UK case law — citation statistics

Court of Appeal (Civil Division), 2018–2023

2445

judgments analysed

34,746

citation links

20,781

distinct cases cited

736

Acts & instruments

Most influential cases (PageRank) · Cases with negative treatment · Appeal outcome rates

Treatment distribution

Cited · 27771Applied · 1842Considered · 1793Followed · 1489Explained · 841Approved · 482Doubted · 203Distinguished · 183Not followed · 49Overruled · 47Disapproved · 46

Most-cited cases

Fage UK Ltd & Anor v Chobani UK Ltd & Anor [2014] EWCA Civ 5 cited 86×
[1954] 1 WLR 1489 cited 71×
Wood v Capita Insurance Services Limited [2017] UKSC 24 cited 57×
In the matter of B (a Child) (FC) [2013] UKSC 33 cited 56×
[2017] AC 1173 cited 51×
[2015] AC 1619 cited 50×
Arnold v Britton and others [2015] UKSC 36 cited 48×
Henderson v Foxworth Investments Limited and another [2014] UKSC 41 cited 46×
[2014] 1 WLR 2600 cited 45×
[2002] 2 AC 1 cited 44×
Denton & Ors v TH White Ltd & Ors [2014] EWCA Civ 906 cited 42×
[2014] AC 700 cited 38×
Hesham Ali v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2016] UKSC 60 cited 35×
[2016] 1 WLR 4799 cited 35×
Prescott v Potamianos & Anor [2019] EWCA Civ 932 cited 34×
[2014] 1 WLR 3926 cited 33×
Marks and Spencer plc v BNP Paribas Securities Services Trust Company (Jersey) Limited and another [2015] UKSC 72 cited 31×
[1982] AC 529 cited 29×
[2016] AC 742 cited 28×
[2014] AC 1 cited 28×
[2014] AC 160 cited 27×
R v Lord Chancellor [2017] UKSC 51 cited 27×
B-S (Children), Re [2013] EWCA Civ 1146 cited 26×
McGraddie v McGraddie and another [2013] UKSC 58 cited 26×
[2009] UKHL 38 cited 25×
Bank Mellat v Her Majesty's Treasury (No 2) [2013] UKSC 39 cited 25×
[2013] 1 WLR 1911 cited 25×
Singh v Dass [2019] EWCA Civ 360 cited 24×
[2019] BCC 1031 cited 24×
[2011] 1 WLR 2900 cited 23×
Gabriele Volpi & Anor. v Matteo Volpi [2022] EWCA Civ 464 cited 23×
Mansell vTonbridge And Malling Borough Council [2017] EWCA Civ 1314 cited 23×
[2013] 1 WLR 2477 cited 23×
[2008] UKHL 35 cited 22×
KO v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] UKSC 53 cited 22×
[2015] 1 WLR 1449 cited 22×
[1999] 1 WLR 1360 cited 22×
[1998] 1 WLR 896 cited 22×
R (on the application of O (a minor, by her litigation friend AO)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022] UKSC 3 cited 22×
[1993] AC 593 cited 22×

Most-cited legislation

Human Rights Act 1998 255 cases
Children Act 1989 218 cases
Senior Courts] Act 1981 163 cases
Nationality, Immigration and Asylum] Act 2002 140 cases
Equality Act 2010 137 cases
Immigration Act 1971 113 cases
Town and Country Planning Act 1990 96 cases
Insolvency Act 1986 88 cases
Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925 84 cases
Limitation Act 1980 82 cases
Companies Act 2006 79 cases
Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 77 cases
Housing Act 1996 77 cases
Employment Rights Act 1996 64 cases
UK Borders Act 2007 56 cases
Adoption and Children Act 2002 55 cases
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 53 cases
Arbitration Act 1996 49 cases
CA 1989 48 cases
Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 47 cases
Immigration Act 2014 46 cases
Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 43 cases
Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 42 cases
Matrimonial Proceedings (Magistrates’ Courts) Act 1960 40 cases
Competition Act 1998 36 cases
Interpretation Act 1978 36 cases
Mental Capacity Act 2005 35 cases
Housing Act 1985 35 cases
European Communities Act 1972 34 cases
Patents Act 1977 34 cases