Domestic abuse ABH sentencing: justified uplift and when failure to tick every suspension factor is cured by appellate cross-check 1) Introduction In R v Nagy [2026] EWCA Crim 1120, the Court of...
Section 117C(6): Severe Child Autism and Primary Care Realities Can Amount to “Very Compelling Circumstances”; Limited Role for OASys Risk Predictions Case: Secretary of State for the Home Department...
Use of a Prior Section 18 Guilty Plea in a Later Murder Trial: When a Special “Previous Conviction” Direction Is Unnecessary Case: Twigg, R. v Neutral citation: [2026] EWCA Crim 1052 Court: Court of...
Voluntary Drug Abuse, High “Retained Responsibility”, and the Appropriateness of a Section 45A Hybrid Life Sentence for Diminished-Responsibility Manslaughter 1) Introduction R v Bauld [2026] EWCA...
MORTGAGEE EXCLUSION IN SECTION 106 AFFORDABLE HOUSING OBLIGATIONS: REGISTERED PROVIDER STATUS TESTED AT MORTGAGE CREATION, NOT AT SALE Case: Westminster City Council v Gems House Residences Chiltern...
Extraterritorial ECHR Jurisdiction and Nationality Decisions: No Article 1 “Jurisdiction” Where an Overseas Applicant Has No UK-Based Private Life or UK Control Over the Person 1. Introduction In R...
Privilege-Hunting as an Abuse of Process: Covertly Targeting an Opponent’s Solicitor Justifies Discharge of Freezing Orders Case: Salinas Pliego & Anor v Astor Asset Management 3 Ltd & Ors [2026]...
Appellate restraint in Quincecare “put on inquiry” findings and demand-based limits on s.35A interest for account reconstitution Case: Moorwand Ltd v Hamblin & Ors Citation: [2026] EWCA Civ 942...
Part 5 “New Matter” Consent Limits the Tribunal’s Article 8 / s.117B(6) Assessment Case: Rahim & Anor v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2026] EWCA Civ 930 Court: Court of Appeal (Civil...
Appellate restraint and documentary “cogency”: discussions of profit share do not establish a redevelopment partnership without a concluded, certain agreement 1) Introduction In EJW Builders Ltd &...
Suitability as an Implied Condition of “Accommodation Made Available” under Housing Act 1996 s.193(6)(d) 1. Introduction In Griffiths-Fowell, R (On the Application Of) v Birmingham City Council...
Public Communications Duties in Unduly Lenient Sentence References: Correcting Misinformation and Protecting Judicial Independence 1) Introduction This follow-on judgment of the England and Wales...
Suspended Committal for Part 71 Contempt: Inherent Jurisdiction to Impose Positive Disclosure Conditions Beyond CPR 71.8 Introduction Windhorst v ADS Securities LLC [2026] EWCA Civ 905 is a Court of...
Late Criminal Appeals and Modified Good Character Directions Where Bad Character Evidence of Sexual Misconduct Is Admitted Case: Adams, R. v Court: England and Wales Court of Appeal (Criminal...
Judicial Review Will Not Reopen County Court Possession Litigation Absent Frustration or Corruption of the Judicial Process 1. Introduction In Nash, R (On the Application Of) v Brighton County Court...
Non-service of a Child’s Permanence Report is a Serious Irregularity, but an Appeal Succeeds Only if the Placement Order Was “Unjust” as a Result Case: T and F (Placement Orders: Child's Permanence...
Late Disclosure, “Alternative Perpetrator” Bad Character, and the High Threshold for Unfair-Trial/Stays in Complex Conspiracy Trials 1. Introduction In Nuttall & Anor, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 1013, the...
Custody is Inevitable for Serious Indecent Images Offending Involving Intrafamilial Production and High‑Volume Distribution Case: R v SIQ Neutral citation: [2026] EWCA Crim 1096 Court: England and...
Sentencing for s.18 GBH: Vehicle-as-Weapon Culpability and When “Excessive Self-Defence” Must Be Resolved by a Newton Hearing 1. Introduction In Rex v Sunil Shah ([2026] EWCA Crim 1073), the Court of...
Sentencing Sexual Assault: “Abduction” as Control and “Severe Psychological Harm” Including Trial Re‑Traumatisation Introduction In R v Al-Hassan & Anor [2026] EWCA Crim 1070, the Court of Appeal...