The “Real Beneficiary” Rule in Credit-Hire Litigation: Non-Party Costs Liability of Credit-Hire Companies under QOCS Introduction Tescher v Direct Accident Management Ltd ([2025] EWCA Civ 733)...
Beyond Conclusive Grounds: BMJ v R and the Limits of Modern-Slavery Defences in Serious Drug Cases 1. Introduction BMJ v R ([2025] EWCA Crim 716) is the latest Court of Appeal decision to grapple...
Vince v Secretary of State for Transport (Court of Appeal, 2025) Key Principle: Guidance issued under s.18 Traffic Management Act 2004 is wholly discretionary; its withdrawal is a matter of...
The “Singh Clarification”: Correcting Statutory-Maximum Breaches and Disqualification Calculations in Dangerous-Driving Sentences 1. Introduction Singh, R. v ([2025] EWCA Crim 828) arises from a...
Separated co-parents living in two households can be a “relevant couple” for joint adoption: a purposive construction of section 29(3)(d) of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 Case:...
Reaffirming Strict Limits on Fresh Evidence and Attacks on Trial Counsel in Sexual Offence Appeals: Commentary on R v Hobbs [2025] EWCA Crim 897 Court: Court of Appeal (Criminal Division), England...
“True-or-False” Compliance with Funding Certificates: Kireeva v Zolotova & Anor – A New Strictness in Unless Orders 1. Introduction The Court of Appeal’s decision in Kireeva v Zolotova & Basel...
Limiting Personal Mitigation and Clarifying Sentence Ranges in Historic Child-Sex Penetration Cases – Commentary on R v Anderson [2025] NICA 33 Introduction The Northern Ireland Court of Appeal’s...
The Ryanair v. Skyscanner Discovery Precedent: Embedding Proportionality, Sampling, and Temporal Reach in High-Tech Competition Litigation 1. Introduction The High Court’s judgment in Ryanair DAC v....
Pepper Finance v O’Reilly – The High Court Clarifies the Evidential Threshold and Discovery Limits in s.62(7) Possession Actions 1. Introduction Pepper Finance Corporation (Ireland) DAC (“Pepper”)...
“Qualified Finality” — The Limited Reach of Res Judicata in Scottish Mental-Health Tribunal Appeals 1. Introduction In Dr Agnes Louise Johnston v GA and another ([2025] CSIH 18) the Inner House of...
Atlantic Endeavour Ltd & Anor v Office of Public Works ([2025] IEHC 324) “Contractual Duration as the Determinant for Lifting Automatic Suspensions” 1. Introduction This High Court decision,...
Promptness Prevails: Surrey CC v BC (2025) – Curtailing the “Continuing Duty” Doctrine and Reinforcing CPR 54.5 in Children-Act Judicial Reviews 1. Introduction In Surrey County Council v BC ([2025]...
“Injurious Affection” Re-Defined: Supreme Court Clarifies the Scope of Compensation for Electricity Wayleaves in Ireland 1. Introduction On 5 June 2025 the Supreme Court delivered a landmark ruling...
“Reason to Believe” and Appellate Deference under CPR 6.9: A Commentary on Carr v Vehicle Control Services Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 713 1. Introduction Carr v Vehicle Control Services Ltd (“Carr”)...
The “Limited-Weight & Rare-Prediction” Principle Andrysiewicz v Circuit Court in Łódź, Poland ([2025] UKSC 23) 1. Introduction The United Kingdom Supreme Court (“UKSC”) has delivered a landmark...
No Right of Recoupment under Section 151(8) After Policy Avoidance under Section 152(2) Ian Whyte v David Arthur [2025] CSOH 47 1. Introduction Ian Whyte, a passenger injured in a 2017 road-traffic...
“Beyond Academic Judgment” – Court of Session Clarifies the SPSO’s Duty to Investigate University Maladministration and Systemic Discrimination 1. Introduction AB v The Scottish Public Services...
R v Harrod [2024] EWCA Crim 819: Fresh Evidence, Alias Attribution, and Extensions of Time in EncroChat Conspiracy Appeals Introduction This judgment from the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)...
Harrod: The Court of Appeal Re-Defines “Fresh Evidence” and Tightens the Gate on Out-of-Time Criminal Appeals Introduction Harrod, R. v ([2025] EWCA Crim 819) is a significant decision of the Court...