Law firm

Morrison & Foerster (UK) LLP

Morrison & Foerster (UK) LLP is named as solicitors in at least 24 UK judgments from 2009 to 2026, most often in commercial disputes and trusts, wills and private client.

24
judgments
4
in the last five years
2
in the Supreme Court or Privy Council
4
in the Court of Appeal

Practice areas

  • Commercial disputes5
  • Trusts, wills and private client4
  • Insolvency and restructuring3
  • Cross-border disputes3
  • Public and administrative law2
  • Company and partnership2
  • Intellectual property1
  • Media, defamation and privacy1

Courts

  • Supreme Court2
  • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)4
  • High Court18

Counsel most often instructed

  • Adam Cloherty8
  • Stephen Smith7
  • Timothy Sherwin6

Judgments by year

  • 20261
  • 20251
  • 20240
  • 20232
  • 20220
  • 20213
  • 20206
  • 20192
  • 20180
  • 20171
  • 20160
  • 20151
  • 20143
  • 20132
  • 20120
  • 20110
  • 20100
  • 20092

Cases later courts cite most

Cases Morrison & Foerster (UK) LLP acted in that later judgments cite most often.

Date Case Cited by
8 Apr 2020
[2020] EWHC 853 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
An English court may enforce disclosure notwithstanding a real risk that compliance will expose a foreign litigant to prosecution abroad. Foreign law does not…
15
14 Mar 2019
[2019] EWCA Civ 416 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A new cause of action introduced after expiry of the limitation period may relate back only if it arises from the same or substantially the same facts as are…
12
16 Oct 2009
[2009] EWCA Civ 1042 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A partnership exists where two or more persons carry on a business in common with a view of profit. Receipt of a share of profits is neither conclusive…
4
19 Mar 2021
[2021] UKSC 8 · Supreme Court
For national minimum wage purposes, a sleep-in worker who is permitted to sleep is treated as available for work rather than actually working. Hours allocated…
4
28 Jun 2023
[2023] EWHC 1577 (Pat) · High Court: Patents Court
Redactions to a judgment are exceptional. They require powerful reasons supported by cogent evidence directed to the specific information. Redactions must be…
3

Recent cases

Date Case Cited by
30 Jan 2026
[2026] EWHC 158 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
In deciding whether to order a split trial or preliminary issue, the court must apply a pragmatic balancing exercise directed to the overriding objective.…
12 May 2025
[2025] EWHC 1112 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A non-party costs order may be made where a funder has a substantial financial interest in litigation and is, in substance, a real party to it. The court must…
29 Jun 2023
[2023] EWHC 1608 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
An anti-suit injunction may protect an employee’s statutory entitlement under Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 section 15 C to be sued only in the…
1
28 Jun 2023
[2023] EWHC 1577 (Pat) · High Court: Patents Court
Redactions to a judgment are exceptional. They require powerful reasons supported by cogent evidence directed to the specific information. Redactions must be…
3
19 Mar 2021
[2021] UKSC 8 · Supreme Court
For national minimum wage purposes, a sleep-in worker who is permitted to sleep is treated as available for work rather than actually working. Hours allocated…
4
15 Jan 2021
[2021] EWHC 60 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A claim in pure knowing receipt, where dishonesty is not alleged, requires the claimant to retain a proprietary interest in the property when it is received.…
2
15 Jan 2021
[2021] EWHC 230 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Permission to appeal may properly be granted on issues raising an arguable question of law, but refused where the proposed appeal merely challenges findings…
2 Oct 2020
[2020] EWHC 2591 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Under standard disclosure, documents must materially affect a party’s case or support another party’s case. Earlier expert reports prepared for different…
31 Jul 2020
[2020] EWHC 3045 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A challenge under section 68 of the Arbitration Act 1996 requires a serious procedural irregularity causing substantial injustice. Section 68 does not permit…
23 Jul 2020
[2020] EWHC 2380 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
In a claim for an account of trust property or equitable compensation, an earlier valuation date is not justified merely because the property has fallen in…
30 Apr 2020
[2020] EWHC 1038 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A contractual commission clause may require payment by reference to a monetary grant made to an entity other than the contracting defendant, where that entity…
24 Apr 2020
[2020] EWHC 1006 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Where a defendant’s defence is struck out because its culpable conduct has prevented a fair trial of liability issues, the claimant need not ordinarily prove…
1

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