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Law firm

Topstone Solicitors

Topstone Solicitors is named as solicitors in at least 5 UK judgments from 2018 to 2026, most often in family and children and immigration and asylum.

5

judgments

2

in the last five years

Practice areas

Family and children2
Immigration and asylum1
Professional discipline and regulation1
Social welfare and education1
Public and administrative law1
Trusts, wills and private client1

Courts

High Court5

Judgments by year

20262
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20240
20230
20220
20210
20200
20191
20182

Cases later courts cite most

Cases Topstone Solicitors acted in that later judgments cite most often.

Date	Case	Cited by
26 Apr 2018	Sathivel, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWHC 913 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court The court’s inherent jurisdiction enables it to regulate proceedings and address serious professional misconduct by lawyers. A legal practitioner’s paramount…	8

Recent cases

Date	Case	Cited by
18 Dec 2019	Antoniak, R (on the application of) v Westminster City Council [2019] EWHC 3465 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court Under the Care Act 2014, a needs assessment must identify an adult’s needs without discounting needs that are currently being met by existing support or…	1
25 Sep 2018	Lambo v Kelly-Lambo [2018] EWHC 2960 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division In determining arrangements for the disposal of a deceased person’s body, the court’s overriding consideration is respectful and decent disposal without…
26 Apr 2018	Sathivel, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWHC 913 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court The court’s inherent jurisdiction enables it to regulate proceedings and address serious professional misconduct by lawyers. A legal practitioner’s paramount…	8

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