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Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Mills & Reeve LLP acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 17 Jun 2015 |
[2015] UKSC 38 · Supreme Court
A construction adjudicator’s decision is provisionally binding unless and until the referred dispute is finally determined. The statutory scheme necessarily…
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| 15 Jul 2004 |
[2004] EWCA Civ 925 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Suitability of accommodation under the Housing Act 1996 is a broad, fact-sensitive concept. It includes the accommodation’s nature, location, condition and…
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24 |
| 19 Dec 2003 |
[2003] EWCA Civ 1860 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
For environmental impact assessment development, the relevant decision under regulation 3(2) is the written grant of planning permission, rather than the…
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24 |
| 20 Dec 2004 |
[2004] EWCA Civ 1709 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
When exercising its discretion under section 187B of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, the court must balance planning enforcement, individual hardship…
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22 |
| 7 Jul 2015 |
[2015] EWHC 1943 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
The court retains common-law jurisdiction to permit a double derivative claim; sections 260 to 264 of the Companies Act 2006 do not remove it. The claimant…
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| 8 Dec 2014 |
[2014] EWHC 4129 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A voluntary disposition may be rescinded in equity for a distinct, causative mistake sufficiently serious to make it unconscionable for the recipient to retain…
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14 |
| 15 Jan 2021 |
[2021] EWCA Civ 23 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Under section 123(1)(b) of the Equality Act 2010, an employment tribunal has a broad discretion to extend time when it considers this just and equitable. It…
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13 |
| 14 Dec 2012 |
[2012] EWCA Civ 1637 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A court may suspend a bankrupt’s discharge under section 279(3) of the Insolvency Act 1986 only for a purpose connected with the bankrupt’s failure to comply…
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12 |
| 18 Oct 2018 |
[2018] EWCA Civ 2403 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Permission to appeal is governed by the single threshold in CPR r.52.6(1), including for decisions of the Technology and Construction Court. An appellate court…
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12 |
| 28 Jul 2011 |
[2011] EWCA Civ 924 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A complaint under section 146 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 turns on the employer’s sole or main purpose in imposing the…
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11 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 10 Aug 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2133 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
Where related proceedings in the Technology and Construction Court and the First-tier Tribunal raise common facts or issues, they may be jointly managed and…
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| 10 Aug 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2129 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
The meaning of a distance learning course is determined by statutory text and context, not by guidance, administrative practice or the course’s full-time…
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| 30 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2003 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
On an application for summary judgment, the court must decide whether the claim has a realistic prospect of success and whether there is any other compelling…
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| 29 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EWCA Civ 970 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
For non-domestic rating purposes, the temporary placement of items in otherwise empty premises is not occupation where its sole aim is to create a reset period…
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| 29 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EAT 94 · Employment Appeal Tribunal
An appellant who wishes to adopt arguable errors identified in an EAT rule 3(7) determination should generally apply promptly to amend the grounds. Amendment…
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| 22 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EAT 110 · Employment Appeal Tribunal
When assessing costs, a tribunal may consider third-party resources only to the extent they affect the paying party’s own ability to pay. It must examine…
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| 15 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1773 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
An insurer is liable only for insured damage occurring during the policy period and caused by the insured peril as defined by the policy. Earlier movement or…
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| 3 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1625 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A negative environmental screening opinion is a preliminary, broad-based judgment, not a full environmental impact assessment. The decision-maker must have…
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| 11 Jun 2026 |
[2026] EAT 85 · Employment Appeal Tribunal
An Employment Tribunal considering an application to extend time for presenting a response must assess all relevant circumstances under the overriding…
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| 9 Jun 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1372 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
After settlement or discontinuance, the court retains a discretion to hand down judgment on issues that are no longer live. The discretion requires…
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| 22 May 2026 |
[2026] EWCA Civ 645 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
For a directive provision to support a damages claim, it must be intended to confer rights on individuals, its content must be identifiable because it is…
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| 29 Apr 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 984 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
“Governing documents” in Higher Education and Research Act 2017 s 14 means constitutional and governance instruments, not every institutional policy. The…
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