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| 8 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1718 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Fairness in determining a planning application is fact-sensitive. The process is not litigation and need not give applicants and objectors equal opportunities…
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| 29 Jan 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 137 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Costs in proceedings involving personal representatives depend on the character of the dispute, the conduct of the parties and whether expenditure was properly…
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| 3 Oct 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 25123 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Works fall outside the statutory exclusion for maintenance, improvement or alteration where they materially affect the external appearance of a building. The…
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| 16 Jul 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 1530 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
Registration of a foreign judgment may proceed where the judgment debtor was carrying on business within the foreign jurisdiction or voluntarily submitted, or…
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| 17 Jul 2024 |
[2024] EWHC 1816 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Under section 996 of the Companies Act 2006, the court has a wide but judicial discretion to grant relief for unfair prejudice. A share purchase order may be…
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| 26 Apr 2024 |
[2024] EWHC 940 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
The without prejudice rule protects genuine settlement negotiations, including proposals and admissions made during negotiations that do not result in an…
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| 20 Sep 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 2277 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A member petition under Companies Act 2006, section 994, succeeds where company affairs cause prejudice to the petitioner’s interests as a member and that…
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| 14 Jul 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 1891 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
Foreign-state service must comply with the exclusive statutory method in section 12(1) of the State Immunity Act 1978, unless the state has agreed another…
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| 29 Jun 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 1651 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
In a road-traffic negligence claim, the claimant bears the burden of proving on the balance of probabilities that the defendant driver fell below the standard…
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| 18 May 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 1185 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A private company exercising statutory harbour functions is amenable to judicial review, but the court must respect the statutory allocation of supervisory…
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| 23 Mar 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 657 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
A liquidator may seek a declaration determining competing claims to funds held in escrow where the relevant contractual conditions and insolvency consequences…
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| 20 Jan 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 93 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Summary judgment may be granted in a dishonesty case where the defendant has no real prospect of success, but allegations affecting personal integrity…
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