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Cases W Legal Limited acted in that later judgments cite most often.
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| 29 Jul 2025 |
[2025] UKSC 30 · Supreme Court
A court deciding whether executive action is compatible with Convention rights must assess proportionality for itself. It may nevertheless give substantial…
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| 23 Apr 2013 |
[2013] EWCA Civ 413 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
The tort of deceit has four ingredients: a false representation; knowledge of falsity or recklessness; an intention that the claimant act on it; and reliance…
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| 21 Dec 2021 |
[2021] EWHC 3482 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A defendant wishing to challenge jurisdiction must first file an acknowledgment of service complying with CPR Part 10. Where that requirement is not met, an…
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5 |
| 22 May 2018 |
[2018] UKSC 26 · Supreme Court
Under marine war-risks insurance, a person acts maliciously where the conduct involves spite, ill-will or a similar state of mind directed towards property or…
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5 |
| 8 Dec 2014 |
[2014] EWHC 4133 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Under a war risks policy, an exclusion for loss arising from infringement of customs regulations does not apply where the infringement is merely the…
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4 |
| 4 Dec 2015 |
[2015] EWHC 3548 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Under a FOB sale, a buyer’s contractual right to substitute a nominated vessel remains subject to the contract’s nomination and pre-advice requirements unless…
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Recent cases
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| 7 Aug 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2111 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
When enforcement of a judgment is challenged on appeal, the court may grant a stay before formal enforcement proceedings have begun where the procedural…
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| 23 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1879 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
The public-policy exception to recognition or enforcement under the Brussels I Recast Regulation is exceptional and strictly construed. It applies only where…
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| 5 Jun 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1355 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
A proprietary freezing injunction may be continued where the claimant shows a good arguable case, a real risk of dissipation defeating enforcement, and that…
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| 28 Apr 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 950 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
An invalid notice of readiness cannot start laytime. Laytime will begin only if the parties agree to treat the notice as valid, or if the charterers’ conduct…
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| 13 Mar 2026 |
[2026] EWCA Civ 261 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Section 68(4) of the Arbitration Act 1996 makes the first-instance court the sole gatekeeper for permission to appeal from a decision under section 68. Whether…
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| 29 Jul 2025 |
[2025] UKSC 30 · Supreme Court
A court deciding whether executive action is compatible with Convention rights must assess proportionality for itself. It may nevertheless give substantial…
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| 17 Jul 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 1803 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Under section 49(2) of the Sale of Goods Act 1979, a price is payable “irrespective of delivery” only where the seller’s delivery obligation is not a condition…
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| 3 Jun 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 1472 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
For the purposes of the pre-designation payment exception in regulation 58(5) of the Russia (Sanctions) (UK Exit) Regulations 2019, a contractual obligation…
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| 1 Nov 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 2700 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A jurisdiction clause covering disputes arising from investment agreements does not ordinarily extend to tortious claims against individuals for pre-contract…
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| 25 Aug 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 2160 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Where an order is silent on costs, the general rule is that no party is entitled to costs. That rule does not remove the court’s residual discretion to make an…
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| 28 Jul 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 1919 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Time limits for serving a claim form are strict. After the relevant period has expired, an extension is unavailable unless the conditions in CPR rule 7.6(3)…
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| 18 May 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 1147 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
An order varying a restraint order should not ordinarily be made ex parte where it may affect the interests of the party subject to restraint, the foreign…
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