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Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Stephens Scown LLP acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 27 Nov 2013 |
[2013] EWHC 3684 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Major development in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty must not be determined by a simple balance between development benefits and landscape harm. Under…
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| 10 Nov 2016 |
[2016] EWHC 2858 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
An informant may be liable for false imprisonment where a report to the police goes beyond providing information and, in substance, procures the arrest. The…
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8 |
| 23 May 2019 |
[2019] EWCA Civ 890 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
In proprietary estoppel, the remedy must be proportionate to the claimant’s detriment, but proportionality is evaluated through a flexible judgment rather than…
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7 |
| 20 Jan 2025 |
[2025] EWCA Civ 5 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Infringement under section 10(3) of the Trade Marks Act 1994 may occur without confusion or detriment where use of a similar sign takes unfair advantage of a…
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7 |
| 30 Jul 2003 |
[2003] EWCA Civ 1241 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A trial judge must address a material defect supported by evidence and not abandoned by the party alleging it. The judge cannot adopt an expert’s proposed…
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5 |
| 2 Apr 2004 |
[2004] EWCA Civ 403 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
For the purposes of section 14(2A) of the Sale of Goods Act 1979, the reasonable person is a reasonable buyer in the buyer’s position and with knowledge of all…
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4 |
| 22 Mar 2004 |
[2004] EWHC 771 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A planning condition must impose any obligation clearly and expressly. A court may construe an ambiguous condition in a common-sense way, having regard to the…
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3 |
Recent cases
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| 18 Feb 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 326 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
An administration order may be made on an application by a liquidator where the company is, or is likely to become, unable to pay its debts and the order is…
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| 12 Dec 2025 |
[2025] EWCA Civ 1612 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
On dissolution of a partnership, an open-market sale is the normal method of realising assets under the Partnership Act 1890, but it is not an absolute rule. A…
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| 27 Oct 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 2743 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Acceptance of a Civil Procedure Rules 1998 Part 36 offer creates an enforceable settlement. A party cannot accept the offer and later make performance…
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| 20 Jan 2025 |
[2025] EWCA Civ 5 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Infringement under section 10(3) of the Trade Marks Act 1994 may occur without confusion or detriment where use of a similar sign takes unfair advantage of a…
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7 |
| 1 Jul 2024 |
[2024] EWHC 1581 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Following dissolution of a partnership, an open-market sale is the normal method of winding up, but it is not mandatory. The court may make a Syers order…
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| 17 Jun 2024 |
[2024] EWHC 1491 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
For paragraph 83 of Schedule B1 to the Insolvency Act 1986, a preferential creditor is an unsecured creditor unless the statutory context requires otherwise.…
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| 9 May 2024 |
[2024] EWHC 1334 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Planning permission must be interpreted objectively by asking what a reasonable reader would understand from the words used, read in their context and with…
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| 7 May 2024 |
[2024] EWHC 1042 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A reasons challenge requires the claimant to show genuine substantial prejudice caused by inadequate reasoning. Where the disputed issue is one of law, a…
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| 24 Jan 2024 |
[2024] EWHC 88 (IPEC) · High Court: Intellectual Property Enterprise Court
For trade mark infringement, the sign and mark must be compared as identified in the pleadings, and the sign must be assessed in its real commercial context.…
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| 9 Mar 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 492 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
In a planning statutory review, an inspector may reach conclusions differing from the parties’ agreed position. However, procedural fairness requires the…
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| 3 Feb 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 183 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
Contractual terms may be incorporated by reference where the document gives reasonable notice of them, including a reference to standard terms available on a…
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| 21 Dec 2022 |
[2022] EWHC 3259 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Under rule 3(a) of Schedule 4 to the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982, the court must identify the principal contractual obligation forming the basis…
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