Practice areas
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Counsel most often instructed
Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Milbank LLP acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 5 Aug 2015 |
[2015] EWCA Civ 883 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Under section 32(1)(b) of the Limitation Act 1980, a relevant concealed fact is one without which the cause of action is incomplete. Facts which merely…
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45 |
| 13 Jul 2020 |
[2020] EWHC 1864 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
At a convening hearing under Companies Act 2006 Part 26, the court determines class and jurisdictional issues, not the scheme’s merits, fairness or the…
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26 |
| 17 Oct 2007 |
[2007] EWHC 2402 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A contractual insolvency trigger incorporating the commercial insolvency test in Insolvency Act 1986 section 123(1) permits consideration of debts falling due…
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18 |
| 13 Sep 2020 |
[2020] EWHC 2441 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
For scheme class composition, the court must focus on creditors’ legal rights, rather than commercial interests. The relevant comparison is between rights…
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8 |
| 26 Jan 2022 |
[2022] EWCA Civ 29 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
An exclusive jurisdiction clause satisfies the written-form requirement in article 23 of the Lugano Convention where a signed contract expressly incorporates…
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6 |
| 9 Nov 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 2815 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
For a freezing injunction in a fraud claim, the claimant must establish a good arguable case, a real risk of unjustified dissipation supported by solid…
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5 |
| 30 Jan 2018 |
[2018] EWCA Civ 62 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A fraud carve-out in a commercial exclusion clause preserves liability only where fraud is a necessary ingredient of the cause of action. It does not preserve…
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4 |
| 31 Jul 2006 |
[2006] EWCA Civ 1094 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
An entitlement claim to sole proprietorship is legally distinct from a claim to joint proprietorship. Section 37(5) of the Patents Act 1977, construed…
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4 |
| 19 Aug 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 2181 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Under Part 26A of the Companies Act 2006, satisfaction of the cross-class cram-down conditions gives the court jurisdiction but creates no presumption that…
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3 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 22 May 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1316 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Permission to appeal against the exercise of discretion on a Part 26A restructuring plan will generally be refused where the proposed grounds merely challenge…
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| 5 May 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1014 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Part 26A of the Companies Act 2006 permits the court to impose a restructuring plan on HMRC, even where HMRC has rationally opposed it. HMRC’s public function…
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2 |
| 4 Feb 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 280 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
At a convening hearing for a proposed restructuring plan, the court addresses jurisdiction, procedural compliance, notice and class composition. It does not…
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| 9 Sep 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 2297 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A leapfrog certificate may be granted where the decision involves a point of law of general public importance, the statutory conditions are met, and there is a…
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| 19 Aug 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 2181 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Under Part 26A of the Companies Act 2006, satisfaction of the cross-class cram-down conditions gives the court jurisdiction but creates no presumption that…
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3 |
| 5 Mar 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 765 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
At a convening hearing under Companies Act 2006 Part 26A, the court does not determine the merits or fairness of the restructuring plan. It considers whether…
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| 11 Feb 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 240 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A contractual exemption from investor consent must be construed according to the defined terms chosen by the parties and the agreement read as a whole. A…
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1 |
| 16 Jan 2025 |
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as Receiver for Amcore Bank NA & Ors v Barclays Bank Plc & Ors
[2025] EWHC 46 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Disclosure sought to support expert evidence must satisfy the court, not merely the expert, that it is relevant, necessary and proportionate. An expert’s…
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| 19 Dec 2024 |
[2024] EWCA Civ 1559 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
For claims based on pre-IP completion day facts, a post-completion day CJEU decision is not binding on a UK court under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act…
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| 3 Jul 2024 |
[2024] EWHC 1682 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
In claims for deceit, a representation must be clearly identified and assessed objectively in context. Liability requires falsity, absence of an honest belief…
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| 7 Mar 2024 |
[2024] EWCA Civ 218 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
In assessing suitability for collective proceedings, the Competition Appeal Tribunal has a broad evaluative discretion. The comparison with individual…
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1 |
| 23 Jan 2024 |
[2024] EWHC 85 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Applications for further disclosure or disclosure-related information must be assessed by reference to proportionality, the present evidential state of the…
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