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Solomon Taylor & Shaw

Solomon Taylor & Shaw is named as solicitors in at least 13 UK judgments from 2004 to 2025, most often in commercial disputes and trusts, wills and private client.

13
judgments
5
in the last five years
1
in the Court of Appeal

Practice areas

  • Commercial disputes5
  • Trusts, wills and private client4
  • Real estate3
  • Media, defamation and privacy2
  • Civil liberties and human rights2
  • Company and partnership2
  • Employment1
  • Planning and environment1

Courts

  • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)1
  • High Court12

Judgments by year

  • 20260
  • 20251
  • 20240
  • 20233
  • 20221
  • 20210
  • 20201
  • 20190
  • 20180
  • 20170
  • 20160
  • 20151
  • 20140
  • 20132
  • 20120
  • 20110
  • 20101
  • 20090
  • 20081
  • 20071

Cases later courts cite most

Cases Solomon Taylor & Shaw acted in that later judgments cite most often.

Date Case Cited by
7 May 2008
[2008] EWCA Civ 446 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Misuse of private information is assessed in two stages. The court first asks objectively whether the claimant had a reasonable expectation of privacy, having…
83
7 Aug 2007
[2007] EWHC 1908 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A child may have a reasonable expectation of privacy based on the circumstances in which family life has been conducted, including the reasonable expectations…
6
18 May 2004
[2004] EWHC 993 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
Repairing and decorating covenants require substantial compliance, judged by the age, character and locality of the premises and the needs of a reasonably…
3
15 Jan 2010
[2010] EWHC 30 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A contract is not void for uncertainty merely because plans or a term have been omitted. The court may use admissible background material to identify the…
3

Recent cases

Date Case Cited by
23 Jun 2025
[2025] EWHC 1558 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
An express trust may arise notwithstanding that the legal title remains with a company and the trust is imperfectly documented. The court may determine the…
30 Oct 2023
[2023] EWHC 2668 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A contractual restriction on giving notice of termination during a protected period does not, without clear wording, restrict a separate right to terminate…
2 Aug 2023
[2023] EWHC 2019 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Whether a contractual obligation is subject to a condition precedent depends on construction of the agreement. The triggering event and circumstances must be…
10 May 2023
[2023] EWHC 1082 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A trustee’s retirement does not, without more, discharge an outstanding obligation to account. The court ordinarily enforces a trustee’s or personal…
15 Jun 2022
[2022] EWHC 1354 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
When deciding whether to transfer proceedings from the High Court to the county court, the court must consider the factors in CPR r.30.3 and PD57AA. The…
16 Jan 2020
[2020] EWHC 24 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A planning policy requiring a minimum separation does not necessarily create an inflexible rule. The court must identify the policy’s purpose and context.…
29 Jan 2015
[2015] EWHC 179 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
Interim mandatory relief requires a serious issue to be tried, inadequacy of damages and a favourable balance of convenience. However, the court may decide a…
20 Dec 2013
[2013] EWHC 4136 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
An agent who secretly purchases property for his own account, intending to profit rather than bind the principal, acquires legal title himself. The principal…
2
7 Nov 2013
[2013] EWHC 3399 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
Material non-disclosure on a without-notice freezing-order application normally leads to discharge, although the court retains a sparingly exercised discretion…
15 Jan 2010
[2010] EWHC 30 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A contract is not void for uncertainty merely because plans or a term have been omitted. The court may use admissible background material to identify the…
3
7 May 2008
[2008] EWCA Civ 446 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Misuse of private information is assessed in two stages. The court first asks objectively whether the claimant had a reasonable expectation of privacy, having…
83
7 Aug 2007
[2007] EWHC 1908 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A child may have a reasonable expectation of privacy based on the circumstances in which family life has been conducted, including the reasonable expectations…
6

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