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Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Russell-Cooke LLP acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 6 Nov 2020 |
[2020] UKSC 45 · Supreme Court
Under section 84(1)(aa) and (1A)(b) of the Law of Property Act 1925, the jurisdictional question is whether continuation of a restrictive covenant impedes a…
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21 |
| 16 Apr 2025 |
[2025] UKSC 16 · Supreme Court
For the purposes of the Equality Act 2010, the terms “sex”, “man” and “woman” refer to biological sex. A gender recognition certificate does not alter a…
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19 |
| 22 Jun 2006 |
[2006] EWCA Civ 822 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
The statutory protection of whistleblowers against detriment extends to retaliatory acts committed by a former employer after the employment contract has…
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17 |
| 18 Mar 2008 |
[2008] EWCA Civ 200 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A statutory prohibition against disposing of any part of a common does not necessarily prohibit the grant of an easement over it. Under the Wimbledon & Putney…
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16 |
| 1 May 2015 |
[2015] EWHC 1173 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Where a local planning authority cannot demonstrate a five-year housing land supply, paragraph 49 of the National Planning Policy Framework applies to relevant…
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15 |
| 20 Apr 2011 |
[2011] EWHC 999 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, excluding FSA Principles from civil actionability removes only a court cause of action. It does not prevent…
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12 |
| 5 Nov 2003 |
[2003] EWCA Civ 1523 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A screening direction by the Secretary of State conclusively determines whether proposed development is environmental impact assessment development. It remains…
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8 |
| 30 Mar 2004 |
[2004] EWCA Civ 394 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
For intentional-homelessness decisions, a local housing authority must apply the distinct questions in Housing Act 1996, section 191. It must identify an act…
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8 |
| 6 Dec 2005 |
[2005] EWHC 2813 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
For enforcement purposes, a state-owned company may be treated as an organ or department of the state where its formal corporate structure does not reflect its…
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8 |
| 16 Feb 2005 |
[2005] EWHC 188 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A vendor under a specifically enforceable contract is a qualified trustee for the purchaser. The vendor’s equitable duties arise from the contract and protect…
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7 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 28 Aug 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2239 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
Under section 105(4) of the Procurement Act 2023, a contract award notice which does not provide accurate information is treated as unpublished for set-aside…
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| 21 May 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1142 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A will may be valid even if its dispositions appear unfair, surprising or irrational. Testamentary capacity, knowledge and approval, and testamentary undue…
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| 15 May 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 396 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
On an appeal under section 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996, a contract reduced from an oral agreement into writing must be construed as a written contract. The…
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| 24 Apr 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 967 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Extensions of time for challenging planning decisions by judicial review are exceptional. A claimant must act with the greatest possible celerity, and…
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| 17 Mar 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 615 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Contractual meaning is determined from the words used in their relevant context. Commercial purpose cannot justify replacing a deliberate categorical…
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| 10 Mar 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 532 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
Bitcoin may attract personal property rights as a third category of property, but that recognition does not make it subject to every existing proprietary tort.…
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| 21 Jul 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 1856 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
In planning cases, difficulties in implementing an authorised development are ordinarily immaterial. They may nevertheless be material where the facts make…
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| 16 Apr 2025 |
[2025] UKSC 16 · Supreme Court
For the purposes of the Equality Act 2010, the terms “sex”, “man” and “woman” refer to biological sex. A gender recognition certificate does not alter a…
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19 |
| 4 Mar 2025 |
[2025] EWCA Civ 200 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A governing body considering whether to reinstate a permanently excluded pupil makes the ultimate decision for itself. A procedural error by the headteacher…
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5 |
| 29 Jan 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 166 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
For extradition from the United Kingdom, the court must assess whether the requesting state’s assurances provide, in their practical application, a sufficient…
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| 23 Jan 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 131 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
Allegations that a director has acted dishonestly, fraudulently, in breach of fiduciary duty or in conspiracy must be formally pleaded with sufficient…
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| 21 Jan 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 110 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
The fact or amount of a settlement by other claimants does not ordinarily establish the merits of a remaining claimant’s different claim, or imply that a…
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Earlier names
These figures include judgments naming firms that have since merged into, or been renamed as, Russell-Cooke LLP: Alan Edwards & Co, Russell-Cooke Potter & Chapman.
Based on judgments published by The National Archives (Find Case Law) in which Russell-Cooke LLP 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 Russell-Cooke LLP. Something wrong or missing? Tell us. All law firms.