Law firm

Ridley & Hall

Ridley & Hall is named as solicitors in at least 20 UK judgments from 2003 to 2025, most often in family and children and public and administrative law.

20
judgments
3
in the last five years
5
in the Court of Appeal

Practice areas

  • Family and children12
  • Public and administrative law10
  • Social welfare and education4
  • Trusts, wills and private client1
  • Real estate1

Courts

  • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)5
  • High Court15

Judgments by year

  • 20260
  • 20251
  • 20241
  • 20231
  • 20220
  • 20212
  • 20200
  • 20190
  • 20180
  • 20170
  • 20160
  • 20150
  • 20143
  • 20132
  • 20121
  • 20111
  • 20103
  • 20090
  • 20080
  • 20070

Cases later courts cite most

Cases Ridley & Hall acted in that later judgments cite most often.

Date Case Cited by
25 Jul 2012
TT, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Merton
[2012] EWHC 2055 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A local authority adopting a general policy for special guardianship allowances must assess the allowance by reference to the hypothetical typical case and…
 3
8 Mar 2013
X, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Tower Hamlets
[2013] EWHC 480 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A local authority has wide discretion to set payments for foster carers, but its policies must comply with statutory guidance issued under section 7 of the…
 3

Recent cases

Date Case Cited by
6 Nov 2014
Wright v Waters & Anor
[2014] EWHC 3614 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, the court must make an objective value judgment by applying the statutory factors. An…
8 Mar 2013
X, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Tower Hamlets
[2013] EWHC 480 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A local authority has wide discretion to set payments for foster carers, but its policies must comply with statutory guidance issued under section 7 of the…
 3
25 Jul 2012
TT, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Merton
[2012] EWHC 2055 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A local authority adopting a general policy for special guardianship allowances must assess the allowance by reference to the hypothetical typical case and…
 3
12 Mar 2010
Barrett v Kirklees Metropolitan Council
[2010] EWHC 467 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A local authority must have regard to fostering allowance when determining special guardianship order allowance under paragraph 65 of the Special Guardianship…
25 Jul 2006
M, R (on the application of) v Suffolk County Council
[2006] EWHC 2366 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Regulation 7 of the Community Care Services for Carers and Children's Services (Direct Payments) (England) Regulations 2003 limits direct payments for…
24 Jul 2003
B, R (on the application of) v Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
[2003] EWHC 1832 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A mandatory disabled facilities grant is available only where the proposed works have a purpose within Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996…
 2

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