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Sills & Betteridge LLP

Sills & Betteridge LLP is named as solicitors in at least 39 UK judgments from 2009 to 2026, most often in family and children and trusts, wills and private client.

39
judgments
19
in the last five years
15
in the Court of Appeal

Practice areas

  • Family and children28
  • Trusts, wills and private client3
  • Intellectual property3
  • Civil liberties and human rights2
  • Public and administrative law2
  • Media, defamation and privacy1
  • Insolvency and restructuring1
  • Banking and finance1

Courts

  • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)15
  • High Court23
  • Employment Appeal Tribunal1

Counsel most often instructed

  • SAM CARTER3

Judgments by year

  • 20264
  • 20250
  • 20245
  • 20234
  • 20226
  • 20212
  • 20202
  • 20194
  • 20182
  • 20171
  • 20162
  • 20152
  • 20140
  • 20130
  • 20122
  • 20111
  • 20101
  • 20091

Cases later courts cite most

Cases Sills & Betteridge LLP acted in that later judgments cite most often.

Date Case Cited by
26 Apr 2012
[2012] EWHC 1056 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A Part 36 offer does not lapse merely because the period for its ordinary costs consequences has passed. It remains open unless properly withdrawn under the…
21
12 Feb 2010
[2010] EWHC 506 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
The statutory discretion to remove an executor is governed by principles analogous to those applying to trustees. The central question is whether continued…
14
20 Feb 2015
[2015] EWCA Civ 113 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Fresh expert evidence may be admitted on appeal where it could not, with reasonable diligence, have been available at trial, appears credible and could have an…
4

Recent cases

Date Case Cited by
21 May 2024
[2024] EAT 94 · Employment Appeal Tribunal
A complaint pleaded under a distinct legal head remains live unless it is covered by a disposal order or has been withdrawn clearly and unambiguously. Where…
15 Feb 2024
[2024] EWHC 283 (IPEC) · High Court: Intellectual Property Enterprise Court
Interest awarded under Civil Procedure Rules 1998, rule 36.17(3), does not override the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court stage and overall costs caps.…
21 Jul 2023
[2023] EWHC 1821 (IPEC) · High Court: Intellectual Property Enterprise Court
An account of profits is distinct from an inquiry as to damages. Once elected, it seeks to strip the infringer’s profits and does not compensate the claimant…
1
8 Dec 2021
[2021] EWHC 3296 (IPEC) · High Court: Intellectual Property Enterprise Court
A composite sign containing a registered word mark is not identical to that mark where the additional elements form part of the sign perceived by the average…
27 Jul 2016
[2016] EWHC 3726 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Where proceedings in the Magistrates’ Court attract criminal, rather than civil, legal aid, the costs protection in section 26 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and…
28 Apr 2015
[2015] EWHC 968 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
On an application to annul a bankruptcy order because the petition debt was disputed, the court should apply substantially the same threshold as on an…
1
20 Feb 2015
[2015] EWCA Civ 113 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Fresh expert evidence may be admitted on appeal where it could not, with reasonable diligence, have been available at trial, appears credible and could have an…
4
26 Apr 2012
[2012] EWHC 1056 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A Part 36 offer does not lapse merely because the period for its ordinary costs consequences has passed. It remains open unless properly withdrawn under the…
21
2 Mar 2011
[2011] EWHC 382 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
For a permanent agricultural dwelling in the open countryside, the relevant policy tests must be applied separately and purposively. The decision-maker must…
12 Feb 2010
[2010] EWHC 506 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
The statutory discretion to remove an executor is governed by principles analogous to those applying to trustees. The central question is whether continued…
14

Based on judgments published by The National Archives (Find Case Law) in which Sills & Betteridge LLP 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 Sills & Betteridge LLP. Something wrong or missing? Tell us. All law firms.