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Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Waterson Hicks acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 28 Jul 2016 |
[2016] EWHC 1956 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
CPR Part 11 provides a single procedural code for challenges to the existence of jurisdiction and challenges to the exercise of jurisdiction. Where both…
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12 |
| 1 Apr 2008 |
[2008] EWHC 612 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Under State Immunity Act 1978, a state-owned entity with separate legal personality, financial and administrative independence, and control over its day-to-day…
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6 |
| 16 Oct 2006 |
[2006] EWCA Civ 1341 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Where the High Court determines an application under section 68 of the Arbitration Act 1996, its grant or refusal of relief remains a decision under that…
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5 |
| 6 Mar 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 455 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
On an application for security for costs, the applicant must first establish a CPR 25.13 gateway as a matter of fact, ordinarily on the balance of…
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4 |
| 18 Feb 2011 |
[2011] EWHC 181 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
An insurer relying on a policy exclusion bears the legal burden of bringing the loss within it, although the evidential burden may shift. An exclusion for…
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4 |
| 21 Sep 2009 |
[2009] EWHC 2310 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
For registration under Council Regulation (EC) 44/2001, an applicant must have the necessary interest in the foreign judgment when the registration order is…
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3 |
| 23 Jan 2004 |
[2004] EWCA Civ 3 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Where a sale contract requires payment to be secured by a letter of credit, and that requirement is a condition precedent to the seller’s duty to load, the…
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3 |
| 14 Jan 2005 |
[2005] EWHC 1641 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Where a commercial contract requires payment against an invoice and expressly prohibits set-off, deduction, withholding and counterclaim, the buyer must…
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3 |
| 2 Dec 2003 |
[2003] EWCA Civ 1715 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Under a voyage charter, a charterer has an absolute and non-delegable duty to procure cargo that is available for loading within the contractual laytime. A…
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3 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 31 Jul 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 2033 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A contractual condition requiring payment of all sums due under a charterparty is not confined to sums presently payable directly to the owner. An indemnity…
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| 10 Feb 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 223 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A tribunal must give each party a reasonable opportunity to address a point which may determine the outcome. Deciding a claim on an unargued issue may…
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| 15 Mar 2024 |
[2024] EWHC 663 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Where parties have agreed exclusive English jurisdiction, a party that pursues the same contractual disputes in a foreign court may be restrained by an interim…
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| 24 Nov 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 2995 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Where a claimant company cannot pay an adverse costs order, the defendant has a prima facie entitlement to security. The court must then consider whether…
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| 10 Nov 2023 |
[2023] EWCA Civ 1320 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A written contract is interpreted objectively, by considering its language, relevant background, purpose and commercial consequences as a whole. A family…
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2 |
| 6 Mar 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 455 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
On an application for security for costs, the applicant must first establish a CPR 25.13 gateway as a matter of fact, ordinarily on the balance of…
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4 |
| 8 Dec 2022 |
[2022] EWHC 3129 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A contractual option to sell or refinance an asset, coupled with an indemnity for any resulting shortfall and accumulated losses, must be exercised within the…
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| 29 Nov 2022 |
[2022] EWHC 3031 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A party who relies on a legal characterisation of a contractual provision, and on legal consequences flowing from that characterisation, must plead the case…
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| 21 Oct 2022 |
[2022] EWHC 2636 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Where a contract makes transfer of an asset conditional on payment of all sums due, “due” means due. It does not mean admitted, undisputed, finally determined…
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| 29 Jan 2021 |
[2021] EWHC 40 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
Declaratory relief is discretionary. The court must identify a real and present dispute, ensure that all affected parties are before it or properly…
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| 29 Jan 2021 |
[2021] EWHC 197 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
The discretion to order indemnity costs is wide, but the circumstances must take the case outside the norm. This includes conduct unreasonable to a high…
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| 30 Oct 2020 |
[2020] EWHC 2851 (Comm) · High Court: Commercial Court
A mortgagee or security holder exercising enforcement powers owes an equitable duty to act in good faith and for a proper purpose. Where it exercises a power…
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