Practice areas
Courts
Counsel most often instructed
Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Ward Hadaway acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 24 May 2011 |
[2011] EWCA Civ 610 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A person is a de facto director where, considering all relevant circumstances, the person’s actual conduct shows an assumption of directors’ responsibilities…
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75 |
| 1 Jul 2008 |
[2008] EWCA Civ 746 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Legitimate political predisposition by elected councillors must be distinguished from unlawful predetermination. Councillors may support and develop planning…
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31 |
| 24 Feb 2020 |
[2020] EWHC 346 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A regulator’s reasons are adequate if, read in context, they enable the affected person to understand why the principal controversial issues were decided as…
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23 |
| 15 Jan 2009 |
[2009] EWCA Civ 3 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Recreational use qualifies as use as of right for town or village green registration only if it is without force, secrecy or permission and objectively conveys…
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20 |
| 26 Apr 2005 |
[2005] EWHC 840 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A planning condition must be construed from its actual wording and in the context of the permission as a whole. An alternative requiring restoration to…
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14 |
| 16 Mar 2009 |
[2009] EWCA Civ 333 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A planning decision-maker retains a broad, case-specific planning judgment when assessing an uncertain prospect of beneficial development. A prospect need not…
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11 |
| 11 Dec 2015 |
[2015] EWHC 3769 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
Under section 1 of the Defamation Act 2013, a claimant must prove, on the balance of probabilities, that publication has caused or is likely to cause serious…
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11 |
| 12 Mar 2008 |
[2008] EWHC 454 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A bookmaker does not generally owe problem gamblers a duty to protect them from self-inflicted gambling losses. A duty may arise where a customer, presenting…
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6 |
| 27 Jun 2017 |
[2017] EWHC 1444 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
In a defamation claim, the court must assess the words in their full publication context, rather than isolated words selected by the claimant. At the meaning…
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4 |
| 23 Nov 2012 |
[2012] EWHC 3302 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Where a bankruptcy order is set aside after a trustee has been appointed, the court has inherent jurisdiction to address the trustee’s reasonable expenses. The…
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4 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 17 Mar 2026 |
[2026] EWCA Civ 308 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Judicial review of a public body’s financial decision concerns lawfulness, not whether the decision was best. Irrationality may arise because the outcome lies…
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1 |
| 27 Feb 2026 |
[2026] EAT 32 · Employment Appeal Tribunal
For justification under section 19 of the Equality Act 2010, the tribunal must balance the employer’s real needs against the discriminatory effect of the PCP…
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| 7 Jan 2026 |
[2026] EAT 7 · Employment Appeal Tribunal
An Employment Appeal Tribunal costs order under rule 34A requires a two-stage decision. The Tribunal must first find that proceedings were unnecessary…
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| 9 Dec 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 3136 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A local authority deciding whether to transfer publicly operated care homes must base its comparison of in-house and external provision on legally sound…
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| 4 Nov 2025 |
[2025] EAT 160 · Employment Appeal Tribunal
Where fresh evidence undermines a central premise of an Employment Tribunal’s assessment of credibility, the tribunal must consider whether its liability…
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1 |
| 30 Oct 2025 |
[2025] UKPC 52 · Privy Council
A contractual quantum meruit and an unjust-enrichment quantum meruit are alternative bases of recovery. A claimant who pleads the latter may rely on the former…
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1 |
| 7 Aug 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 2074 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Where a party provides substantial benefits in anticipation of a contract which never becomes binding, restitution may be available for failure of basis. The…
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| 14 Jul 2025 |
[2025] EAT 99 · Employment Appeal Tribunal
For direct discrimination, the material circumstances of an actual comparator depend on the particular treatment alleged. A tribunal may find that differences…
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| 20 Mar 2025 |
[2025] EAT 37 · Employment Appeal Tribunal
For harassment related to disability, the tribunal must assess the claimant’s perception, all the circumstances, and whether it was reasonable for the conduct…
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| 14 Mar 2025 |
[2025] EWCA Civ 186 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
In a trade mark infringement appeal, likelihood of confusion must be assessed by reference to the relevant average consumer as a single class, although…
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2 |
| 10 Dec 2024 |
[2024] EAT 191 · Employment Appeal Tribunal
Where a relevant transfer would involve a substantial change in working conditions to an employee’s material detriment, regulation 4(9) of the Transfer of…
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| 29 Nov 2024 |
[2024] EWHC 3067 (TCC) · High Court: Technology and Construction Court
A contractual variation may postpone the commencement of works where the contract defines a variation broadly enough to include a change to the period in which…
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Earlier names
These figures include judgments naming firms that have since merged into, or been renamed as, Ward Hadaway: Endeavour Partnership LLP.
Based on judgments published by The National Archives (Find Case Law) in which Ward Hadaway 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 Ward Hadaway. Something wrong or missing? Tell us. All law firms.