Practice areas
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Counsel most often instructed
Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Simmons & Simmons LLP acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 4 May 2007 |
[2007] EWHC 1040 (Pat) · High Court: Patents Court
A patent monopoly must correspond to the disclosed technical contribution. Where obtaining and testing an individual enantiomer is an obvious goal, invention…
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| 15 Jan 2021 |
[2021] UKSC 1 · Supreme Court
Business interruption cover must be construed objectively and as a coherent whole. A radius-limited disease clause covers cases of disease occurring within the…
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63 |
| 29 Oct 2015 |
[2015] EWHC 3073 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Fraud must be distinctly alleged and supported by pleaded primary facts which make dishonesty more likely than innocence or negligence. Those facts need…
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60 |
| 10 Apr 2008 |
[2008] EWCA Civ 311 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
An ordinary product claim is sufficiently enabled where the specification, read with common general knowledge, enables the skilled person to make the claimed…
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49 |
| 8 Feb 2016 |
[2016] EWCA Civ 41 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Trade mark confusion is assessed globally, comparing the defendant’s actual use with notional and fair use of the registered mark. Similarity of goods or…
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46 |
| 4 Apr 2008 |
[2008] EWCA Civ 303 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
An English court with personal jurisdiction over a judgment debtor may appoint a receiver by way of equitable execution over foreign property and future…
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39 |
| 18 Jun 2009 |
[2009] EWCA Civ 585 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A jurisdiction agreement must be construed objectively in the context of the transaction as a whole. Although jurisdiction clauses are ordinarily construed…
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37 |
| 26 Jul 2017 |
[2017] UKSC 55 · Supreme Court
Tribunal rules, directions and orders must be observed. Although procedural authorities concerning the courts of England and Wales do not apply directly to…
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35 |
| 6 Jun 2008 |
[2008] EWCA Civ 625 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Where the English court has jurisdiction over substantive proceedings, it may grant an ancillary anti-suit injunction to protect its process and judgments. In…
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35 |
| 3 Jul 2019 |
[2019] UKSC 32 · Supreme Court
A restraint within a post-employment non-competition covenant remains subject to the restraint of trade doctrine even where it prohibits only the holding of…
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33 |
Recent cases
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| 4 Aug 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2047 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
For an urgent application supporting arbitration, the court may grant short-term relief under the Arbitration Act 1996 where the tribunal or emergency…
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| 31 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1994 (Pat) · High Court: Patents Court
In patent litigation, managing confidential technical information requires a balance between the receiving party’s access to relevant material and protection…
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| 31 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EWCA Civ 1025 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
In a small-claims case, the costs-neutral regime is the essential context for applying Civil Procedure Rules rule 27.14(2)(g). The party seeking costs bears…
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| 17 Jun 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1511 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
When exercising the power to make a filing modification order under CPR PD 51ZH, the court must balance the value of wider document access in promoting open…
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| 20 Apr 2026 |
[2026] EWCA Civ 461 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Article 12(5) of a double taxation treaty is an anti-abuse provision. The words “to take advantage of” do not mean merely obtaining the benefit of Article…
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| 26 Mar 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 733 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
For a statutory enquiry notice to be effective, HMRC must establish that written notification of the intention to enquire was given in time to the nominated…
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| 12 Mar 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 561 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
On an application for summary judgment, the court must decide whether the opposing case has a realistic prospect of success, while avoiding a mini-trial. It…
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| 4 Mar 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 474 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
A reporting restriction order under section 4(2) of the Contempt of Court Act 1981 is an exceptional derogation from open justice. It may be made only where…
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| 27 Feb 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 441 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Estoppel by convention cannot be treated as a slogan that automatically prevents relief whenever a new right is alleged. The court must examine the legal…
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| 16 Jan 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 65 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Deferred contractual sums become payable on expiry of the contract where the agreement treats expiry as a form of termination and provides no contrary…
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| 10 Nov 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 2874 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
An ICSID Convention award is not assignable merely because the Convention contains no express prohibition on assignment. Article 54(2), read in context and…
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| 13 Aug 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 2141 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
An injunction against persons unknown may be granted where the applicant demonstrates a compelling need to protect civil rights, procedural safeguards the…
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