Law firm

Watson Woodhouse

Watson Woodhouse is named as solicitors in at least 16 UK judgments from 2004 to 2024, most often in family and children and public and administrative law.

16
judgments
5
in the last five years
9
in the Court of Appeal

Practice areas

  • Family and children6
  • Public and administrative law5
  • Civil liberties and human rights3
  • Crime3
  • Media, defamation and privacy2
  • Real estate1
  • Trusts, wills and private client1
  • Tax1

Courts

  • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)8
  • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)1
  • High Court6
  • Upper Tribunal1

Judgments by year

  • 20260
  • 20250
  • 20241
  • 20233
  • 20221
  • 20210
  • 20202
  • 20190
  • 20181
  • 20170
  • 20160
  • 20151
  • 20141
  • 20130
  • 20121
  • 20110
  • 20100
  • 20090
  • 20081
  • 20071

Cases later courts cite most

Cases Watson Woodhouse acted in that later judgments cite most often.

Date Case Cited by
21 Apr 2020
[2020] EWHC 934 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
Meaning in a libel claim is assessed by the natural and ordinary meaning conveyed to the ordinary reasonable reader or viewer, taking account of the…
9

Recent cases

Date Case Cited by
6 Nov 2023
[2023] UKUT 268 (TCC) · Upper Tribunal: Tax and Chancery Chamber
When deciding whether to permit a late tax appeal, the tribunal should apply the three-stage Martland approach: assess the seriousness of the delay, identify…
20 Jan 2023
[2023] EWHC 80 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A coroner conducting a resumed inquest should strive to reach a conclusion on the balance of probabilities. If unable to do so, the coroner must explain why. A…
18 Feb 2022
[2022] EWHC 358 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Under section 82(12) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, a magistrates’ court must address three questions when awarding expenses after a successful…
1
16 Nov 2020
[2020] EWHC 3058 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
Permission to amend a statement of case depends on whether the proposed case has a real prospect of success, is adequately particularised and can be introduced…
1
21 Apr 2020
[2020] EWHC 934 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
Meaning in a libel claim is assessed by the natural and ordinary meaning conveyed to the ordinary reasonable reader or viewer, taking account of the…
9

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