Practice areas
Courts
Counsel most often instructed
Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases RWK Goodman acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 18 Oct 2007 |
[2007] EWCA Civ 1002 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Goods sold in the course of a business satisfy the statutory standard of satisfactory quality if they meet the standard that a reasonable person would regard…
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24 |
| 28 Feb 2013 |
[2013] EWCA Civ 136 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
When deciding whether a defamatory publication conveys fact or comment, the court applies the impression of the reasonable reader. That reader is not avid for…
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18 |
| 18 Jan 2017 |
[2017] EWHC 15 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
An interim payment application under a construction contract is valid if it is clearly identifiable, states the sum claimed and gives the basis of calculation.…
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10 |
| 28 Jul 2006 |
[2006] EWCA Civ 1285 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Design right is not excluded merely because a design performs a function or its components have functional purposes. Under Copyright, Designs and Patents Act…
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10 |
| 1 Mar 2017 |
[2017] UKSC 16 · Supreme Court
The grounds for resisting enforcement of a New York Convention award, and the circumstances in which security for the award may be required, form a statutory…
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6 |
| 30 Apr 2009 |
[2009] EWHC 912 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
Election campaign material is not immune from liability for injurious falsehood or data-protection breaches merely because it is political or partisan. The…
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6 |
| 20 Feb 2004 |
[2004] EWCA Civ 115 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
An agreed liquidated-damages clause fixes the damages recoverable for delay. It does not make those damages adequate compensation for the purpose of an…
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5 |
| 22 May 2014 |
[2014] EWHC 1639 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Recognition and enforcement of a New York Convention award under Arbitration Act 1996, section 103, is subject to a pro-enforcement scheme, but enforcement is…
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5 |
| 21 Nov 2019 |
[2019] UKPC 42 · Privy Council
A judicial review application must be made promptly. The three-month period is a longstop, not a period available as of right, so an application made within…
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5 |
| 18 Feb 2016 |
[2016] EWHC 317 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
An adjudicator’s jurisdiction is determined by the nature, scope and extent of the dispute identified in the notice of adjudication. Where a notice raises the…
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5 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 29 Jul 2026 |
[2026] UKPC 29 · Privy Council
A judge of the Mauritian Intermediate Court acting within jurisdiction has complete common-law immunity from personal civil liability for words or gestures in…
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| 30 Jun 2026 |
[2026] UKPC 27 · Privy Council
A statutory condition requiring a company to carry out its core income generating activities in Mauritius links the location of activity to the income eligible…
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| 11 Jun 2026 |
[2026] UKPC 25 · Privy Council
A contract may provide the contractual basis for payment of a statutory end-of-year gratuity. The employer’s obligation is discharged if the contractual…
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| 1 Dec 2025 |
Director General, Mauritius Revenue Authority v Claude Didier de Senneville and 7 others (Mauritius)
[2025] UKPC 57 · Privy Council
For section 10(3)(c) of the Income Tax Act 1995, the relevant question is whether land was acquired in the course of a business whose main purpose was…
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| 29 Oct 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 2576 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
In a clinical negligence claim, the court must assess the defendant’s treatment against the standard of the ordinary competent practitioner in the relevant…
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| 4 Jul 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 1616 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
In bankruptcy proceedings, a debt is disputed on substantial grounds where the debtor shows a real prospect of successfully challenging liability or quantum at…
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| 8 Apr 2025 |
[2025] UKPC 17 · Privy Council
Whether an activity is a business carried on “with a view to profit” is determined by the taxpayer’s subjective intention. Profit need not be the sole or main…
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| 28 Feb 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 435 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
Liability under section 2(2) of the Animals Act 1971 requires each statutory condition to be established separately. “Likely” means reasonably to be expected…
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| 27 Feb 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 466 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A stay of civil proceedings is not warranted merely because a litigant in prison lacks the resources or technology available to the opposing party. The…
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| 4 Feb 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 236 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Under section 13 of the Coroners Act 1988, the question is whether the interests of justice make a further inquest necessary or desirable. A different verdict…
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| 13 Aug 2024 |
[2024] UKPC 27 · Privy Council
For judicial review of a commission of inquiry report, the court must look beyond labels such as findings or observations. Review is available where a…
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3 |
| 4 Jul 2024 |
[2024] UKPC 19 · Privy Council
Section 54(2) of the Environmental Protection Act 2002 imposes two cumulative standing requirements: an appellant must be a person aggrieved and must show…
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Earlier names
These figures include judgments naming firms that have since merged into, or been renamed as, RWK Goodman: Goodman Derrick LLP, Royds Withy King, Royds LLP, Lemon & Co, Whetter Duckworth Fowler, Berger Oliver, Marshall & Galpin.
Based on judgments published by The National Archives (Find Case Law) in which RWK Goodman 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 RWK Goodman. Something wrong or missing? Tell us. All law firms.