Practice areas
Courts
Counsel most often instructed
Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Wilkes acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 15 Jun 2011 |
[2011] UKSC 25 · Supreme Court
Statutory language must be construed in the context of the legislation’s purpose and overall scheme. A power to levy sea fish and sea fish products “landed” in…
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31 |
| 15 May 2009 |
[2009] EWHC 904 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
In deciding whether to make an administration order where a pre-pack sale is proposed, the court must remain alert to obvious abuse which may disadvantage…
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9 |
| 23 Sep 2011 |
[2011] EWHC 3029 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Failure to give a prescribed notice in an out-of-court administration appointment does not necessarily make the appointment a nullity. Once the prescribed…
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7 |
| 12 Feb 2015 |
[2015] EWHC 287 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Section 70C of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 gives a local planning authority a wide discretion to decline a retrospective application where the…
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7 |
| 31 Jul 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 1995 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A planning authority may treat a s.106 obligation as a reason for granting permission only if all three statutory tests in the Community Infrastructure Levy…
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7 |
| 13 Apr 2022 |
[2022] EWHC 912 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
After settlement, a court retains a discretion to hand down its judgment. That jurisdiction does not depend on exceptional circumstances, whether settlement…
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4 |
| 5 Nov 2015 |
[2015] EWCA Civ 1123 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A public body’s status does not, by itself, convert enforcement of a contract into a public-law dispute. Where a commercial bargain has been freely made…
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4 |
| 29 Aug 2012 |
[2012] EWHC 2432 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
For insolvency jurisdiction, an individual’s centre of main interests is determined objectively at the date of presentation of the bankruptcy petition.…
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4 |
| 27 May 2011 |
[2011] EWHC 1237 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Gym membership agreements providing for payment by monthly subscriptions do not provide credit merely because membership is for a fixed term. The question…
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4 |
| 16 Nov 2010 |
[2010] EWCA Civ 1455 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
For the purposes of section 423(1)(c) of the Insolvency Act 1986, value is assessed from the debtor’s perspective by comparing the consideration given with the…
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3 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Nov 2025 |
[2025] EWCA Civ 1466 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Under the Employment Rights Act 1996, the Court of Appeal held that it was bound by Timis v Osipov [2018] EWCA Civ 2321. An employee may therefore amend an…
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| 21 Feb 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 365 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Section 9(1) of the Limitation Act 1980 limits proceedings brought in a court or tribunal to recover sums recoverable by virtue of an enactment. It does not…
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| 5 Mar 2024 |
[2024] EWHC 422 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Rules 18.24 and 18.28 of the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 provide a mechanism to increase an initially fixed rate or amount of remuneration, or to…
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| 4 Mar 2024 |
[2024] EAT 29 · Employment Appeal Tribunal
Section 47 B(2) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 excludes an employee’s detriment claim where the pleaded detriment is a dismissal within Part X. That…
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1 |
| 2 Feb 2024 |
[2024] EWHC 212 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
A contractual time bar may operate as a substantive discharge of liability, rather than merely as a procedural limitation period. Its construction depends on…
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| 31 Jul 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 1995 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A planning authority may treat a s.106 obligation as a reason for granting permission only if all three statutory tests in the Community Infrastructure Levy…
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7 |
| 10 Jun 2022 |
[2022] EWHC 1420 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
An employee’s implied duty of fidelity depends on the nature of the employment and the employee’s activities. Seniority increases the expected degree of…
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| 13 Apr 2022 |
[2022] EWHC 912 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
After settlement, a court retains a discretion to hand down its judgment. That jurisdiction does not depend on exceptional circumstances, whether settlement…
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4 |
| 15 Jul 2016 |
[2016] EWHC 1763 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 may be used to seek planning permission for development without complying with conditions attached to a…
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3 |
| 5 Nov 2015 |
[2015] EWCA Civ 1123 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A public body’s status does not, by itself, convert enforcement of a contract into a public-law dispute. Where a commercial bargain has been freely made…
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4 |
| 12 Feb 2015 |
[2015] EWHC 287 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Section 70C of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 gives a local planning authority a wide discretion to decline a retrospective application where the…
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7 |
| 21 Nov 2013 |
[2013] EWHC 3639 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Costs ordinarily follow the event, but probate litigation may justify a different or hybrid order where the testator caused the dispute or investigation of the…
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