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Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Paul Hastings (Europe) LLP acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 1 Feb 2017 |
[2017] EWCA Civ 37 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Whether negotiations produced a binding contract must be assessed objectively by reference to the whole course of dealings, including subsequent…
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62 |
| 18 Feb 2011 |
[2011] EWCA Civ 135 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A claimant able to finance commencement and service cannot ordinarily justify extending the time for service by awaiting funding and costs protection for the…
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55 |
| 29 Mar 2010 |
[2010] EWHC 641 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Permission to serve proceedings out of the jurisdiction requires a sufficiently arguable case on the merits, a good arguable case on the relevant…
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17 |
| 28 Nov 2012 |
[2012] EWHC 3346 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
On applications to strike out or obtain summary judgment in cartel-damages claims, the court should not decide that a claim is bound to fail where further…
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10 |
| 5 Sep 2014 |
[2014] EWCA Civ 1215 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A contractual provision is void under section 25 of the Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995 once it gives a landlord the ability to frustrate the…
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6 |
| 22 Jul 2013 |
[2013] EWHC 2180 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
A binding settlement may arise from correspondence even though the parties intend to record it later in a formal agreement. The question is objective and…
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5 |
| 14 Dec 2017 |
[2017] EWCA Civ 2132 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Contractual interpretation begins with the language used and the admissible factual background. That background comprises facts known or reasonably available…
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3 |
| 16 Apr 2014 |
[2014] EWHC 1189 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Commercial contracts are construed objectively, by considering the ordinary meaning of the language in the context of the agreement and its commercial purpose.…
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3 |
| 20 Jun 2023 |
[2023] EWCA Civ 701 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A speedy trial requires good reason and real, objectively assessed urgency. The court must also consider the administration of justice, prejudice to other…
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3 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 7 Aug 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 2115 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
An administrator may be removed only where there is good or sufficient cause, assessed by reference to the real, substantial and honest interests of the…
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| 9 Apr 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 852 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
When sanctioning a restructuring plan under Part 26A of the Companies Act 2006, the court may rely on directors’ and expert evidence of the most likely…
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| 26 Feb 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 684 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
At a convening hearing under Part 26A of the Companies Act 2006, the court determines jurisdiction, notice, obvious and fundamental roadblocks, and the…
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| 20 Jun 2023 |
[2023] EWCA Civ 701 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A speedy trial requires good reason and real, objectively assessed urgency. The court must also consider the administration of justice, prejudice to other…
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3 |
| 28 Apr 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 1305 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
At the interim stage, the court need only determine whether there is a serious issue to be tried. The enforceability of a restrictive covenant should not…
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| 19 Nov 2020 |
[2020] EWHC 3534 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
On a scheme sanction application, the court must scrutinise the arrangement independently. Statutory approval and the absence of objection do not determine…
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| 24 Jan 2020 |
[2020] EWCA Civ 31 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
In construing a deferred-compensation plan, the meaning of “losses” depends on the contract read as a whole. A broad reference to “any losses incurred” is not…
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| 9 Nov 2018 |
[2018] EWHC 3077 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Permission to appeal requires a real, more than fanciful, prospect of success. An appellate court may be freer to reconsider contractual construction, but…
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| 9 Nov 2018 |
[2018] EWHC 3030 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Under Connecticut law, deferred-bonus plan provisions must be construed from their text, read as a whole and applied to the circumstances that arise. Losses…
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| 19 Feb 2018 |
[2018] EWHC 305 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A dispute falls within an English jurisdiction clause where it genuinely concerns rights and directions arising under an agreement governed by that clause…
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| 14 Dec 2017 |
[2017] EWCA Civ 2132 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Contractual interpretation begins with the language used and the admissible factual background. That background comprises facts known or reasonably available…
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3 |
| 12 Dec 2017 |
[2017] EWHC 3150 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Permission to serve proceedings out of the jurisdiction requires the claimant to satisfy each applicable jurisdictional and procedural requirement. For the…
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