Armed Group Violence: Joinder, Secondary Liability at Half-Time, and the Limits of Fresh Psychiatric Evidence on Appeal Case: Odunewu & Ors v R Neutral citation: [2026] EWCA Crim 444 Court: England...
“Subject to” Does Not (Without Clear Words) Make Payment Conditional on Prior Delivery: Presumption of Concurrent Conditions in Share Sale Completion 1. Introduction Textor v Iconic Sports Eagle...
Fresh Expert Psychiatric Evidence Is Not “Fresh” If It Re-runs Trial Material: No Second-Opinion Appeals on Diminished Responsibility 1. Introduction Thomas (Previously Edgington) v R [2026] EWCA...
Section 26 ACA 2002: “Necessary” Post-Placement Parental Contact May Be Ordered (Not Merely Recited) Where Otherwise the Relationship Is Likely to Wither Case: B-A, Re (Placement Order and Contact...
Parker v West Midlands Trains Ltd: Rule 37(5) Extension Where a Minor Rule 3(1) Document Omission Is Rectified Late Following Misleading Tribunal Reassurance 1) Introduction Parties: Mr Parker...
Limited Youth Mitigation for Near-Adult Repeat Rape Offending: Concurrency and Totality in Extended Sentences Introduction In [2026] EWCA Crim 486 (Court of Appeal (Criminal Division), Lewis LJ,...
Whole Life Order as the Norm for a Second Murder: Structured Schedule 21 Analysis and Limited Mitigation for Late Pleas and Personality-Driven Violence 1. Introduction In R v March [2026] EWCA Crim...
Robbery Sentencing: “More than Minimal” Psychological Harm Must Be Evidenced, Not Assumed from an Immediate Victim Impact Statement Case: R v Davies Neutral citation: [2026] EWCA Crim 1085 Court:...
Intermediaries and Jury Requests to Revisit ABE Evidence: Arguable “Unsafety” as the Gatekeeper for Leave to Appeal Case: WG, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 1086 (CA (Crim Div)) Date: 26 March 2026 Court:...
Upholding a Rent Judgment on the Defendant’s Own Pleaded Statutory Continuation Tenancy: No Prejudice, No Procedural Unfairness Case: Peakstone Commerce Ltd v Rahman Citation: [2026] EWCA Civ 347...
Extradition Specialty Limits and Sentencing Recalibration for Historic Causing Death by Dangerous Driving Case: Rex v Ozkara Neutral citation: [2026] EWCA Crim 479 Court: England and Wales Court of...
Historic buggery offences should be sentenced by measured reference to modern rape guidelines where the conduct is equivalent to anal rape (and not to section 9 child-sexual-activity guidance) Case:...
“Decoy Victim” Sentencing: Only a Small Reduction Where the Offence Would Otherwise Have Been Completed Case: R v Palfrey Neutral citation: [2026] EWCA Crim 487 Court: England and Wales Court of...
Pending Variation Is Not a “Reasonable Excuse” to Breach a Restraining Order: Limits on Vacating an Unequivocal Guilty Plea 1. Introduction In Hughes, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 491, the Court of Appeal...
Exceptional Circumstances Disapplying the Seven-Year Minimum for Repeat Class A Supply Where the Minimum Would Be Arbitrary and Disproportionate Case: Evans, R. v Neutral citation: [2026] EWCA Crim...
Rebutting Section 72 “Danger to the Community” After a Grave Index Offence: Risk Must Be So Low It Can Be Discounted, and Devaseelan Requires a Real Starting-Point Analysis Case: KD v Secretary of...
Fraudulently Obtained Secure Tenancy and Intentional Homelessness: Chishimba Confined; Denton Applied 1. Introduction Munemo v City of Wolverhampton Council [2026] EWCA Civ 329 is a second appeal...
Birth Registration Does Not Create Parental Responsibility: Only the Genetic Father Can Acquire PR under Children Act 1989 s 4 1. Introduction J, Re (Loss of Parental Responsibility) [2026] EWCA Civ...
FSMA s.26 Recovery Is Personal Against the Contracting Counterparty and Does Not Bind Successors in Title 1. Introduction Dhillon v Orchard & Anor concerns the civil consequences of an unauthorised...
R v Percival: Reformulated Charges and “First Real Opportunity” Guilty Plea Credit; Dangerousness Requires an Extended Determinate Sentence in Prolonged Grooming and Repeat Sexual Offending 1....