Hourly-Rate Litigation Retainers Are Not Contentious Business Agreements Unless the Remuneration Is Sufficiently Certain Case: Broadfield Law UK LLP v Barnes Citation: [2026] EWCA Civ 698 (Court of...
Section 53 FOISA: Late Compliance with an Unappealed Decision Notice Can Justify Contempt-Equivalent Disposal Case: Petition of The Scottish Information Commissioner against the Scottish Ministers...
Abuse of Process (Second Limb): An Inconsistent Basis of Plea in Related Youth Court Proceedings Will Not Usually Bar Prosecution of Co-Defendants Where Public Confidence Favours Trial 1....
Article 46 GDPR Requires Demonstrable Transfer Compliance: Inadequate DTAs Can Ground Infringement Without a Supervisory Authority Re‑trying Third‑Country Law 1. Introduction In Tiktok Technology Ltd...
Sentencing Young Adult Class A Supply: Mandatory Consideration of Maturity, Mitigation, and Suspension 1) Introduction In Rex v Jayden Berry [2026] EWCA Crim 747, the Court of Appeal (Criminal...
Out-of-time Service of a Notice of Appeal: No Waiver by Alternative Relief, and No Extension Where the Appeal Depends on New, Fact-sensitive, Contradictory Grounds 1. Introduction In Kirkpatrick &...
Consumer Protection Act 1987: No inferred “defect” from seatbelt unfastening where regulatory scheme contemplates inadvertent release and claimant cannot prove the safety shortfall 1. Introduction...
Section 274(1)(c) Bars “Custody-Dispute Motive” Questioning Without a Section 275 Application and an Evidential Basis Case: Appeal against Conviction by KB against His Majesty's Advocate Court: High...
Local Authority Age Assessments Under Nationality and Borders Act 2022 s50: No Declarator of Age in Judicial Review; Brief Enquiry Can Be the Statutory Age Assessment 1. Introduction Petition of Qan...
Loss of Time Directions in Northern Ireland Criminal Appeals: s.29(2) Power Confirmed and Future Use Flagged for Unmeritorious Appeals 1. Introduction The King v Bui [2026] NICA 26 is a decision of...
Article 5 Deprivation of Liberty Requires a Concrete, Multifactorial Assessment: Cheshire West Acid Test Overruled 1. Introduction In A Reference by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland of a...
Target duties under the Care Act 2014 are not “mandatory relevant considerations” for discretionary service-closure decisions unless the governing power requires it Case: Gould, R (On the Application...
Non‑mechanistic application of Schedule 21 youth murder starting points and “ought to be obvious” culpability for child manslaughter offenders Case: VGT & Ors [2026] EWCA Crim 919 (CACD) Procedure:...
Solar Farms, Access Tracks and EIA: “Private Road” Arguments Rejected; Judicial Review Confined to Pleaded, Process-Engaged Points 1. Introduction Breen and Ors v An Coimisiun Pleanala and Anor...
Group Proceedings for Hernia Mesh Claims: “Similar or Related” Commonality and a Holistic Suitability Test at Permission Stage 1. Introduction In Stuart McKenzie v Covidien LP [2026] CSOH 48 (Outer...
Allocated “Housing” in City Plan 2030 Means Mainstream Housing, Not PBSA: PBSA Treated as Commercial Development on Housing Allocations Court: Scottish Court of Session, Inner House (First Division)...
Leave to Appeal Refused Where Section 15 Climate Challenges Reconfigure Pleadings After Coolglass and Mischaracterise the Judgment Case: Doyle and Ors v An Coimisiun Pleanala and Ors [No. 4]...
Planning Judicial Review of Renewable-Energy Permissions: Cumulative Thresholds for Relief, Strict Pleading/Proof, and Limits on Collateral Attacks on Policy Instruments Case: Keogh and Ors v An...
Resulting Trust on Failure of Escrow Development Trust Purposes Arises When Failure Becomes Impossible (Sale Without Development Condition) Court: Scottish Court of Session, Inner House (Extra...
Foreign Births Register Requirement for Children of Foreign-Born Irish Citizens (Including Naturalised Citizens) Upheld as Constitutional Case: S.N. [A Minor] and Anor v The Minister For Foreign...