Clarifying s.49 Solicitors Act Appeals: No Oral Renewal After Paper Refusal; SDT May Revoke Certification for Fundamental Mistake Case: Hinkel v Gheissari & Anor [2025] EWCA Civ 1351 (Court of...
Prerogative Policy-Making for Post–Data Breach Relocation Upheld: No Fettering, Rational Limitation to High‑Profile Roles Introduction In AFA & Ors, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for...
Police Gang Officers as Expert Witnesses and Youth Sentencing in Serious Gang Violence: Commentary on R v Edokpolo & Alexander [2025] EWCA Crim 1534 1. Introduction This commentary examines the...
Position Marks Must Be a Single, Precisely Delineated Sign: Non‑limiting Descriptions Creating Indeterminate Variations Fail Registrability Case: Thom Browne Inc & Anor v Adidas AG [2025] EWCA Civ...
IRH is not a shortcut: Court of Appeal mandates necessary evidence, Article 6 fairness, and explicit welfare and contact analysis before making final care orders Case: H, Re (Final Care Orders at...
No AoS or CPR 11 application is required where service of the claim form was invalid and time has not been extended; “left for DX collection” is not service under CPR 7.5 Commentary on Bellway Homes...
Figurative Trade Marks: Where the Picture and Description Align, the Image Defines the Sign — Independence of the Sieckmann Conditions Reaffirmed Introduction In Babek International Ltd v Iceland...
R v Demiraj [2025] EWCA Crim 1468: The Jury’s Role, “Truth”, and Hearsay-Based Convictions 1. Introduction R v Demiraj [2025] EWCA Crim 1468 is an important Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)...
R v Madaweni [2025] EWCA Crim 1427: Fresh psychiatric evidence on appeal—diminished responsibility requires a causal explanation; mental disorder may still mitigate on sentence Court: England and...
Abduction in Sexual Assault Sentencing and the Near‑Mandatory Use of Pre‑Sentence Reports in Dangerousness Assessments: Commentary on R v Thompson [2025] EWCA Crim 1462 1. Introduction The decision...
Reflecting Multiple Child Victims and Future Risk in Sexual Sentencing: Commentary on R v Ellis [2025] EWCA Crim 1498 1. Introduction This commentary examines the decision of the Court of Appeal...
R v WCU [2025] EWCA Crim 1414: Reaffirming the “exceptional” threshold for 30+ year sentences, tightening late guilty plea credit, and correcting the use of Special Custodial Sentences alongside...
CPR 52.19 costs caps refused where service-charge recoupment would shift unrecovered appeal costs onto non‑appellant leaseholders Introduction This commentary examines the England and Wales Court of...
School Exclusions: Governors’ Policy and DfE Guidance Set the Legal Test; Behaviour Policies Cannot Elevate the Threshold — Immaterial Errors and High‑Intensity Review Clarified Case: SAG, R (On the...
Onuzi v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWCA Civ 1337: FTT’s role under s 40(3) confirmed as public-law review of causation; prolonged identity deception ordinarily material to...
Automatic cessation of the main homelessness duty on acceptance of a Part VI offer; section 184 does not govern discharge decisions; challenges must run through the Part VII review/appeal scheme...
JK [2025] EWCA Civ 1309: Local authorities can secure a British child’s return under the inherent jurisdiction even where care proceedings are intended; Family Law Act 1986 largely irrelevant to...
Late Quantum-Phase Amendments and Litigation Holds: The Court of Appeal’s Four‑Stage Prejudice Analysis in ENRC v Dechert & SFO Introduction This commentary examines the Court of Appeal’s judgment in...
Bradley v Abacus: Court of Appeal confines s.27A review to the “no reasonable landlord” test and clarifies the two‑stage allocation of service charge items Introduction This Court of Appeal decision...
Blake & Ors v Fox: Court of Appeal reasserts Dingle for serious-harm causation, adopts “material contribution” for specific losses, and clarifies mitigation and media republication in libel...