Enduring Mental Disorder and the Substitution of Hospital Orders for Legacy IPP Sentences A Commentary on Osmond v R [2025] EWCA Crim 835 Introduction The Court of Appeal’s decision in Osmond v R...
ANZ v R: Mandatory Means Inquiry & Restrictive Use of Compensation Orders in Criminal Sentencing Introduction ANZ v R ([2025] EWCA Crim 778) is a Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) decision that...
JAH v R: Clarifying the “Lurking-Doubt” Threshold and the De-Minimis Rule for Procedural Irregularities on Criminal Appeal Introduction In JAH, R v ([2025] EWCA Crim 1020) the Criminal Division of...
Montanari, R. v — Correct Plea Credit and a Staged RTA 1988 Disqualification Calculation (ss.35A–35B) 1. Introduction Montanari, R. v [2025] EWCA Crim 996 is a Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)...
“Obvious Age” Decisions: Sufficiency of Brief Reasons after Duy Bach Tai (FE/LA) for Judicial Review [2025] CSOH 60 1. Introduction The Outer House of the Scottish Court of Session, per Lord Lake,...
Sutton v Director of Public Prosecutions & Ors [2025] IEHC 375: Clarifying the Non-Applicability of “Date of Knowledge” and Reinforcing the One-Proceeding Rule in Criminal Judicial Review...
“Will Not Be Issued” v. “Cannot Be Issued” Singh v. Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment ([2025] IEHC 383) Introduction In Singh v. Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the High...
“Occupation Is Not a Shield”: Planetwhite Ltd v Hogan & Anor and the Limits of Section 72(1)(j) of the Registration of Title Act 1964 1. Introduction Planetwhite Ltd v Hogan & Anor ([2025] IEHC 378)...
Mars Capital Finance Ireland DAC v Kane & Anor [2025] IEHC 379 High Court confirms: (1) business-record evidence under the 2020 Act is admissible through a transferee’s deponent, and (2) a lender may...
“Developers First in Line” – Court of Appeal Confirms Retrospective Reach of Remediation Contribution Orders and the “Public-Purse-as-Last-Resort” Principle under the Building Safety Act 2022...
Independent Admissibility of Business Records and Deponent Credibility in Summary Possession Proceedings Commentary on EBS Mortgage Finance & Mars Capital Finance DAC v. Bedford (No.3) [2025] IEHC...
Finite, Not Fleeting: Court of Appeal Clarifies ‘Temporary’ Agency Work and Agency-Employer Status Commentary on Lutz v Ryanair DAC & Anor [2025] EWCA Civ 849 1. Introduction The Court of Appeal’s...
“No Service Charge Is Payable”: The Court of Appeal Confirms a Post-Commencement Bar on Passing Historic Building-Safety Legal Costs to Leaseholders (Adriatic Land 5 Ltd v Long Leaseholders at...
R v Miah [2025] EWCA Crim 1100: When remand, licence and post‑sentence supervision already satisfy punishment — Conditional discharge as the just disposal for a youth under s.8(4) Sentencing Act 2020...
Humphreys v R: Clarifying the Evidential Threshold for Harm Category 1 in Dangerous-Driving Sentencing 1. Introduction Humphreys, R. v ([2025] EWCA Crim 997) presented the Court of Appeal (Criminal...
R v ACP [2025] EWCA Crim 1140: Court of Appeal Mandates an Express “Notional Adult Overall Sentence” Followed by Youth/Vulnerability Discount at the Totality Stage Introduction This commentary...
R v Mohammed [2025] EWCA Crim 1139: Circumstantial Evidence and “More Than Merely Preparatory” Acts—Reaffirming the Galbraith/Masih Threshold for No-Case Submissions in Attempted Rape Introduction In...
“The Murphy Adjustment” – Calibrating Sentences for Non-Terrorist Explosive Offences that Resemble Terrorism Introduction The England and Wales Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) decision in Murphy,...
R v GBE: Clarifying the Limits of Delay-Based Sentence Reductions and the Court’s Discretion on Unduly Lenient References 1. Introduction Case: GBE, R. v ([2025] EWCA Crim 1064) Court: Court of...
“Exceptional Departure”: When Severe Mental Ill-Health Justifies a Community Order for s.278 Sexual Offences – Commentary on IAG, R. v [2025] EWCA Crim 1087 1. Introduction IAG, R. v ([2025] EWCA...