Law firm

Sinclairs Law

Sinclairs Law is named as solicitors in at least 36 UK judgments from 2003 to 2026, most often in public and administrative law and social welfare and education.

36
judgments
14
in the last five years
11
in the Court of Appeal

Practice areas

  • Public and administrative law21
  • Social welfare and education8
  • Family and children7
  • Civil liberties and human rights4
  • Professional discipline and regulation2
  • Commercial disputes2
  • Court of Protection and mental health2
  • Crime1

Courts

  • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)10
  • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)1
  • High Court23
  • Upper Tribunal2

Counsel most often instructed

  • Clive Newton5
  • David Lawson3
  • Jason Coppel3

Judgments by year

  • 20262
  • 20255
  • 20244
  • 20231
  • 20222
  • 20211
  • 20201
  • 20192
  • 20180
  • 20173
  • 20160
  • 20152
  • 20140
  • 20131
  • 20121
  • 20111
  • 20101
  • 20093
  • 20083
  • 20070

Cases later courts cite most

Cases Sinclairs Law acted in that later judgments cite most often.

Date Case Cited by
16 Apr 2024
[2024] EWHC 843 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Article 9 does not confer an absolute right to manifest religion at any chosen time and place. Where a pupil has accepted a school’s regime and has a genuine…
7
6 Feb 2015
[2015] EWHC 207 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
The statutory exclusion for academic judgement does not protect every decision made by an academic institution. It applies only to the extent that the…
3

Recent cases

Date Case Cited by
28 Aug 2026
[2026] EWHC 2255 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A First-tier Tribunal order remains binding from the moment it is made, subject to the statutory period for implementation, unless it is actually varied, set…
5 Sep 2025
[2025] UKUT 308 (AAC) · Upper Tribunal: Administrative Appeals Chamber
A parental right to withdraw a child from relevant sex education carries an implied obligation to provide sufficient information about proposed teaching to…
1
22 Aug 2025
[2025] EWHC 2196 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A policy governing specialist further-education funding must be read as guidance and as a whole. A general two-year funding policy does not create rigid…
9 Jun 2025
[2025] EWHC 1414 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Article 4 ECHR may require a school considering permanent exclusion to take account of a credible suspicion that a child has been trafficked or exploited, or…
1
20 Mar 2025
[2025] EWHC 686 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Under CPR PD 54C, a judicial review claim should generally be administered and determined in the region with which it has the closest connection. The court…
29 Nov 2024
[2024] UKUT 388 (AAC) · Upper Tribunal: Administrative Appeals Chamber
An appeal under section 51 of the Children and Families Act 2014 is a general appeal. The First-tier Tribunal may determine issues of fact, law and judgment…
16 Apr 2024
[2024] EWHC 843 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Article 9 does not confer an absolute right to manifest religion at any chosen time and place. Where a pupil has accepted a school’s regime and has a genuine…
7
25 Nov 2022
[2022] EWCA Civ 1559 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
For Article 8, a measure interferes with private life through negative stereotyping only where its terms or effect objectively and unequivocally convey a…
1
13 Jan 2022
[2022] EWHC 49 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A public authority’s policy is unlawful only where it positively authorises or approves unlawful conduct. A policy remains lawful if it is realistically…
30 Jul 2020
[2020] EWHC 2119 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Under section 19(1) of the Education Act 1996, the question whether illness prevents a child from receiving suitable education is assessed by applying a…
11 Nov 2019
[2019] EWHC 2976 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
The court has a wide discretion to terminate a litigation friend’s appointment. The relevant questions are whether the person can fairly and competently…
2
20 Jun 2019
[2019] EWCA Civ 1060 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
An employment tribunal’s order for reinstatement or re-engagement under Part X of the Employment Rights Act 1996 does not create an absolute, specifically…

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