Competing Extradition Requests: Section 179 Does Not Require Representations on the Requested Person’s Private Interests Case: Coelho, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for the Home...
Digital Evidence Already Tested at Trial Does Not Permit an Appellate Retrial of Credibility Case: Rafter, R. v Citation: [2026] EWCA Crim 1225 Court: Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Date: 29...
Neutral Evidence of Penetration Can Corroborate the Whole Allegation of Rape Case: Majesty's Advocate v PK Citation: [2026] HCJAC 42 Court: Appeal Court, High Court of Justiciary Date: 25 September...
Greater Foreign Connection Does Not Justify Sisting an Advanced Scottish Divorce Action Where the Foreign Proceedings Are Uncertain and Delay Would Cause Unfairness Case: NS against PSC Citation:...
A Non-Party Whose Legal Interests Are Directly Prejudiced by an Order May Seek Its Reversal Under CPR 40.9 Case: Jones v Persons Unknown Citation: [2026] EWCA Civ 1212 Court: Court of Appeal of...
Immigration Guidance Expressly Subject to Change and the Rules Cannot Found a Contrary Legitimate Expectation Citation: [2026] CSOH 91 Court: Outer House, Court of Session Judge: Lord Harrower Date:...
Contractual Cure Notices Must Identify the Material Obligation Breached and Strictly Comply Where Termination Consequences Are Drastic Case: William Campbell Recycling LTD against Scottish Society...
Minimum-Term Reviews for Childhood Murder May Be Limited by Age at Sentencing R (on the application of Quaye) v Secretary of State for Justice [2026] UKSC 34, United Kingdom Supreme Court, 22...
Delay and Procedural Irregularity: When an Appellate Judgment Will Not Be Set Aside Absent “Unsafe” Conclusions Introduction Patel v General Optical Council [2026] EWCA Civ 1206 is a Court of Appeal...
PD 6B “Enactment Gateway” does not permit service out of free-standing freezing order applications relying on s.37 Senior Courts Act 1981 Case: Gilbert & Anor v Broadoak Private Finance Ltd [2026]...
Part 18 Cannot Be Used in a Solicitor-and-Own-Client Assessment to Investigate ATE Commissions: Certification Under s.70(7) Is Limited to Payments/Set-Off Relevant to the Assessed Bill Case: Turner v...
Negligent Acceleration of Death Satisfies Section 3 of the Damages (Scotland) Act 2011 Court: Outer House, Court of Session Judge: Lord Harrower Neutral citation: [2026] CSOH 89 Date: 18 September...
Costs against the Parole Board for administrative parole delay: Davies/Gourlay neutrality protection does not apply to HRA damages claims Case: Fitzgerald, R (On the Application Of) v Parole Board...
Transferred Loss in Scots Contract Law Requires a Defined Exception, Not General Fairness Case: Forthwell Ltd v Pontegadea UK Ltd Citation: [2026] UKSC 33 Court: United Kingdom Supreme Court Date: 17...
Mitigation for “Steps Taken to Address Addiction” Requires a Causal Link to the Offending (Drug Supply Sentencing) 1. Introduction In R v Salmon [2026] EWCA Crim 1201, the Court of Appeal (Criminal...
Awareness of Possible Negligent Treatment, Not Death Alone, Starts the Fatal-Claim Triennium Case: CD and others against Grampian NHS Board Citation: [2026] CSOH 92 Court: Outer House, Court of...
Abandonment Under s104(4A) Is an Excluded “Preliminary Decision”: No Upper Tribunal Jurisdiction Case: Guerrero v Secretary of State for Home Department Citation: [2026] EWCA Civ 953 (Court of Appeal...
Interpreting the s277A Presumption: “Exceptional Circumstances” and the 12‑Month Custody Boundary 1) Introduction In Hodge & Ors v R [2026] EWCA Crim 1181, the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)...
Loss of Support in Scots Fatal Claims: No Compensable Loss Where Passive Investment Income Seamlessly Passes to the Dependant Court: Outer House, Court of Session | Judge: Lord Malcolm | Citation:...
Section 275 After Daly & Keir: Post‑Allegation Intimacy Evidence, Dignity/Privacy Limits, and No Miscarriage Where the Jury Already Heard the Essence 1) Introduction In CS v His Majesty’s Advocate...