Practice areas
Courts
Counsel most often instructed
Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Reed Smith acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 6 Apr 2006 |
[2006] EWCA Civ 386 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
An earlier informal misrepresentation does not induce a contract where the contracting party receives the definitive contractual terms, knows that they define…
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68 |
| 1 Jul 2015 |
[2015] UKSC 43 · Supreme Court
Contract damages compensate the injured party for the value of the performance actually lost. Following an accepted anticipatory repudiation, a court may…
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34 |
| 21 Nov 2018 |
[2018] EWHC 3177 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A trustee holding contractual rights on trust has standing to enforce them for the full beneficial interest. An irrevocable contractual service-of-process…
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31 |
| 27 May 2008 |
[2008] EWHC 1186 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A bank’s provision of information, opinions and recommendations through a product salesman does not, without more, create a general contractual or tortious…
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28 |
| 27 May 2011 |
[2011] EWCA Civ 647 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
The High Court may use its general power under Senior Courts Act 1981 section 37 to protect a contractual right to English arbitration where no arbitration is…
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26 |
| 2 Apr 2009 |
[2009] EWHC 716 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
For jurisdiction under article 5(3) of the Judgments Regulation, harm caused by the non-receipt of money occurs where the money ought to have been received.…
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23 |
| 18 Oct 2011 |
[2011] EWHC 2611 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
For an EEA credit institution, an insolvency measure recognised under the Credit Institutions (Reorganisation and Winding Up) Regulations 2004 must receive…
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19 |
| 21 Jun 2011 |
[2011] EWHC 1574 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A right of first refusal is construed from the contract and its commercial context. In a supply agreement, it ordinarily requires the grantor to disclose the…
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18 |
| 28 Mar 2007 |
[2007] EWCA Civ 263 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
For jurisdiction under the Judgments Regulation, a good arguable case requires the court to be as satisfied as the interlocutory process permits that…
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18 |
| 13 Jun 2018 |
[2018] UKSC 28 · Supreme Court
A legally innocent intermediary which is ordered to prevent third parties from using its facilities unlawfully is ordinarily entitled to an indemnity from the…
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18 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 7 Oct 2026 |
[2026] EWCA Civ 1259 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
The change of position defence requires good faith, a sufficient connection with the payment and detriment making restitution inequitable. Mere negligence does…
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| 15 Sep 2026 |
[2026] EWCA Civ 1185 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
An indemnity for liability arising from an agent’s act or omission while performing duties under an agreement is ordinarily confined to conduct occurring when…
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| 14 Sep 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2358 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Permission to serve a foreign defendant out of the jurisdiction requires a serious issue on the merits, a good arguable case within a jurisdictional gateway…
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| 10 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2361 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
An application for further information should be determined by the order that is just and best promotes the overriding objective. The court may grant it in…
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| 15 May 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1162 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
An asymmetric exclusive jurisdiction clause may require one party to sue exclusively in the designated court while allowing the other party to sue in any other…
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| 15 Apr 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 850 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
In proprietary estoppel, the usual starting point for relief is enforcement of the promised benefit, but the remedy remains discretionary. The court must…
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| 19 Mar 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 673 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
A public interest immunity application should be granted where the material is relevant, disclosure creates a real risk of serious harm to the public interest…
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| 19 Mar 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 672 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
Where applications cannot be fairly and properly determined within the time available, the court may adjourn them of its own motion under Civil Procedure Rules…
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| 2 Mar 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 449 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Whether a contractual time stipulation is a condition is a question of construction, assessed in the contract’s factual and commercial setting. A commercial or…
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| 6 Feb 2026 |
[2026] EWCA Civ 54 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A signed reconciliation document may constitute a binding agreement on liability and quantum even where further discussions concern payment arrangements.…
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| 5 Feb 2026 |
[2026] EWCA Civ 40 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Where parties execute successive reinsurance documents containing different dispute-resolution provisions, a clause giving the earlier document precedence in…
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| 21 Jan 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 91 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Domestic courts cannot interpret or enforce unincorporated treaties merely because legislation or executive policy was intended to comply with them. A stated…
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