Practice areas
Courts
Counsel most often instructed
Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 10 Feb 2009 |
[2009] EWCA Civ 46 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A course of conduct is harassment only if, viewed in its context, it is sufficiently grave to be oppressive and unacceptable and capable of sustaining criminal…
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22 |
| 9 Apr 2019 |
[2019] EWHC 914 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Practice Direction 51U applies to all relevant existing and new Business and Property Courts proceedings from 1 January 2019. A disclosure order made earlier…
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20 |
| 17 Dec 2015 |
[2015] EWCA Civ 1293 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A prospective limitation period for recovering overpaid VAT complies with EU law where the claimant has a readily ascertainable and reasonable opportunity to…
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7 |
| 13 Mar 2008 |
[2008] EWHC 426 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
An arbitration clause specifying a geographical place as the seat does not necessarily determine the juridical seat where the contract, read as a whole…
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5 |
| 14 Jul 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 1796 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
In judicial review of development consent orders for nationally significant infrastructure, the duty to make inquiries requires only reasonable steps within…
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5 |
| 14 Jan 2014 |
[2014] EWHC 52 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Under section 44(3) of the Arbitration Act 1996, the court should exercise particular caution where an interim injunction would substantially determine an…
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4 |
| 13 Dec 2022 |
[2022] EWHC 3177 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
In determining development-consent applications, the decision-maker must apply the relevant national policy statements as a whole and may exercise planning…
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3 |
| 17 Jan 2024 |
[2024] EWCA Civ 12 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A policy requiring flood risk from all sources to be considered does not necessarily extend a sequential test framed by reference to fluvial flood zones to…
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3 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 7 Sep 2026 |
[2026] EAT 133 · Employment Appeal Tribunal
Under section 15 of the Equality Act 2010, an employer’s explanation must identify a reason that was operative when the unfavourable treatment occurred. A…
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| 10 Dec 2025 |
[2025] UKSC 45 · Supreme Court
Under section 5 of the Damages (Scotland) Act 2011, relatives may claim non-patrimonial damages where the deceased died from mesothelioma after previously…
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| 11 Mar 2025 |
[2025] EAT 31 · Employment Appeal Tribunal
An amendment is a re-labelling, rather than a new complaint, where a fair construction of the ET1 already alleges facts and a causal connection capable of…
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| 4 Jun 2024 |
[2024] EWCA Civ 606 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A patent claim must be construed purposively through the eyes of the skilled person, with the common general knowledge and the specification in view. Clear…
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| 22 Mar 2024 |
[2024] EWCA Civ 277 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Non-objection clauses used when land is acquired for a planning scheme are not inherently unlawful. Their use is permissible where the planning process remains…
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| 17 Jan 2024 |
[2024] EWCA Civ 12 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A policy requiring flood risk from all sources to be considered does not necessarily extend a sequential test framed by reference to fluvial flood zones to…
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3 |
| 25 Sep 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 2361 (Pat) · High Court: Patents Court
In patent validity and infringement proceedings, the skilled team must reflect the technical problem addressed by the patent and may include more than one…
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1 |
| 14 Jul 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 1796 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
In judicial review of development consent orders for nationally significant infrastructure, the duty to make inquiries requires only reasonable steps within…
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5 |
| 13 Dec 2022 |
[2022] EWHC 3177 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
In determining development-consent applications, the decision-maker must apply the relevant national policy statements as a whole and may exercise planning…
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3 |
| 6 Oct 2022 |
[2022] EWHC 2623 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
In a challenge to development consent orders, the adequacy of an environmental assessment and the extent of inquiry are matters for the decision-maker, subject…
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| 13 Jul 2022 |
[2022] EWHC 2116 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
Specific disclosure requires more than showing that documents are generally relevant to pleaded issues. The applicant must identify the disclosure issue to…
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| 25 May 2022 |
[2022] EWHC 1266 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
Applications to amend pleadings engage the overriding objective and require a balance between prejudice to the applicant, the opposing parties and other court…
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