Law firm

Slater Heelis

Slater Heelis is named as solicitors in at least 14 UK judgments from 2010 to 2025, most often in family and children and commercial disputes.

14
judgments
7
in the last five years
3
in the Court of Appeal

Practice areas

  • Family and children5
  • Commercial disputes3
  • Company and partnership2
  • Insolvency and restructuring2
  • Trusts, wills and private client1
  • Banking and finance1
  • Professional liability1
  • Cross-border disputes1

Courts

  • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)3
  • High Court10
  • Upper Tribunal1

Counsel most often instructed

  • Marisa Allman3

Judgments by year

  • 20260
  • 20252
  • 20242
  • 20232
  • 20221
  • 20213
  • 20200
  • 20191
  • 20180
  • 20170
  • 20160
  • 20150
  • 20141
  • 20130
  • 20121
  • 20110
  • 20101

Cases later courts cite most

Cases Slater Heelis acted in that later judgments cite most often.

Date Case Cited by
20 Sep 2019
[2019] EWHC 2462 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A typed name in an email footer can satisfy the statutory requirement that a contract disposing of an interest in land be signed. The governing inquiry is…
9
13 Jan 2021
[2021] EWHC 47 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
In construing a fair-value clause in company articles, the court must focus on the natural and ordinary meaning of the words, the articles’ scheme and purpose…
7

Recent cases

Date Case Cited by
15 May 2023
[2023] EWHC 1149 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
In a winding-up petition, an exclusive jurisdiction clause in favour of a foreign court does not prevent the English Companies Court from deciding whether the…
3 Mar 2022
[2022] EWHC 494 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
In a contractual debt claim, a defendant who does not expressly admit the amount claimed is taken under CPR 16.5(4) to require proof of that amount. The…
18 Feb 2021
[2021] EWHC 324 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
The constitution of a charitable unincorporated association operates contractually between its members. An executive committee may regulate the membership…
2
13 Jan 2021
[2021] EWHC 47 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
In construing a fair-value clause in company articles, the court must focus on the natural and ordinary meaning of the words, the articles’ scheme and purpose…
7
20 Sep 2019
[2019] EWHC 2462 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A typed name in an email footer can satisfy the statutory requirement that a contract disposing of an interest in land be signed. The governing inquiry is…
9
30 Oct 2014
[2014] EWCA Civ 1556 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Occupiers’ liability is determined by whether the occupier took such care as was reasonable in all the circumstances to keep visitors reasonably safe. The…
24 Oct 2012
[2012] EWHC 3549 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
An appointed representative is not automatically the agent of its authorised principal for contractual purposes. The contractual effect depends on the…

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