Practice areas
Courts
Counsel most often instructed
Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Osmond & Osmond acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
|---|---|---|
| 31 Jan 2008 |
[2008] EWCA Civ 130 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
In libel proceedings, the capability of words to bear a pleaded defamatory meaning is governed by reasonableness. The court must consider what a representative…
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130 |
| 12 Jul 2007 |
[2007] EWCA Civ 721 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Reportage is a form of Reynolds qualified privilege. It applies where the publication, viewed objectively and as a whole, neutrally reports the fact that…
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8 |
| 11 Nov 2008 |
[2008] EWCA Civ 1227 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A deposit paid under a contract for the sale of land is an earnest for performance. A seller may ordinarily retain it when the buyer defaults, without regard…
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6 |
| 1 Mar 2007 |
[2007] EWHC 405 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Under Insolvency Act 1986, s.339, a transaction must be assessed according to the documents’ legal effect unless rectification has been claimed and granted. A…
|
5 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
|---|---|---|
| 14 May 2024 |
[2024] UKPC 10 · Privy Council
For an appeal as of right to the Privy Council, the meaning of “final” depends on context. Where the local jurisdiction has a statutory provision, procedural…
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1 |
| 3 Nov 2022 |
[2022] EWHC 2728 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
To set aside a statutory demand under rule 10.5(b) of the Insolvency Rules 2016, the debtor must show a genuine and substantial dispute with a real prospect of…
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| 25 May 2021 |
[2021] EWCA Civ 786 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A cause of action in negligence accrues when real actionable damage is sustained. Further loss caused by the same breach does not create a fresh cause of…
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2 |
| 1 Dec 2020 |
[2020] EWHC 3262 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
Section 1 of the Defamation Act 2013 requires a claimant to prove, as a matter of fact, that publication caused or was likely to cause serious harm to…
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| 7 Feb 2020 |
[2020] EWHC 189 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
For limitation purposes, a negligent recommendation to pursue a hopeless appeal ordinarily gives rise to one cause of action when the appeal is commenced and…
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| 1 Mar 2012 |
[2012] EWHC 394 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A contractual break fee may constitute unlawful financial assistance where it facilitates a proposed acquisition of shares and materially reduces the target…
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1 |
| 11 Jun 2009 |
[2009] EWHC 1318 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
An assignee of the benefit of a restrictive covenant may enforce it under section 78 of the Law of Property Act 1925 even where the assignment is not an…
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| 11 Nov 2008 |
[2008] EWCA Civ 1227 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A deposit paid under a contract for the sale of land is an earnest for performance. A seller may ordinarily retain it when the buyer defaults, without regard…
|
6 |
| 31 Jan 2008 |
[2008] EWCA Civ 130 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
In libel proceedings, the capability of words to bear a pleaded defamatory meaning is governed by reasonableness. The court must consider what a representative…
|
130 |
| 12 Jul 2007 |
[2007] EWCA Civ 721 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Reportage is a form of Reynolds qualified privilege. It applies where the publication, viewed objectively and as a whole, neutrally reports the fact that…
|
8 |
| 22 Jun 2007 |
[2007] EWHC 1556 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Proprietary estoppel requires detrimental reliance on the expected right or benefit. Past services which explain a landowner’s generosity do not, without more…
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| 1 Mar 2007 |
[2007] EWHC 405 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Under Insolvency Act 1986, s.339, a transaction must be assessed according to the documents’ legal effect unless rectification has been claimed and granted. A…
|
5 |
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