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Cases RIAA Barker Gillette acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 11 Nov 2009 |
[2009] EWCA Civ 1176 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Article 22 of the Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 confers exclusive jurisdiction within the Member State framework for disputes concerning a company’s…
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11 |
| 18 Feb 2011 |
[2011] EWHC 257 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Directors may honestly believe that a risky transaction benefits a company, so commercial misjudgment does not by itself establish breach of fiduciary duty or…
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7 |
| 8 Oct 2009 |
[2009] EWCA Civ 1109 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A loan intended to finance future gambling is not rendered irrecoverable by section 1 of the Gaming Act 1892 merely because both parties expect the money to be…
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6 |
| 22 Nov 2007 |
[2007] EWCA Civ 1186 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A public authority exercising statutory powers does not owe a common law duty of care merely because its carelessness may cause foreseeable financial loss. The…
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4 |
| 20 Apr 2010 |
[2010] EWHC 833 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A long-term agreement is a “qualifying long term agreement” if it satisfies the statutory elements in section 20ZA(2) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985…
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4 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 17 Dec 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 3278 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Applications to set aside an order for alternative service and an appeal against that order may be pursued in the alternative. The set-aside application…
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| 16 Sep 2022 |
[2022] EWHC 2346 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
On an application to annul a bankruptcy order, a genuine triable issue as to the existence of the petition debt is assessed by the same threshold applicable…
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1 |
| 11 Mar 2022 |
[2022] EWHC 520 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
For permitted development under Class B of Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, the…
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| 13 Dec 2019 |
[2019] EWHC 3441 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
For an arbitral challenge based on apparent bias, the applicant must establish a serious irregularity causing, or likely to cause, substantial injustice. The…
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1 |
| 24 Mar 2017 |
[2017] EWHC 614 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
A person who assumes practical control of a company’s affairs may be a de facto director, regardless of formal appointment or job title. The question is one of…
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| 13 Jan 2017 |
[2017] EWHC 145 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Permission to commence proceedings against a company in administration is discretionary. The applicant must establish a case for relaxing the moratorium and…
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| 29 Jul 2016 |
[2016] EWHC 2006 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
On a summary-judgment application, the claimant must show that the opposing party has no realistic prospect of success and that there is no other compelling…
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| 8 Oct 2015 |
[2015] EWHC 2830 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A registered charge may be transferred beneficially before registration of the transferee. A person entitled to be registered as charge proprietor may exercise…
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2 |
| 29 Jul 2015 |
[2015] EWHC 2196 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Relief under section 44(3) of the Arbitration Act 1996 is confined to orders necessary to preserve evidence or assets in an urgent case. The court must also be…
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| 18 Feb 2011 |
[2011] EWHC 257 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Directors may honestly believe that a risky transaction benefits a company, so commercial misjudgment does not by itself establish breach of fiduciary duty or…
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7 |
| 3 Feb 2011 |
[2011] EWHC 148 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
A promise to waive solicitors’ charges is not contractually binding merely because it may benefit the promisor. A variation requires offer, acceptance and…
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| 20 Apr 2010 |
[2010] EWHC 833 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A long-term agreement is a “qualifying long term agreement” if it satisfies the statutory elements in section 20ZA(2) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985…
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4 |
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