Practice areas
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Counsel most often instructed
Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Simons Muirhead Burton LLP acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 18 Jan 2019 |
[2019] EWHC 48 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
The natural and ordinary meaning of an allegedly defamatory book is the broad impression conveyed to the hypothetical reasonable reader by the whole…
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| 23 Jun 2010 |
[2010] EWCA Civ 719 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Immigration Rules have a quasi-legal status because they are the rules laid before Parliament under the Immigration Act 1971 and may found an appeal. They may…
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67 |
| 22 Feb 2018 |
[2018] EWHC 333 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
An informal, long-term joint venture may carry an implied duty of good faith where necessary to give effect to reasonable expectations. That duty permits…
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46 |
| 14 Oct 2005 |
[2005] EWHC 2187 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
The natural and ordinary meaning of an allegedly defamatory publication is the single meaning conveyed to the ordinary reasonable reader. The court must assess…
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26 |
| 16 Jul 2008 |
[2008] EWCA Civ 834 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
An accepted offer of amends under the Defamation Act 1996 brings the defamation claim to an end and substitutes the statutory enforcement procedure. Apart from…
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13 |
| 25 Jul 2023 |
[2023] EWCA Civ 884 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
In a defamation claim, an unnamed claimant is identified if the words would reasonably lead persons acquainted with the claimant to believe that it was the…
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11 |
| 22 May 2018 |
[2018] EWHC 1728 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
In determining the natural and ordinary meaning of words complained of in a libel claim, the court must adopt a reasonable, impressionistic and non-technical…
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11 |
| 15 Apr 2016 |
[2016] EWHC 850 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A court order providing that it will cease upon alternative security being agreed remains effective unless actual agreement is obtained or the court varies it.…
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11 |
| 21 Jan 2015 |
[2015] EWHC 77 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
In determining the meaning of allegedly defamatory words, the court must identify the single meaning conveyed to the ordinary reasonable reader, reading the…
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10 |
| 25 May 2017 |
[2017] UKPC 17 · Privy Council
Where property is conveyed into joint names, the starting point is joint legal and beneficial ownership. That principle is not confined to a family home or…
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9 |
Recent cases
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| 28 Aug 2026 |
[2026] UKPC 31 · Privy Council
An appellate court may replace a trial judge’s finding of primary fact only where it is plainly wrong: the finding must be one that no reasonable judge could…
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| 20 Aug 2026 |
[2026] UKPC 30 · Privy Council
A binding contract is identified objectively from the parties’ words and conduct, asking whether they intended legal relations and had agreed all essential…
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| 12 May 2026 |
[2026] EWCA Civ 577 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A preliminary-issues trial may proceed on a hybrid basis, with some facts assumed and others determined, but only if the approach remains fair, workable and…
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| 20 Mar 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 665 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A claimant seeking remuneration for capital-introduction services must prove the existence and terms of any alleged contract, including the identity of the…
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| 30 Jan 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 158 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
In deciding whether to order a split trial or preliminary issue, the court must apply a pragmatic balancing exercise directed to the overriding objective.…
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| 30 Oct 2025 |
[2025] UKPC 51 · Privy Council
In a public inquiry, procedural fairness is fact-sensitive. It will often require a person who may be adversely affected by a report to receive the gist of the…
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| 16 Jul 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 1530 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
Registration of a foreign judgment may proceed where the judgment debtor was carrying on business within the foreign jurisdiction or voluntarily submitted, or…
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| 4 Jul 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 1701 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
Where a claimant succeeds against only some of several defendants, the court may make a broad-brush assessment of the proportion of costs attributable to the…
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| 9 Apr 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 853 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
In determining meaning in a defamation claim, the court must identify the single natural and ordinary meaning conveyed to the hypothetical reasonable reader…
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| 11 Feb 2025 |
[2025] UKPC 8 · Privy Council
A statutory power to enter contracts must be read with the legislation’s financial-control scheme. A public body cannot use contractual form to evade…
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| 4 Feb 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 225 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
A director is not ordinarily personally liable for causing a company to breach its contracts. Personal liability for inducing breach requires more than…
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| 28 Nov 2024 |
[2024] UKPC 38 · Privy Council
Where a sale contract refers both to illustrative plans and to plans forming part of the registered title, the latter may define the vendor’s obligation to…
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