No Common Law Duty of Care Owed by the GMC to Doctors Under Fitness to Practise Investigation in the Timing, Manner, or Content of Statutory Notifications Case: Suresh & Ors v General Medical Council...
Re HB: A Best-Interests, Fact-Specific Framework for Appointing Personal Welfare Deputies (Including Transition Cases) and a Cautioned Role for “Autonomy” 1. Introduction In Re HB (Appointment of...
Fair Trial in Financial Remedy Proceedings: Material Allegations Must Be Put in Cross‑Examination; Non‑Disclosure Inferences Do Not Require s25(2)(g) Pleading; No Power to Compel a Third Party to...
Wells Sharing Is Not a “Last Resort”: Fair Risk-Allocation of Illiquid Matrimonial Assets Case: Culligan v Rosemin-Culligan Citation: [2026] EWCA Civ 948 (Court of Appeal (Civil Division), 24 July...
Tenancy “legal notice” clause as an address “given” for service of possession proceedings under CPR 6.8(a) Case: Baqir Al-Chaalan & Anor v Abri Group Ltd Neutral citation: [2026] EWCA Civ 946 Court:...
HG (Abduction): When Maternal Medical Unfitness to Fly Makes Compliance Impossible—Stay and Deferred Reconsideration of Set-Aside Court: England and Wales Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Neutral...
R v McDonagh [2026] EWCA Crim 1145 — Full activation of a suspended sentence remains the norm where breach is by multiple new offences and “compliance” is only non‑punitive 1. Introduction In R v...
Sentencing Historic Sexual Offences Committed in Early Childhood: resolving uncertainty in age and charge scope, and applying Ahmed to the custody “bar” Case: R v OIM (Attorney General’s Reference...
“Industrial Quantities” in Cannabis Production: Capacity, Duration and Conspiracy Can Justify Sentences Above the Category 1 Range 1. Introduction In R v Breca [2026] EWCA Crim 1171, the Court of...
Housing Act 2004 appeals against improvement notices are determined at the date of service, not the hearing date 1) Introduction Case: Manaquel Company Ltd v London Borough of Lambeth [2026] EWCA Civ...
Exceptional Circumstances and the Domestic Burglary Mandatory Minimum: Historic Priors and Caring Responsibilities Will Not Suffice Where Offending Is Repeated Against a Vulnerable Victim 1)...
Separate Criminality and Totality: Consecutive Sentences for SHPO Breaches, Notification Failures and Indecent Image Offences 1. Introduction In [2026] EWCA Crim 1123 (CACD), the Court of Appeal...
Railway Cable Theft Sentencing: Category 1 Harm and Culpability A Endorsed; Bare Basis-of-Plea Disputes Do Not Displace Proven Replacement Costs 1) Introduction In R v Hanlon [2026] EWCA Crim 1064,...
Needle-as-Blade and “Necessity” for Probation Reports in Dangerousness Findings Case: R v Burt Neutral citation: [2026] EWCA Crim 1059 Court: Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) (Lord Justice...
Sentencing Adults for Offences Committed as Very Young Children: Youth-Regime First, Not Adult-Starting-Point Discounts 1) Introduction R v LIJ [2026] EWCA Crim 1053 concerned the correct approach to...
Perverting the Course of Justice: Proportionality Assessed by the Charge Faced at the Time, and a Brief Totality Statement Can Suffice Introduction In R v Uddin [2026] EWCA Crim 1122 (CACD), the...
Objective Acknowledgment Under s.29(5) Limitation Act 1980: Misdescribed Liability May Still Restart Time Where Context Identifies the Only Possible Claim 1. Introduction In Al Othman Holding Company...
Non-therapeutic Male Circumcision: the “Competent Non‑Medical Circumciser” Safety Standard and Totality in Sentencing 1. Introduction Alazawi v R [2026] EWCA Crim 947 is a significant Court of Appeal...
When a “Final Hearing” is a “Trial”: CPR 32.10 Applies to Trial-Style Determinations of Part 23 Applications 1) Introduction In Health and Home Ltd & Ors v Elite Property Holdings Ltd & Ors [2026]...
Bad Character Evidence: Prior Perverting-the-Course-of-Justice Conviction Admissible Where the Defendant Alleges Investigative/Prosecutorial Misconduct 1) Introduction In Oppong, R. v [2026] EWCA...