Law firm

Olephant Solicitors

Olephant Solicitors is named as solicitors in at least 21 UK judgments from 2009 to 2026, most often in company and partnership and insolvency and restructuring.

21
judgments
7
in the last five years
2
in the Supreme Court or Privy Council
4
in the Court of Appeal

Practice areas

  • Company and partnership6
  • Insolvency and restructuring6
  • Civil fraud and asset recovery4
  • Trusts, wills and private client2
  • Commercial disputes2
  • Public and administrative law1

Courts

  • Supreme Court1
  • Privy Council1
  • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)4
  • High Court15

Counsel most often instructed

  • James Bailey8
  • Daniel Lightman5
  • Jessica Brooke3

Judgments by year

  • 20261
  • 20251
  • 20241
  • 20233
  • 20221
  • 20210
  • 20200
  • 20192
  • 20181
  • 20171
  • 20160
  • 20153
  • 20141
  • 20133
  • 20120
  • 20111
  • 20101
  • 20091

Cases later courts cite most

Cases Olephant Solicitors acted in that later judgments cite most often.

Date Case Cited by
26 Feb 2013
[2013] EWHC 348 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A statutory derivative claim under Chapter 1 of Part 11 of the Companies Act 2006 is an exclusive code only for claims brought by a member of the company in…
15

Recent cases

Date Case Cited by
24 Mar 2026
[2026] EWHC 694 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Under CPR rule 52.14, provision of a transcript at public expense is discretionary, not an entitlement. The court must first be satisfied that the applicant…
16 Apr 2025
[2025] EWHC 966 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Interim proprietary relief is available in unfair-prejudice proceedings under Companies Act 2006, s 994, where the petition includes a sufficiently arguable…
5 Jul 2024
[2024] EWHC 1737 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
On an interim application supporting a petition under Companies Act 2006 s.994, the court may exceptionally remove and replace directors where that relief is…
1
15 Nov 2023
[2023] EWHC 2873 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Whether to adjourn a trial depends principally on whether proceeding would be fair in all the circumstances. The assessment is fact-sensitive and must consider…
3 Nov 2023
[2023] EWHC 2698 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
On a summary-judgment application, the court may decide a short point of law or construction where the evidence is sufficient and there is no realistic…
20 Oct 2023
[2023] EWHC 2625 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Interim relief under Companies Act 2006 s 994 may include temporary removal of directors and appointment of replacements where the court has jurisdiction under…
1
19 Aug 2022
[2022] EWHC 2205 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
In substantial and complex proceedings, a claim under section 214 of the Insolvency Act 1986 should not leave the knowledge date at large across an extended…
1
22 Nov 2019
[2019] EWCA Civ 2046 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
In an unfair-prejudice petition under section 994 of the Companies Act 2006, the petition identifies the grounds and defines the ambit of the case. Points of…
2
9 Jul 2019
[2019] EWHC 1783 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
The statutory power to slaughter an animal suspected of carrying a prescribed disease confers a broad discretion on the expert decision-maker. Judicial review…
9 May 2018
[2018] EWHC 1035 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
In an unfair-prejudice petition, the court must be satisfied that the statutory requirements are met before granting relief. A procedural rule deeming…
1
26 Feb 2013
[2013] EWHC 348 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A statutory derivative claim under Chapter 1 of Part 11 of the Companies Act 2006 is an exclusive code only for claims brought by a member of the company in…
15
21 Jun 2011
[2011] EWHC 1582 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Compensation under a cross-undertaking in damages requires the claimant to prove loss and establish but-for causation. The injunction need not be the sole…

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