Serious Youth Robbery: Custody Will Rarely Be Avoidable Where Adult Equivalent Is 8–10 Years, and Youth Terms Will Uncommonly Fall Below 50% Case: R v “YGW” Neutral citation: [2026] EWCA Crim 1063...
Knife Possession as a Standalone High-Culpability Feature in Dwelling Burglary; Self‑Defence Constrained Where the Offender Re‑arms and Returns (R v Aljabali) 1) Introduction In R v Aljabali [2026]...
No-order-as-to-costs for unsuccessful “pathfinder” public interest judicial reviews where the litigation resolves a holding-list cohort without clarifying uncertain law Case: MJ v The Minister for...
Totality in Multi‑Victim Child Sexual Offending: Sentences Above 40 Years Reserved for Exceptional Seriousness 1) Introduction In R v Burrows [2026] EWCA Crim 864, the Court of Appeal (Criminal...
Renewal of an Expired Personal Injuries Summons: Awaited Expert Report Must Be Reasonably Necessary and Pursued with Expedition 1) Introduction In Broughan v Bon Secours Health System Company Ltd By...
Rejecting a Shareholder “Right” to Company Legal Advice: Legal Advice Privilege Prevails Against Shareholders (Following Jardine Strategic) Case: Globoforce Group PLC trading as Workhuman v...
Totality in Single-Incident Prison Assaults: Concurrency as the Paradigm and Limits on Extended Sentences Below 4 Years Court: England and Wales Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Neutral citation:...
Beneficiary standing and delay in “probate actions”: refusal to strike out a challenge to a joint tenancy deed where executors withhold an affidavit of scripts Case: Martin & Ors v Horan & Anor...
Untraced Drivers’ Compensation for Minors: Arbitration and Fund-Protection Measures Can Satisfy EU Equivalence/Effectiveness (Fact-Sensitive) Case: Morgan, Application for Judicial Review [2026] NICA...
Statutory Unfair Dismissal Appeals: Circuit Court Jurisdiction Cannot Be Defeated by a Late “No Dismissal” Case, and Costs May Follow a Discrete Preliminary Issue 1) Introduction Nowak v Intesa San...
Exceptional-Case Threshold for Prohibiting Criminal Trials on Disclosure, Delay and Missing Evidence: Trial Court as Primary Guardian of Fairness Case: G.D. v The Director Of Public Prosecutions...
Proportionate discovery in employment-contract litigation: authority/ratification documents ordered; comparator pay discovery refused absent pleaded basis 1. Introduction Nowak v Intesa San Paolo...
Costs in Failed Constitutional Judicial Review: Applying Little to Make “No Order as to Costs” Where Public Importance and Deterrence Justify Departure 1) Introduction This ruling in S.N. [A Minor]...
Contractual Profit Rights Limit Section 850, but Deferred LLP Awards Can Be Taxed under Section 687 Introduction In Commissioners for His Majesty's Revenue and Customs v HFFX LLP [2026] UKSC 17, the...
Judicial Review of University Fitness-to-Practise Decisions: “Regulatory Nexus” Amenability and Finality After De Novo Internal Appeals Case: Orimolusi v The Provost, Fellows and Scholars Of The...
Planning Conditions Are Not “Necessary” Where Major-Hazard Pipeline Risks Are Adequately Controlled by HSE Oversight and Statutory Safety Regimes 1) Introduction In [2026] CSIH 29 (First Division,...
Totality and Consecutive Sentences for Threats to Kill Within a Pattern of Coercive Control 1) Introduction In Southgate, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 841, the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) (Lady...
Vulnerable Defendant Participation and the s.31 Refugee Defence: Unsafe Conviction Where Adjustments, Directions, and Key Asylum Evidence Are Missing 1) Introduction In THR, R. v (Rev1) [2026] EWCA...
Conforming Interpretation of UK Exit-Charge Payment Provisions: Five-Instalment Deferral and the Limits of Tribunal Jurisdiction on Interest Case: Trustees of the Panico Panayi Accumulation and...
Declarations of Parentage and Public Policy: No Recognition of a Non-Birth Mother Outside the HFEA 2008 Gateways 1. Introduction In C v M & Anor [2026] NICA 32 (Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland,...