an EEA credit institution is…
9 Oct 2014
[2014] EWCA Civ 1295 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A party seeking fortification of a cross-undertaking in damages need not prove loss on the balance of probabilities. It must show a good arguable case by…
21
14 May 2014
[2014] EWCA Civ 602 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A third party affected by a freezing or receivership order may use the order’s liberty-to-apply procedure to seek removal of assets. Where beneficial ownership…
4
14 Mar 2014
[2014] EWHC 663 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A court may have power under an express liberty to apply, or under CPR 3.1(7), to vary an order with continuing consequences. The existence of that power does…
14 Feb 2014
[2014] EWCA Civ 100 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A tenant’s prima facie right to remove tenant’s fixtures during the term may be modified or excluded by the lease. No prescribed formula or express reference…
1
1 Aug 2013
[2013] EWHC 2689 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
An injunction pending appeal is governed by the principles applicable to interim relief pending trial. The applicant must show a serious issue to be tried, but…

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