Practice areas
Courts
Counsel most often instructed
Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Stewarts acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 13 Mar 2014 |
[2014] EWCA Civ 257 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A published Air Accident Investigation Branch report is admissible in civil proceedings for its factual evidence, including hearsay, and its opinions informed…
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| 5 Aug 2015 |
[2015] EWCA Civ 883 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Under section 32(1)(b) of the Limitation Act 1980, a relevant concealed fact is one without which the cause of action is incomplete. Facts which merely…
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45 |
| 23 Jan 2012 |
[2012] EWHC 61 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A director who has received company money, or seeks credit on a director’s loan account, must justify the propriety of the payment or credit. The duty reflects…
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39 |
| 10 Jun 2022 |
[2022] EWCA Civ 782 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
For Limitation Act 1980 section 32(1)(b), deliberate concealment postpones time only until the claimant knows, or could reasonably know, that it has a…
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23 |
| 19 Jun 2018 |
[2018] EWCA Civ 1390 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A broadly worded contractual exemption covering delay or failure caused by any order of any judicial authority may extend to foreign orders which English law…
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23 |
| 26 Apr 2013 |
[2013] EWCA Civ 394 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
An employer may create a binding contractual entitlement by announcing a guaranteed bonus pool to employees, even though the allocation of individual awards…
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17 |
| 19 Jul 2017 |
[2017] EWCA Civ 1014 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A freezing injunction requires grounds for believing that the defendant has assets on which the order will bite. Apparent wealth alone is insufficient…
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17 |
| 2 Apr 2014 |
[2014] EWHC 875 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A challenge for serious irregularity under section 68 of the Arbitration Act 1996 concerns due process, not the correctness of an arbitral tribunal’s factual…
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17 |
| 10 Jun 2019 |
[2019] EWHC 1452 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A claimant seeking permission without notice to serve proceedings outside the jurisdiction must disclose any limitation defence which may materially affect…
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17 |
| 30 Mar 2012 |
[2012] EWHC 749 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
The standard basis is the normal basis for costs assessment. Indemnity costs require conduct or circumstances taking the case outside the norm. Conduct need…
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16 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 14 Sep 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2333 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A court may grant relief on a legal basis not precisely pleaded where the underlying issue was squarely in issue, each party had a fair opportunity to address…
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| 9 Sep 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2286 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
For limitation purposes, a purely personal and wholly contingent liability under an unsecured guarantee is not, without more, damage caused by fraudulent…
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| 10 Aug 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2130 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
In assessing road-traffic liability, a driver who encounters drifting and thickening smoke in fading light must reduce speed sufficiently to react to an unseen…
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| 7 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EWCA Civ 872 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
The Competition Appeal Tribunal has jurisdiction to decide any issue necessary to resolve a competition infringement claim, including logically anterior…
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| 15 Jun 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1380 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
An offer of contractual terms will not ordinarily amount to a representation about the offeror’s present ability or willingness to perform. Clear words are…
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| 6 May 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1054 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
Permission to serve a foreign defendant out of the jurisdiction requires a serious issue to be tried, a good arguable case within a jurisdictional gateway, and…
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| 24 Apr 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 957 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A special administrator has no automatic right to recoup costs from assets in the administration. The administrator must apply to the court for permission, and…
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| 22 Apr 2026 |
[2026] UKSC 14 · Supreme Court
Under a business interruption policy, a savings clause referring to charges or expenses which cease or reduce is concerned with the economic burden borne by…
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| 16 Apr 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 877 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Legal advice privilege is not confined to documents passing directly between lawyer and client. It may extend to intra-client communications and documents…
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| 10 Apr 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 827 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A challenge under section 68(2)(d) of the Arbitration Act 1996 requires the court to identify an essential issue, determine whether it was put to the tribunal…
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| 12 Jan 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 41 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Special administrators should generally exercise their own commercial and administrative judgment. The court should not approve a detailed protocol for a…
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| 18 Dec 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 3327 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
In clinical negligence, compliance with a responsible body of medical opinion does not prevent a finding of breach where that opinion cannot withstand logical…
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