Clarifying Credit for Overlapping Remand: The “Saleh Rule” on Minimum-Term Deductions Saleh v R ([2025] EWCA Crim 720) 1. Introduction The Court of Appeal’s decision in Saleh v R addresses a narrow...
Secondary Party to Knife Murder: 25-Year Schedule 21 Starting Point Where Party to Taking the Knife to the Scene 1. Introduction R. v Houghton ([2025] EWCA Crim 973) is a renewed application in the...
Clarifying “Investor” Control in BIT Arbitration: De Jure Ownership Requirement and Timeliness of Jurisdictional Objections Introduction This commentary examines the Court of Appeal’s decision in The...
Ensuring Precision in Domestic Abuse Fact-Finding and Schedule B Recording Introduction Z (A Child), Re [2025] EWCA Civ 594 is a landmark Court of Appeal decision addressing both the scope of...
Clarifying Agent Liability under Section 109 of the Equality Act 2010: Common Law Agency and Post-Employment Indirect Age Discrimination Introduction This landmark decision in Fasano v Reckitt...
Adverse Possession Unaffected by Section 33 Trusts: Interpretation of Paragraph 12, Schedule 6, LRA 2002 Introduction This appeal arises from Nazir & Anor v Begum ([2025] EWCA Civ 587), decided by...
Rethinking “Public Rights” under Section 78 PCSC Act 2022: The Court of Appeal’s Five-Point Framework in AFY & Ors ([2025] EWCA Crim 769) 1. Introduction AFY & Ors, R. v ([2025] EWCA Crim 769) marks...
Executive Discretion and “Good Reason” in Security Policy: R (The Duke of Sussex) v SSHD Introduction R (The Duke of Sussex) v Secretary of State for the Home Department ([2025] EWCA Civ 548) is a...
Mechanism-Based Test for “Dividends of a Capital Nature” under s.402(4) ITTOIA Introduction This commentary examines the Court of Appeal’s decision in Beard v Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue...
Limits of Delegated “Henry VIII” Powers in Defining “Serious Disruption” Introduction In National Council for Civil Liberties (Liberty) v Secretary of State for the Home Department ([2025] EWCA Civ...
R v Alsaadoun ([2025] EWCA Crim 800): “Showing-Off” Motive Held to be a Distinct Aggravating Factor in Category A Death-by-Dangerous-Driving Sentencing 1. Introduction The Court of Appeal (Criminal...
Bratt v Jones: The Bracket Principle and Bolam Duty in Valuation Negligence Introduction Bratt v Jones [2025] EWCA Civ 562 is a landmark decision of the England and Wales Court of Appeal that...
Ensuring Precision and Proportionality in Criminal Behaviour Orders: Al Magloub v. R [2025] EWCA Crim 640 Introduction This commentary examines the Court of Appeal’s decision in Al Magloub v. R,...
“The Owen Extension”: When Persistent, High-Value Theft Justifies Departure from the Sentencing Guidelines Introduction Owen, R. v ([2025] EWCA Crim 780) delivers a significant clarification on the...
Establishing a FRAND Floor for Parallel Foreign Judgments: Optis v Apple Introduction Optis Cellular Technology LLC, Optis Wireless Technology LLC and Unwired Planet International Ltd (“Optis”)...
R v Farebrother ([2025] EWCA Crim 672): A New Emphasis on Pregnant Offenders’ Mitigation and the Threshold for Suspending Class-A Drug Sentences 1. Introduction R v Farebrother is a Court of Appeal...
Emmerson & Extended Determinate Sentences: A New Benchmark for Serial Sexual Assaults and Exposure Offences 1. Introduction R v Emmerson ([2025] EWCA Crim 756) is an Attorney-General’s Reference in...
R v Mulhern: Clarifying the Threshold for “Unduly Lenient” Findings in Multi-Count Sexual Offending and the Primacy of Judicial Discretion 1. Introduction R v Mulhern ([2025] EWCA Crim 757) is a...
Clarifying Sequential Risk Assessment in Asylum Claims: EI v Secretary of State for the Home Department Introduction EI v Secretary of State for the Home Department ([2025] EWCA Civ 556) is a...
Extending Sentencing Guidelines to Consensual GBH: Gustavson & Ors v R Introduction Gustavson & Ors v R ([2025] EWCA Crim 493) was decided by the England and Wales Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)...