Enforcement Notice Judicial Review Does Not Become a Merits Appeal: the Applicant Bears the Onus, Procedural “Elaboration” is Unworkable, and the Seven-Year Rule Operates as a Defence 1) Introduction...
RDCOs Extend to Civil Contempt: “Criminal Proceedings” in the Recovery Regulations Takes Its LASPO Meaning 1. Introduction Turk v The Legal Aid Agency ([2026] EWCA Civ 469) is a Court of Appeal...
Order 36, rule 5 RSC: Jury Trial as an Exceptional Direction and the Unsuitability of Hybrid Constitutional/ECHR Damages Actions 1. Introduction In Fox v The Director Of Public Prosecutions and Ors...
Firearms Act 1925 s 4A: Breach of Conditions Does Not Self-Nullify an Authorisation; Revocation of Firearm Certificates Requires Adequate Reasons 1) Introduction In O'Donnell v Superintendent For The...
Security Enforcement Proceedings Under a Mortgage Jurisdiction Clause Do Not Breach a Separate Facility Arbitration Clause 1) Introduction FH Holding Moscow Ltd v AO UniCredit Bank & Anor [2026] EWCA...
PHI Benefit Payments Can Remain “Wages” After Dismissal Where the Obligation Survives Termination Court: Scottish Court of Session (Inner House, Extra Division) Neutral citation: [2026] CSIH 19 Date:...
Section 2 Modern Slavery Act 2015: No Requirement to Prove ECAT “Means” for Adult Trafficking Case: Moon Swee How & Anor v R Court: England and Wales Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Neutral...
MN (Vietnam): Whole-Decision Assessment of Persecution and Restraint in “Reasons” Challenges 1. Introduction MN (Vietnam) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2026] EWCA Civ 485 is a Court...
Inferring a “Shoot and Be Shot At” Agreement from Seconds of Reciprocal Gunfire: Applying Gnango as Confined by Seed and ARU 1. Introduction In R v Durrell-Smith [2026] EWCA Crim 463 (CA (Crim Div),...
Totality Requires an Express “Stand Back” When Activating a Suspended Sentence and Imposing Consecutive Custody Introduction In R v King [2026] EWCA Crim 526 (17 April 2026), the Court of Appeal...
Child Modern Slavery Defence (MSA 2015 s 45(4)): “Menace of Penalty” Language Discouraged, but Convictions May Remain Safe Where the “Reasonable Person” Limb Defeats the Defence 1) Introduction In...
Totality and Uplifts for Multiple Child-Sex Offences Across Multiple Victims in an Unduly Lenient Sentence Reference 1) Introduction In R v Johnson [2026] EWCA Crim 549, the England and Wales Court...
Section 76 Sentencing: Short Relationships Can Still Merit Category A1 Where Intensity and Multi‑Method Control Maximise Fear 1) Introduction In Welsh, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 595, the Court of Appeal...
Staged Consents Under the Dual-Consent Regime: No “Prematurity” Veto and No Automatic Importation of “AG” Zoning via Deemed Existing-Use Zoning Court: High Court of Ireland (Planning & Environment)...
Section 70C TCPA 1990: Power to Decline Determination Applies to Prospective Applications and Survives Compliance/Direct Action 1. Introduction Moran, R (On the Application Of) v Medway Council...
RCS 47.12 Remits in Dilapidations: Court-Appointed Expert as Reporter, Not Quasi-Arbitrator 1. Introduction In HFD Glasgow 3 Limited v Student Loans Company Limited [2026] CSOH 40, the Outer House...
Unfitness to Stand Trial on Appeal: When the Court Must Order Absolute Discharge Because No Supervision Order Is Practicable 1. Introduction R. v Wood [2026] EWCA Crim 480 is a decision of the Court...
Evidential Threshold for “Meaningful Family Life” in s.3(11) Deportation-Revocation Applications Introduction This commentary concerns J & Anor v The Minister for Justice (Rev1) [2026] IEHC 221, a...
Ex Gratia Admission Schemes: “Stricter Scrutiny” of Existing Financial Criteria Does Not Breach Article 40.1 Without Proof of Arbitrary Differential Treatment Case: Afzaly v The Minister For Justice...
Forum non conveniens is ordinarily not for determination at the group-proceedings permission stage (Scotland) 1) Introduction In Robert Adamson against Arnold Clark Automobiles LTD ([2026] CSOH 39,...