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Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Sidley Austin LLP acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 30 Jun 2020 |
[2020] EWCA Civ 821 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A standard-form loan provision excusing default for non-payment made in order to comply with a mandatory provision of law may encompass foreign…
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21 |
| 17 Oct 2007 |
[2007] EWHC 2402 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A contractual insolvency trigger incorporating the commercial insolvency test in Insolvency Act 1986 section 123(1) permits consideration of debts falling due…
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18 |
| 15 Jul 2011 |
[2011] EWHC 1822 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Automatic termination of an ISDA derivative agreement may constitute an early-redemption event in a structured investment, even where termination follows the…
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11 |
| 20 Sep 2023 |
[2023] UKPC 33 · Privy Council
An arbitration agreement is generally given effect unless public policy or a rule of law makes the relevant dispute incapable of arbitration. For a stay under…
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7 |
| 25 Apr 2012 |
[2012] EWHC 1067 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
For the purposes of a stay under section 9 of the Arbitration Act 1996, proceedings are “in respect of” a referred matter where that matter will foreseeably…
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6 |
| 23 Jun 2020 |
[2020] EWHC 1619 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Where a claimant makes a Part 36 offer and obtains judgment at least as advantageous as the offer, the court must generally apply the specified consequences…
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6 |
| 30 Jul 2010 |
[2010] EWHC 2005 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
For the purposes of Insolvency Act 1986, section 123(2), contingent and prospective liabilities cannot simply be added to present liabilities at face value.…
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5 |
| 16 Jan 2014 |
[2014] EWHC 34 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Proceedings challenging the admission, amount or ranking of a claim in an insolvency distribution fall within the insolvency exclusion in article 1(2)(b) of…
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5 |
| 9 Jun 2006 |
[2006] EWHC 1335 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
The English court has jurisdiction to sanction a scheme of arrangement for a foreign or EEA insurance company where the company is capable of being wound up…
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5 |
| 6 Aug 2014 |
[2014] EWHC 2785 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A contractual bonus formula may require the employer to calculate the relevant performance measure using its established internal methodology. The court will…
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4 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 23 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1871 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Permission to continue a common-law double derivative claim requires more than pleading an arguable breach. The claimant must show, on the totality of the…
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| 7 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EWCA Civ 872 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
The Competition Appeal Tribunal has jurisdiction to decide any issue necessary to resolve a competition infringement claim, including logically anterior…
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| 12 Jun 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1463 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
On an application under Civil Procedure Rules 1998, rule 25.27(b)(ii), security for costs may be ordered where the evidence gives the court real reason to…
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| 8 Dec 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 3202 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Where parties have agreed to English jurisdiction, a stay on forum non conveniens grounds requires strong, or potentially very strong, reasons. Foreseeable…
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| 3 Feb 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 205 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
In a restructuring plan involving dissenting creditor classes, the court must identify a particular and realistically achievable relevant alternative. A vague…
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3 |
| 11 Nov 2024 |
[2024] EWHC 2851 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
At a convening hearing for a restructuring plan involving a foreign company, the court must be satisfied that the statutory conditions for a plan are met and…
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| 5 Mar 2024 |
[2024] EAT 18 · Employment Appeal Tribunal
For the jurisdictional condition in section 121(1) of the Equality Act 2010, a service complaint need not be a legal pleading or use technical language.…
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3 |
| 17 Nov 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 3076 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
At a restructuring-plan sanction hearing, the court should ask whether the statutory requirements have been met, creditors were fairly represented and acted…
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| 20 Oct 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 2754 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
At a convening hearing for restructuring plans, the court must determine whether there are jurisdictional or practical obstacles to convening creditor…
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| 12 Oct 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 2240 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A contractual right to terminate for a brand’s loss of reputation must be construed in its contractual and commercial context. Where the clause refers to a…
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| 9 Oct 2023 |
[2023] EWCA Civ 1135 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
For purposes of section 239 of the Insolvency Act 1986, the relevant decision to prefer a creditor may precede the payment, but the court must identify the…
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| 22 Sep 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 2348 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Costs ordinarily follow the successful party. Failure on some issues does not, without more, justify departing from that rule. An issue-based adjustment may be…
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