New Principle: Initial Proscription Orders Are Directly Reviewable in the Administrative Court; Deproscription/POAC is not an available or adequate alternative remedy. CPR 52.8’s seven‑day time limit...
R v Mardan [2025] EWCA Crim 1469 – Flexible Application of Criminal Practice Direction 26M in Low‑Grade Jury Intimidation 1. Introduction The decision in R v Mardan [2025] EWCA Crim 1469 concerns a...
Arson Sentencing: Mental Disorder Must Be Evidenced to Reduce Culpability; Blame-Shifting Lies Not Aggravating Absent Consequences 1) Introduction Aldrich, R. v ([2025] EWCA Crim 1415) is a sentence...
Hybrid Orders for Diminished-Responsibility Manslaughter: Penal Element and Public Protection Can Justify s45A over s37/41 Despite Unanimous Hospital-Order Criteria 1) Introduction In R v Turner...
R v UCS [2025] EWCA Crim 1411: Half‑Release Confirmed for SOA 2003 s9/s10 and Robust Totality via Lead‑Count Uplift in Multi‑Incident Child Sexual Abuse Introduction This Court of Appeal (Criminal...
R v Plumb [2025] EWCA Crim 1461: Attempted Murder Guideline may be used as a sentencing yardstick for soliciting/encouraging grave offences; no requirement to address Extended Determinate Sentences...
Footwear as “Other Weapon” under Schedule 21: Fairness Prerequisite for Applying the 25‑Year Starting Point Case: Smith, R. v — [2025] EWCA Crim 1421 Court: England and Wales Court of Appeal...
Barnfather: Indefinite SHPOs Require Proportionality—Fixed-Term Order Preferred Where Notification Requirements and Review Needs Make Indefinite Duration Excessive 1. Introduction R v Barnfather...
Post‑Acquittal Restraining Orders: Mandatory Part 31 CrimPR Fair‑Process Compliance (Especially Where No Evidence Is Offered) 1. Introduction Khurshid, R. v ([2025] EWCA Crim 1445, CA (Crim Div), 17...
Co-defendant Bad Character Evidence under s.101(1)(e) CJA 2003: When School CRIS Reports and Social Media Messages Supply “Substantial Probative Value” and the Required Jury Directions if Allegations...
Open justice prevails over speculative harm in criminal appeals: Hartwell [2025] EWCA Crim 1450 Introduction This commentary examines the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)’s decision in Hartwell,...
R v Mwila [2025] EWCA Crim 1425: Totality over Tallying — A Holistic Appellate Approach to Concurrent Sentences for Fatal and Serious-Injury Dangerous Driving, with No Requirement to Quantify...
Sentencing for Animal Cruelty Causing Death: Uplifts Must Be Reasoned and Mitigation (Youth/Immaturity/Trauma) Must Be Properly Balanced 1. Introduction Thornby, R. v ([2025] EWCA Crim 1432) is a...
Sladden [2025] EWCA Crim 1410: High Threshold for Unduly Lenient Sentence References and Permissibility of Suspension in Category A1 Coercive Control Cases (Including Strangulation) Introduction This...
Suspending Custody for Vulnerable Female Class A Drug Offenders: No Presumption for Immediate Imprisonment and Proper Weight to Rehabilitation Evidence 1) Introduction R. v Beresford ([2025] EWCA...
Re‑pleading on Appeal and the Primacy of Facts over Labels: Court of Appeal Endorses Case‑Management Directions Preceding a Strike‑Out Appeal Introduction In Yamba v BW Legal Services Ltd [2025] EWCA...
Security for Costs under CPR 2025: No Transitional Carve‑Out for Pre‑Brexit Claims; Litigant‑Specific Enforcement Risks Justify Residence‑Abroad Orders; Security Confined to Costs of Resisting the...
CPS‑Equivalent Cap on Private Prosecutors’ Recovery from Central Funds under s17(2A) POA 1985 where CPS was not engaged and the legal market not tested Introduction This reserved costs judgment of...
Mainpay Ltd v HMRC: No “Single Discontinuous Employment” under ITEPA and a Clarified Causation Test for “Loss of Tax Brought About Carelessly” Introduction This appeal concerned umbrella company...
"No removal while your own guidance promises a 30‑day NRM reconsideration": Secretary of State must preserve reconsideration opportunity offered under statutory guidance Case: CTK, R (On the...