Practice areas
Courts
Counsel most often instructed
Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Weightmans acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 21 Mar 2012 |
[2012] UKSC 13 · Supreme Court
A development plan is interpreted objectively according to its language and context. Its meaning is a question of law for the court. The application of broad…
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366 |
| 27 Mar 2009 |
[2009] EWHC 645 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
An appeal by way of rehearing from a Fitness to Practise Panel requires the High Court to decide whether the Panel was wrong. It is broader than judicial…
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52 |
| 14 Nov 2003 |
[2003] EWCA Civ 1630 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
The unambiguous impropriety exception to without prejudice privilege is confined to a clear abuse of the privileged occasion. An admission made in genuine…
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43 |
| 5 Jun 2020 |
[2020] EWCA Civ 699 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A claim alleging dishonest breach of trust need not identify at the outset every individual within a corporate trustee who held the relevant knowledge. It must…
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29 |
| 30 Oct 2017 |
[2017] EWCA Civ 1696 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
For the purposes of rule 44.16(1) of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998, dishonesty is fundamental when it goes to the root of the whole claim or a substantial…
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27 |
| 10 Oct 2005 |
[2005] EWCA Civ 1151 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
In a borrowed-worker case, dual vicarious liability is legally possible. The inquiry concerns the relevant negligent act and asks which employer was entitled…
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26 |
| 23 Jul 2009 |
[2009] EWCA Civ 789 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
An NHS doctor or dentist whose contractual disciplinary procedure must conform to Maintaining High Professional Standards in the Modern NHS may be represented…
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25 |
| 14 May 2010 |
[2010] EWHC 1029 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
On an application under section 41A(10) of the Medical Act 1983, the court exercises its own judgment rather than a judicial review jurisdiction. It…
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22 |
| 21 Dec 2010 |
[2010] EWCA Civ 1483 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A condition imposed under rule 3.1(3) of the Civil Procedure Rules must be attached to identified relief. The rule does not authorise a free-standing order for…
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21 |
| 30 Jun 2020 |
[2020] EWCA Civ 821 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A standard-form loan provision excusing default for non-payment made in order to comply with a mandatory provision of law may encompass foreign…
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21 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 9 Oct 2026 |
[2026] EAT 155 · Employment Appeal Tribunal
Under section 26(4) of the Equality Act 2010, the tribunal asks whether the claimant actually perceived the conduct as having a proscribed effect and, if so…
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| 22 Sep 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2423 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
In a private nuisance claim arising from recurrent flooding from a highway, a highway authority’s common-law duty is measured by what is fair, just and…
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| 28 Aug 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2254 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Under the Education Act 1996, section 19 requires a local authority to arrange suitable education that is reasonably practicable for the child. The question is…
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| 31 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 2036 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
Public interest immunity requires a staged inquiry. The decision-maker must ask whether the material would otherwise be disclosed, whether disclosure would…
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| 31 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1997 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Paragraphs 115 and 116 of the National Planning Policy Framework must be read together. Paragraph 116 is engaged where highway impacts are treated as the…
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| 28 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1937 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
Indemnity costs are exceptional but do not require dishonesty or moral blame. The court asks whether conduct or circumstances, viewed in the litigation as a…
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| 2 Jul 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1653 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
On an appeal against a professional disciplinary sanction, a tribunal must show that it considered the applicable version of the sanctions guidance and the…
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| 29 Jun 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1574 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
In a clinical negligence claim, the claimant must prove on the balance of probabilities that the admitted breach caused the injury. Causation may be…
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| 29 Jun 2026 |
[2026] EAT 93 · Employment Appeal Tribunal
Whether conduct amounts to participation in trade union activities under Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992, section 152, is a…
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| 21 May 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1142 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
A will may be valid even if its dispositions appear unfair, surprising or irrational. Testamentary capacity, knowledge and approval, and testamentary undue…
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| 19 May 2026 |
[2026] EWHC 1138 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
On an appeal under National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002, the court reviews, rather than rehears, a tribunal’s evaluative…
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| 14 May 2026 |
[2026] EAT 87 · Employment Appeal Tribunal
The requirement to be given an itemised pay statement under section 8 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 does not require physical delivery. Electronic…
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Earlier names
These figures include judgments naming firms that have since merged into, or been renamed as, Weightmans: Radcliffes Le Brasseur, RadcliffesLeBrasseur, Ford & Warren, Elborne Mitchell LLP, Watson Burton LLP, Vizards Wyeth, Weightman Vizards, Mace & Jones, Myton Law, Semple Fraser LLP, Rutherfords LLP.
Based on judgments published by The National Archives (Find Case Law) in which Weightmans 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 Weightmans. Something wrong or missing? Tell us. All law firms.