R v Danilowski [2025] EWCA Crim 1279: Body‑worn video res gestae may be the primary evidence in domestic abuse prosecutions even where the complainant is not called Introduction This appeal from the...
Keep Chiswell Green v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government & Ors ([2025] EWCA Civ 958) Commentary: “No Automatic Procedural Bar, but a High Hurdle for Late-Arising...
Regents v Accord: The Court of Appeal Re-frames “Context” and Hindsight in Obviousness Analyses for Pharmaceutical Patents 1. Introduction In Accord Healthcare Ltd & Ors v Regents of the University...
Peer-Induced Admissions and the Limits of the Mushtaq Safeguard: Detailed Commentary on Debonsu, R. v ([2025] EWCA Crim 959) 1. Introduction The Court of Appeal’s decision in Debonsu sharply defines...
R v Bunce [2025] EWCA Crim 1157: Campaign‑of‑Abuse Sentencing—Elevation to Category 1 Harm and High Culpability, and Endorsement of a Single Global Sentence Under the Totality Guideline Court:...
Broadened Standing to Oppose Common-Law Recognition of Foreign Insolvencies Commentary on Vesnin v Queeld Ventures Ltd & Ors [2025] EWCA Civ 951 1. Introduction Vesnin v Queeld Ventures Ltd & Ors is...
“The Parmar Principles” – Evidential Comparators, Adverse Disclosure Inferences & Appellate Restraint in Race Discrimination Claims 1. Introduction Leicester City Council v Parmar ([2025] EWCA Civ...
R v Claes [2025] EWCA Crim 1284: Twenty-year terms are justified for massive Class A importations at the top of “significant role”; using a legitimate business as cover is a leading‑role indicator...
R v Sweetland [2025] EWCA Crim 1156: Double‑Counting Constraints and the Category 2 Ceiling in Assault by Penetration; Overall Guilty‑Plea Credit Fixed by First Admission of Guilt Court: England and...
R v Rai [2025] EWCA Crim 1224: Particular Vulnerability is a Step‑1 Harm Factor (Independent of Targeting) and Multiple Step‑1 Harm Features Preclude Downward Movement from the Guideline Starting...
Authoritative Weight of Service Sentencing Guidance and A1 Categorisation for Deliberate Breach of Ukraine Standing Order: Commentary on BPR, R v [2025] EWCA Crim 1147 Introduction This commentary...
Inferring “High Impairment” and Aligning Disqualifications with Custodial Terms: Commentary on R v Henderson [2025] EWCA Crim 1180 Introduction This commentary analyzes the decision of the England...
“Pay-More Trigger” Doctrine: When Cause of Action Accrues Under NHBC Insolvency Cover Commentary on National House Building Council v Peabody Trust ([2025] EWCA Civ 932) 1. Introduction National...
Material Prejudice as the Touchstone of Procedural Fairness Comprehensive Commentary on Moakes (R, on the application of) v Canterbury City Council [2025] EWCA Civ 927 1. Introduction This Court of...
Holding the Ring Pending Permission: Court of Appeal’s Power to Grant Short “Status-Quo” Injunctions After Finding No Real Prospect of Success Introduction AstraZeneca AB & Anor v Generics (UK) Ltd &...
Green v R: Misapplication of the 2003 Consent Standard to Pre-2003 Offences and the Boundaries of Cross-Admissibility Directions 1. Introduction The Court of Appeal’s decision in R v Green ([2025]...
“Beyond the Threshold Schedule” – The Court of Appeal’s Refined Guidance on Judicial Reason-Giving and Perpetrator Findings in Care Proceedings 1. Introduction The Court of Appeal decision in K & G...
The Exclusive Attribution Test: Determining “Directly Incurred” Costs and Third-Party Income in PFI Waste Management Agreements Commentary on Buckinghamshire Council v FCC Buckinghamshire Ltd [2025]...
“Promises Are Not Facts”: Sharma v R ([2025] EWCA Crim 1122) and the Pleading of Representations Under the Fraud Act 2006 1. Introduction Sharma v R concerns the appeal of Vikas Sharma, an estate...