Amending to Plead Breach of Confidence Requires a Coherent, Particularised Case: Titan Wealth Services Ltd & Anor v Tavistock Investments PLC & Ors [2026] EWCA Civ 500 1. Introduction This Court of...
Full Guilty-Plea Credit Where Administrative Charging Issues Delay the First Reasonable Opportunity to Plead Case: R v Hollywood [2026] EWCA Crim 558 Court: Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) (Lord...
Rule 46 CSC Monthly Reviews: No Requirement for Separate “Segregation” Decision Where DC Placement Necessarily Entails Removal from Association; Article 8 Proportionality Can Be Sustained by...
Appellate restraint where thematic lead-offence sentencing and totality are properly applied within guideline ranges Introduction In R v Ashby [2026] EWCA Crim 635, the Court of Appeal (Criminal...
Cessation of Refugee Status: Burden on the Refugee for a New Protection Ground Once the Original Basis Has Ceased 1) Introduction In JL v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2026] EWCA Civ...
Conspiracy to Supply: When “Significantly Higher Than Category 1” Justifies Going Beyond Drug Guideline Ranges, with Class B Conspiracy as Aggravation 1. Introduction In R v Worrall & Ors [2026] EWCA...
Officer Apparent Bias Can Vitiate a s.193(7) CLEUD Revocation Where Members Rely on an Unfair and Unbalanced Report 1. Introduction Ocean One Hundred Ltd, R (On the Application Of) v New Forest...
Blackmail Guideline: “Substantial period” and “sophisticated planning” assessed per count, but totality may still justify a high overall term Case: Williamson, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 548 Court: Court...
Staying Proceedings as Abuse of Process Where Police Fail to Obtain CCTV Central to Credibility (and a Fair Trial Cannot Be Cured by Directions) 1. Introduction R v HGF [2026] EWCA Crim 570 is a...
Inquest Scope and “Coronial Causation”: Police Omission Cannot Be Excluded as “Speculative” Without Key Criminal-Justice Materials Case: O'Brien, R (On the Application Of) v HM Assistant Coroner for...
Suspension is Not Presumptive: Immediate Custody May Be Required for Sustained, Extremely Dangerous Police-Evasion Driving 1) Introduction In Rex v Bristow ([2026] EWCA Crim 633), the Court of Appeal...
Arrest on an Outstanding Warrant During Jury Deliberations Does Not Automatically Require Re-Exercising the “Trial in Absence” Discretion 1) Introduction In [2026] EWCA Crim 559, the Court of Appeal...
Consent Under GDPR/PECR Is an Objective “Outward Indication”: No Subjective Autonomy Inquiry Case: RTM v Bonne Terre Ltd & Anor (Sky Betting and Gaming) Citation: [2026] EWCA Civ 488; [2026] WLR(D)...
Schedule 10 paragraph 25 Sentencing Act 2020: Crown Court may revoke a magistrates’ community order when activating a suspended sentence imposed on committal for sentence 1. Introduction In R v...
Limits of Section 3 HRA: No “Reading-In” Disability Protection for Armed Forces Service Under Equality Act Schedule 9 1. Introduction L & Anor v Ministry of Defence [2026] EWCA Civ 602 is a Court of...
Validity of MG4 Written Charges: “Ordinary Language” Suffices and Administrative Defects Do Not Defeat Sending for Trial 1. Introduction In R v Ali [2026] EWCA Crim 634, the Court of Appeal (Criminal...
Judicial Interventions and Safe Convictions: When Trial Management of Cross‑Examination Does Not Render a Jury Verdict Unsafe 1. Introduction In R v Sousa [2026] EWCA Crim 585, the Court of Appeal...
“Taking Advantage” in Treaty Anti‑Abuse Clauses Means Abusive Use Contrary to Treaty Purpose (Not Mere Enjoyment of Relief) 1. Introduction Revenue And Customs v Burlington Loan Management DAC...
Funding a Genuine Employee-Trust Loan Is Not “Earnings”: Limits of Rangers and the “Redirected Earnings” Doctrine 1. Introduction In Commissioners for His Majesty's Revenue and Customs v MR Currell...
RDCOs Extend to Civil Contempt: “Criminal Proceedings” in the Recovery Regulations Takes Its LASPO Meaning 1. Introduction Turk v The Legal Aid Agency ([2026] EWCA Civ 469) is a Court of Appeal...