Section 55 BCIA 2009 Claims Must Identify the Impugned Decision: The Duty Is Procedural and Relief Must Not Predetermine the Outcome 1. Introduction This Court of Appeal judgment in Refugee And...
Unless Orders in E-Disclosure: “Instruct” Means Instruct (Not Guarantee the Outcome) and Strike-Out Requires Considering a Further Unless Order 1. Introduction Midland Premier Properties Ltd & Anor v...
James v HSBC: When “Enough to Plead Fraud” Starts the s.32 Clock, and When the AIC/Barrell Jurisdiction Will Not Re-open a Strike-Out 1. Introduction James & Anor v HSBC UK Bank PLC (Rev1) [2026]...
Hostility under Sentencing Act 2020 s.66 and Sentencing Guidelines: Avoiding Double Counting Where Hostility Is Integral to Culpability 1. Introduction Omar, R. v ([2026] EWCA Crim 92) concerns a...
R v NFL: “Very Significant Force” in Child Cruelty Sentencing Turns on Infant Vulnerability and the Nature of Force; “Deliberate Disregard” Must Be a Separate Feature to Escalate Culpability 1....
Totality Cannot Be Used to Correct an Allegedly “Unduly Lenient” Earlier Sentence Absent a s.36 Reference 1. Introduction Riberio, R. v ([2026] EWCA Crim 87) concerns the correct application of the...
Schedules of Findings in Public Law Must Match the Judgment: Fairness Limits on “Off‑Piste” Pool Findings 1) Introduction S, Re (Care and Placement: Schedule of Findings of Fact) [2026] EWCA Civ 85...
“Wholly Successful Means Full Costs”: Where Settlement Delivers the Practical Remedy, Costs Follow—Even if Relief Is Granted “Outside the Rules” and Without Conceding Unlawfulness 1. Introduction In...
Contractual Enforcement of MHPS-Consistent Policies: “Medical Director Will Act” as Non‑Delegable Case Manager for Consultant Investigations (Absent Exceptional Circumstances) 1. Introduction MN v...
Category 3 Harm at the Top End Can Still Justify a Sentence Above the Category 3C Guideline Range (Unlawful Wounding) 1. Introduction Lukaszewicz, R. v ([2026] EWCA Crim 225) concerned an appeal...
Opportunistic Rape and the “Significant Degree of Planning” Threshold: Reclassification from Category 1A to Category 1B 1. Introduction Jancevskis, R. v concerns an appeal against sentence following...
Extended Sentences Must Not Exceed the Offence Maximum: Correcting an Unlawful Section 20 GBH Extension 1) Introduction R v Walker ([2026] EWCA Crim 226) concerns a sentencing error where the Crown...
Preventing Double Counting Where Dangerous Driving Is the Mechanism of Affray, and Ensuring Proper Recording of YOI Sentences and Extended-Test Disqualifications 1) Introduction McCann, R. v [2026]...
Breach of Terrorism Notification Requirements: Deterrent Custody, “Potential Harm” Assessment, and ECHR-Compatibility of the Mandatory One-Year Licence (Sentencing Act 2020 s.278) 1. Introduction...
R v Peniston: Particularised Grounds and Privilege Waiver as Preconditions for “Ineffective Counsel” Conviction Appeals 1. Introduction Peniston, R. v ([2026] EWCA Crim 354) is a decision of the...
Near-Campaign Multiple Rape and Pregnancy-Resulting Harm: Moving Beyond Category 2B and Ensuring Totality Under Concurrent Sentences Introduction Patel, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 246 is an unduly lenient...
Sentencing “Totality” and Plea Credit Where the Basis of Guilty Plea Shifts After a Newton Hearing (Armani, R. v) 1. Introduction Armani, R. v ([2026] EWCA Crim 322) concerns a renewed application...
Industry-Funded Specialist Police Units and Abuse of Process: When Third-Party Funding Does Not Require a Stay Case: Moore & Anor, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 209 (CA (Crim Div)) Date: 11 February 2026...
Psychological Harm (Proved Without Expert Evidence) Can Justify Category 1 Harm in Section 18 GBH Sentencing 1. Introduction JFH, R. v ([2026] EWCA Crim 206) is a sentencing appeal in the England and...
Unquantified “Rent-in-Services” Means “No Rent Payable”: Excluding Assured Tenancy Status under Housing Act 1988 Sch 1 para 3 1. Introduction Phillips & Anor v Garraway ([2026] EWCA Civ 55) concerned...