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Mills & Co Solicitors Ltd

Mills & Co Solicitors Ltd is named as solicitors in at least 13 UK judgments from 2012 to 2026, most often in commercial disputes and shipping, aviation and trade. mills-co.com

13
judgments
8
in the last five years
2
in the Supreme Court or Privy Council
2
in the Court of Appeal

Practice areas

  • Commercial disputes9
  • Shipping, aviation and trade6
  • Arbitration5
  • Civil fraud and asset recovery1
  • Public international law and sanctions1
  • Construction and engineering1

Courts

  • Supreme Court2
  • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)2
  • High Court9

Counsel most often instructed

  • Julian Kenny4
  • Michal Hain3

Judgments by year

  • 20261
  • 20252
  • 20241
  • 20233
  • 20221
  • 20211
  • 20200
  • 20191
  • 20182
  • 20170
  • 20160
  • 20150
  • 20140
  • 20130
  • 20121

Cases later courts cite most

Cases Mills & Co Solicitors Ltd acted in that later judgments cite most often.

Date Case Cited by
5 Dec 2018
[2018] UKSC 61 · Supreme Court
Where cargo is shipped in apparent good order but discharged damaged, the carrier bears the legal burden of proving compliance with its duty of reasonable care…
15
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…
5
1 Sep 2023
[2023] EWCA Civ 1007 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A charterer cannot limit its liability under the 1976 Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims against a shipowner for loss suffered by that…
4

Recent cases

Date Case Cited by
23 Jun 2026
[2026] EWHC 1559 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
In a contract referring to payment within a specified number of “Banking Days”, the definition ordinarily identifies which calendar dates count for calculating…
7 Oct 2025
[2025] EWCA Civ 1227 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Clause 29 of the BIMCO Barecon 2001 form does not give owners an unrestricted right to nominate a distant place that suits them for repossession. Read with…
1
9 Apr 2025
[2025] UKSC 14 · Supreme Court
A charterer may limit its liability under the 1976 Convention for claims by a shipowner, including claims concerning losses originally suffered by that owner.…
1
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…
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…
5
1 Sep 2023
[2023] EWCA Civ 1007 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A charterer cannot limit its liability under the 1976 Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims against a shipowner for loss suffered by that…
4
25 Apr 2023
[2023] EWHC 880 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
An application under section 67 of the Arbitration Act 1996 is a rehearing de novo. A court must identify the parties’ objective agreement from the whole…
1
2 Nov 2022
[2022] EWHC 2746 (Admlty) · High Court: Admiralty Court
Under the Amended 1976 Convention, limitability depends on the legal character of the claim, not merely on the factual chain of causation. A claim for damage…
5 May 2021
[2021] EWHC 1157 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A shipowner’s right to collect freight under an owners’ bill of lading is not ordinarily restricted by an implied term in a time charterparty. The owner’s…
29 Jan 2019
[2019] EWHC 136 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
In construction adjudication, a dispute about the valuation of a final account may be referred before any entitlement to payment has arisen. A fair hearing is…
5 Dec 2018
[2018] UKSC 61 · Supreme Court
Where cargo is shipped in apparent good order but discharged damaged, the carrier bears the legal burden of proving compliance with its duty of reasonable care…
15
28 May 2012
[2012] EWHC 1376 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
A binding construction contract may arise before formal documents are signed, but an unresolved term will prevent contract formation where it is important and…

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