Practice areas
Courts
Counsel most often instructed
Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Watkins & Gunn acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 5 Nov 2015 |
[2015] EWHC 3194 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A local authority’s decision to close libraries conditionally does not amount to an operative closure decision if the stated conditions are not fulfilled.…
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| 14 Aug 2018 |
[2018] EWHC 2178 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A local authority facing acute financial pressure must still make library-service decisions by reference to its statutory duties and all material…
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3 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 19 Jun 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 1518 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
In judicial review, the court reviews the legality of the decision-making process and does not substitute its own assessment of the merits. A decision-maker…
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| 18 Dec 2024 |
[2024] EWHC 3296 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
In assessing laches, the court must undertake an equitable evaluation of the length and explanation of the delay, the acts done during the interval, and the…
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| 15 Oct 2024 |
[2024] EWHC 2594 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A local authority arranging a care leaver’s transition to adulthood must ascertain and have regard to the young person’s views, wishes and feelings, including…
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| 15 Nov 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 2839 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
A Group Litigation Order is discretionary. The existence of numerous claims and some common or related issues is not enough. The court must also assess access…
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| 16 May 2023 |
[2023] EWCA Civ 526 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
For costs purposes, a claimant is the successful party where the claim establishes a substantial legal result, even if the point was imperfectly pleaded and…
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2 |
| 14 Apr 2023 |
[2023] EWCA Civ 398 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Under section 77(1)(c) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, a local authority cannot direct a person to leave occupied land while that person…
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| 20 Feb 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 299 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A statutory body has only the powers conferred by the legislation establishing it, together with powers properly incidental to its statutory functions. A…
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| 26 Jul 2022 |
[2022] EWHC 1899 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A repeated request for disclosure may give rise to a fresh public-law decision where the authority considers it fully and takes account of new relevant…
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| 8 Jul 2022 |
[2022] EWHC 1772 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A local authority may consult on a preferred option, provided the proposal remains genuinely open to consideration and consultees understand the proposal and…
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1 |
| 7 Jun 2022 |
[2022] EWHC 1377 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
The enhanced investigative duty under Article 2 is not confined to cases in which the state has assumed responsibility for, or exercised control over, the…
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| 30 Jul 2020 |
[2020] EWHC 2071 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Proposals which remove sixth-form education require approval by the Welsh Ministers under section 50 of the School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013.…
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| 4 Jun 2020 |
[2020] EWHC 1411 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
At the permission stage, a child may arguably be a victim of discrimination where the refusal of legal aid has an indirect financial impact on the child…
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