Appeals in Restructuring Plans: The Return of the General Costs Rule Commentary on Kington SARL & Ors v Thames Water Utilities Holdings Ltd & Anor ([2025] EWCA Civ 1003) 1. Introduction Thames Water...
The “H Principle” – Court of Appeal Mandates Holistic-Chronological Analysis and Stricter ABE Compliance in Child Abuse Fact-Finding Introduction H (Children) (Findings of Fact) [2025] EWCA Civ 993...
“Selective Summary-Judgment” Doctrine in Deceit Actions: Giwa v JNFX Ltd & Others [2025] EWCA Civ 961 Introduction The Court of Appeal’s decision in Giwa v JNFX Ltd & Ors reshapes the boundaries of...
Defining Independent Sub-Categories of Services for Partial Revocation: The Precedent Set in easyGroup Ltd v easyfundraising Ltd ([2025] EWCA Civ 1000) 1. Introduction In July 2025 the Court of...
Severability of Arbitral Awards: Confirmation of a Valid Claimant’s Award Despite Co-Claimant’s Jurisdictional Defeat – Commentary on The Czech Republic v Diag SE & Anor ([2025] EWCA Civ 998) 1....
“Exceptional, Not Illogical” – When a Conditional Discharge Outweighs the “Three-Strike” Minimum: Commentary on McMullen, R. v ([2025] EWCA Crim 1112) 1. Introduction The Court of Appeal’s decision...
The “Niland Principle” – Why a Subsequent Acquittal is Insufficient, by itself, to Upset a Prior Guilty-Plea Conviction 1. Introduction Niland v R ([2025] EWCA Crim 945) is a decision of the Court of...
“Due Regard” under the Environment Act 2021 and Statutory Limits on Local Energy-Efficiency Standards: Commentary on Rights: Community: Action Ltd (RCA) v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities...
Kapikanya v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWCA Civ 987 Re-affirming the “Something-More” Threshold for Serious Foreign Offenders under s.117C NIAA 2002 1. Introduction This Court...
DP v London Borough of Lambeth ([2025] EWCA Civ 985) A New Precedent on Procedural Fairness, Mental Capacity, and the Tribunal’s “Flexible Duty” Introduction In DP v London Borough of Lambeth the...
Home-to-Assignment Travel Is Not “Time Work”: Commissioners for HMRC v Taylors Services Ltd & Ors ([2025] EWCA Civ 956) England and Wales Court of Appeal (Civil Division), 24 July 2025 – Bean LJ...
A Rolling-Break without a Term Certain: Court of Appeal Confirms Licences, Not Implied Periodic Tenancies, Where Fixed-Minimum Terms Are Followed by Open-Ended Notice Rights Commentary on AP Wireless...
McGrath v R: Court of Appeal Affirms the Strict Tests for Extensions of Time, Varying Grounds of Appeal, and Admission of Fresh Evidence 1. Introduction In McGrath, R. v ([2025] EWCA Crim 1103) the...
Feigning Psychosis as a Serious Aggravating Factor and Its Effect on Guilty‑Plea Credit in Murder Sentencing — R v Van‑Pooss [2025] EWCA Crim 1240 Court: England and Wales Court of Appeal (Criminal...
“Article V as Shield, Not Sword” – The Court of Appeal Bars Pre-emptive New-York-Convention Challenges Star Hydro Power Ltd v National Transmission & Despatch Company Ltd ([2025] EWCA Civ 928) 1....
“Adequate Reasons & Proportionate Conditions” – The Court of Appeal’s Re-statement of CPR 3.1(3) Principles in GLAS SAS (London Branch) v European Topsoho SARL ([2025] EWCA Civ 933) 1. Introduction...
Defining Advertising-Service Sub-Categories: The “Printed-Publications” Test after easyGroup Ltd v Easy Live (Services) Ltd ([2025] EWCA Civ 946) Introduction The Court of Appeal’s decision in...
A Single Standard for “Conducive to the Public Good” Deprivation Appeals: The Court of Appeal in D5 & Ors v SSHD ([2025] EWCA Civ 957) Broadens the U3 Principle to Serious Organised Crime Cases 1....
R v Al Maamoury [2025] EWCA Crim 1114: The “Culpability Cusp” and Significant Totality Uplifts in Multi‑Victim Dangerous‑Driving Sentencing Court: England and Wales Court of Appeal (Criminal...
Clarifying the “Starting Point” in Sentencing Guidelines: Commentary on R v Nixon [2025] EWCA Crim 1090 1. Introduction R v Nixon is a 2025 decision of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) that...