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Sinclair Gibson LLP

Sinclair Gibson LLP is named as solicitors in at least 20 UK judgments from 2020 to 2026, most often in trusts, wills and private client and public and administrative law.

20
judgments
16
in the last five years
16
in the Supreme Court or Privy Council

Practice areas

  • Trusts, wills and private client7
  • Public and administrative law5
  • Company and partnership5
  • Civil liberties and human rights3
  • Real estate2
  • Insolvency and restructuring2
  • Media, defamation and privacy1

Courts

  • Privy Council16
  • High Court4

Counsel most often instructed

  • Richard Evans3

Judgments by year

  • 20261
  • 20258
  • 20241
  • 20232
  • 20224
  • 20212
  • 20202

Cases later courts cite most

Cases Sinclair Gibson LLP acted in that later judgments cite most often.

Date Case Cited by
13 Oct 2022
[2022] UKPC 36 · Privy Council
A trustee’s right of indemnity under Jersey law creates an equitable proprietary interest in the trust assets. It is not merely a possessory lien and survives…
4
24 Jun 2025
[2025] UKPC 28 · Privy Council
For article 6(1) ECHR, the decisive question is the nature of the proceedings and the measure challenged. The exercise of public-law powers in tax matters lies…
4
31 Jan 2023
[2023] UKPC 2 · Privy Council
Security for costs in public interest judicial review claims is permissible if it is just, proportionate and does not unfairly stifle a properly arguable…
4

Recent cases

Date Case Cited by
13 Mar 2026
[2026] UKPC 9 · Privy Council
The rule in Rylands v Fletcher imposes strict liability for physical damage caused by the escape of an exceptionally dangerous thing kept on land. Liability…
8 Oct 2025
[2025] UKPC 50 · Privy Council
Section 1 of the Bermuda Constitution is a preamble and does not confer separately enforceable rights. Section 1(a) may nevertheless provide independently…
22 Sep 2025
[2025] UKPC 43 · Privy Council
An appellate court must take account of a material change in circumstances occurring before judgment, including an event resulting from the very appeal under…
16 Sep 2025
[2025] UKPC 41 · Privy Council
In a time-based liquidation remuneration regime, officeholders must establish that claimed time was reasonably incurred. They must provide information…
2
24 Jun 2025
[2025] UKPC 28 · Privy Council
For article 6(1) ECHR, the decisive question is the nature of the proceedings and the measure challenged. The exercise of public-law powers in tax matters lies…
4
20 Jun 2025
[2025] EWHC 1538 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
In the taking of a trust account, accounting parties must establish that payments made from trust funds were proper discharges. Beneficiaries may challenge…
23 Apr 2025
[2025] EWHC 855 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
In an account in common form, beneficiaries need not prove breach of trust. Trustees must establish the income received and justify expenditure claimed as…
18 Mar 2025
[2025] UKPC 13 · Privy Council
For a statutory value threshold governing an appeal as of right, the relevant value is what is at stake on the appeal. It is assessed by reference to the…
11 Mar 2025
[2025] UKPC 12 · Privy Council
Where a Cayman short-form merger compulsorily takes minority shares, Part 16 of the Companies Act confers appraisal rights under section 238(1), as in a…
28 Oct 2024
[2024] UKPC 32 · Privy Council
Under section 33(3), a limited partner may bring a derivative action where the general partner has failed or refused to institute proceedings without cause.…
24 Mar 2023
[2023] EWHC 615 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
In trustee directions proceedings, the court should identify the overall successful party using a broad-brush, common-sense assessment of the substance and…
31 Jan 2023
[2023] UKPC 2 · Privy Council
Security for costs in public interest judicial review claims is permissible if it is just, proportionate and does not unfairly stifle a properly arguable…
4

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