R v Wood [2025] EWCA Crim 1257: Narrowing the F1 Exception and Confirming Uplifts for Multiple Serious Injuries in Causing Death by Dangerous Driving Court: England and Wales Court of Appeal...
R v Woods [2025] EWCA Crim 1154: High‑Risk Evasion Can Attract Sentences Approaching the s.18 “Intent to Cause Serious Harm” Guideline Introduction This decision of the England and Wales Court of...
R v Dermott [2025] EWCA Crim 1172: Restoring One‑Third Guilty‑Plea Credit Where Misadvice Prevented an Early Plea; Legal Ombudsman Opinions Inadmissible; Practice Duties on Better Case Management...
“Severe Mental-Health Risk Trumps Open Justice” – A Commentary on SA v Secretary of State for the Home Department ([2025] EWCA Civ 1065) Court: Court of Appeal (Civil Division) – England & Wales...
S (Children): The Court of Appeal’s Directive to Identify Transnational Marriage Abandonment as Domestic Abuse 1. Introduction The decision in S (Children: Transnational Marriage Abandonment) ([2025]...
“The Burden-Shift & Holistic-Evidence Rule” in Domicile: A Commentary on Ramana v Kist-Ramana [2025] EWCA Civ 1022 Introduction In Ramana v Kist-Ramana the Court of Appeal revisited one of the most...
“Individualised Disclosure” Re-defined: The Court of Appeal’s Clarification on List-Based Prior Art in Modernatx Inc v Pfizer Ltd & Ors [2025] EWCA Civ 1032 1. Introduction The mRNA-vaccine wars...
Le Patourel v BT Group PLC (No 2): The Court of Appeal clarifies the evidential burden in excessive-pricing cases and the limits of appellate intervention 1. Introduction This commentary examines the...
Hedges v R – Clarifying the Admissibility Threshold for Forensic Bite-Mark Evidence 1. Introduction In Hedges, R. v ([2025] EWCA Crim 1051) the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division), presided over by...
Eronat v CNPC: The “Rendered-Date” Rule and the Enforceability of Contractual Exclusions of Time-Extension Powers under the Arbitration Act 1996 1. Introduction Eronat v CNPC International (Chad) Ltd...
“No Automatic Equality Rights for Pre-Settled Status Holders” A Detailed Commentary on Fertre v Vale of White Horse District Council ([2025] EWCA Civ 1057) 1. Introduction The Court of Appeal (Civil...
Beyond the DBS: When Sentencers May Extend Employment Prohibitions through SHPOs – A Commentary on Thorpe v R [2025] EWCA Crim 1007 Introduction Thorpe v R concerns the scope of a Sexual Harm...
Fraudulent Non-Disclosure as a Vitiating Factor in Prenuptial Agreements – Helliwell v Entwistle ([2025] EWCA Civ 1055) 1. Introduction The Court of Appeal’s decision in Helliwell v Entwistle...
Clarifying “Necessity” in Fact-Finding Hearings: The Material-Impact Test Confirmed in G (A Child: Scope of Fact-Finding) [2025] EWCA Civ 1044 1. Introduction G (A Child: Scope of Fact-Finding)...
Begum v London Borough of Tower Hamlets: When Does an Administrative “Transfer List” Become a PCP? A Comprehensive Commentary on the Court of Appeal’s Clarification of Indirect Discrimination and...
Disputed Allegations, Fortification & Full-and-Frank Disclosure: A Commentary on Astor Asset Management 3 Ltd & Ors v Pliego & Anor ([2025] EWCA Civ 1060) England and Wales Court of Appeal (Civil...
Defining “Stepchild” for Secure Tenancy Succession: Court of Appeal Endorses Bright-Line Rule and Rejects Article 14 Challenge Introduction Abdelrahman v Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of...
R v Barker [2025] EWCA Crim 1293: Enforcing the six‑month aggregate cap for consecutive sentences on summary offences; bail failures to run consecutively under the Sentencing Council Guidelines...
R v Budea [2025] EWCA Crim 1287: Consecutive Extended Sentences for Attacks on “Good Samaritan” Interveners, Totality Calibration, and a Robust Approach to Dangerousness Introduction In R v Budea...
Targeted Domestic Risk Can Justify an Extended Determinate Sentence Even Where Actual Harm Is Category 3: R v Wilson [2025] EWCA Crim 1286 Introduction This commentary examines the England and Wales...