Practice areas
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Counsel most often instructed
Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Sharpe Pritchard LLP acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 10 May 2017 |
[2017] UKSC 37 · Supreme Court
National planning policy is guidance and a material consideration. It remains subordinate to the statutory development plan. Paragraph 49 of the National…
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| 30 Jun 2017 |
[2017] EWCA Civ 893 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
The presumption in favour of sustainable development in the National Planning Policy Framework is defined completely by paragraph 14. There is no separate…
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42 |
| 25 Nov 2016 |
[2016] EWHC 3028 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
In challenges to local plans and planning appeal decisions, the court distinguishes the objective interpretation of planning policy from its fact-sensitive…
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36 |
| 1 May 2008 |
[2008] EWHC 1204 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
When deciding whether a project is likely to have a significant effect on a protected European site, a competent authority must assess the project as a whole.…
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29 |
| 6 Apr 2011 |
[2011] UKSC 15 · Supreme Court
Section 171B(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 protects only a breach consisting of a change in the actual use of a building to use as a single…
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29 |
| 9 May 2011 |
[2011] EWCA Civ 1153 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
For rectification based on common mistake, the parties’ continuing intention is determined objectively from their communications and the surrounding context. A…
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26 |
| 17 Mar 2016 |
[2016] EWCA Civ 168 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Under paragraph 49 of the National Planning Policy Framework, relevant policies “for the supply of housing” are policies affecting housing supply. They include…
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23 |
| 27 Nov 2013 |
[2013] EWHC 3719 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Persistent under-delivery of housing under paragraph 47 of the National Planning Policy Framework is a continuing state of affairs, assessed over a reasonable…
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17 |
| 24 Feb 2012 |
[2012] EWHC 344 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Strategic environmental assessment must provide a reasoned and publicly accessible account of the reasonable alternatives considered, including an outline of…
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15 |
| 15 Mar 2016 |
[2016] EWCA Civ 154 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A person should ordinarily use a statutory tribunal remedy before seeking judicial review where that remedy is convenient and effective. A tribunal review may…
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15 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 8 Oct 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2557 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
When deciding whether to continue a planning injunction against persons unknown, the court must assess the cause of action, evidence, justification, adequacy…
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| 12 Jun 2026 |
[2026] EWCA Civ 744 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
An exit charge restricting freedom of establishment is compatible with EU law if payment can be deferred. Where legislation imposes the charge but omits that…
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| 21 May 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1214 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
Renewal of an injunction against newcomer persons unknown requires a focused, evidence-based review rather than a mechanical checklist. The court should…
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| 18 May 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1174 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
For an interim injunction restraining actual or apprehended breaches of planning control, the court applies the American Cyanamid approach, while taking…
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| 11 May 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1070 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A certificate of lawful existing use must describe the lawful use with clarity and precision. Information may be incorporated by reference, but the…
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| 7 May 2026 |
[2026] UKUT 171 (LC) · Upper Tribunal: Lands Chamber
For the purposes of identifying a person having control of an unlicensed HMO, “rack-rent” under Housing Act 2004, s.263, is assessed by reference to the HMO as…
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| 29 Apr 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 984 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
“Governing documents” in Higher Education and Research Act 2017 s 14 means constitutional and governance instruments, not every institutional policy. The…
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| 23 Apr 2026 |
[2026] EWCA Civ 493 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A certificate of lawfulness of existing use or development may be revoked only where a materially false statement or document was used, or material information…
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| 31 Mar 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 777 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Permission for judicial review of a planning permission should be refused where none of the proposed grounds is arguable. Committee debates may be considered…
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| 13 Mar 2026 |
[2026] EWCA Civ 264 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Under section 187B of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, the court must make its own assessment of whether an injunction is appropriate to restrain a…
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| 11 Nov 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 2937 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
An injunction under section 187B of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 is discretionary. The court must decide whether it is just and convenient, and…
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| 30 Oct 2025 |
[2025] EWCA Civ 1378 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Rule 4(1)(b) of the Election Petition Rules 1960 requires a parliamentary election petition to show the date on which the return was made to the Clerk of the…
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