Fraud Sentencing: Misrepresented Mooring Rights, “Nil Value” Assets, and Totality for Bail Offending Case: Djurberg, R. v Neutral citation: [2026] EWCA Crim 566 Court: England and Wales Court of...
Immediate custody for repeated perverting-the-course-of-justice offending causing wrongful detention: high appellate restraint on suspension decisions Case: Taylor, R. v Neutral citation: [2026] EWCA...
Vulnerability in Fraud Sentencing Counts for Both Culpability and Harm; Prior Similar Convictions Aggravate; Unrelated Drug and Fraud Offences Ordinarily Require Consecutive Terms Court: England and...
Indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Orders Are Not a Default: Reasons and Proportionality Required, Distinct from Sex Offender Notification Duration Case: R v Broadstock [2026] EWCA Crim 555 (CA (Crim...
Telecoms Masts, “Urban Development” and Finality in Planning JR: Leave to Appeal Refused Absent a Pleaded, Truly Doubtful EU-Law Point 1) Introduction McGowan and Anor v An Coimisiun Pleanala and Ors...
EIA “Urban Development” as an Evaluative EU-Law Standard (Not a Vehicle to Capture Unlisted Projects): Refusing Leave to Appeal Based on Abstract, “Roving” Questions 1. Introduction Doyle v An...
Extended Sentence Required Where Dangerousness and Persistent Sexual Offending Outweigh a Purely Determinate Approach Case: Westlake, R. v Neutral citation: [2026] EWCA Crim 471 (CACD) Date: 1 April...
Totality Limits Custody for “Contempt in the Face of the Court” Following Sentencing Introduction In R v Welsh [2026] EWCA Crim 466, the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) (Holgate LJ, O’Farrell J...
Order 122, rule 11: Four+ years of inactivity in summary debt proceedings warrants dismissal absent compelling justification (and post‑motion delay is not counted) Case: Everyday Finance Designated...
Section 36 “Unduly Lenient” Correction Where the Error Lies in Failing to Impose an Extended Sentence for Dangerousness Case: Wheatley-Taylor, R. v Neutral citation: [2026] EWCA Crim 446 Court: Court...
Riot-Context Burglary: Immediate Custody May Outweigh Strong Mental-Health Mitigation When Considering Suspension Case: Fairfield, R. v Neutral citation: [2026] EWCA Crim 567 Court: Court of Appeal...
Unrepresented Defendants, Section 36 Advocates, and Section 23 Fresh Evidence: When Procedural Complaints Do Not Render Convictions Unsafe Court: England and Wales Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)...
“Particularly Serious” Multiple Sexual Offending Justifies a Notional Determinate Term Above 30 Years When Setting Life Minimum Terms 1) Introduction In R v Sala, R. [2026] EWCA Crim 482, the Court...
Third-Party Enforcement Payments: No Discharge Without Agency, and “Return” Defeats Later Ratification 1. Introduction In 56 Fellows Road Ltd v ABC Block Management Ltd [2026] EWCA Civ 401, the Court...
Persistent, Contextual Breaches Can Justify Harm Category 2 for Breach of a Restraining Order Despite a Limited Basis of Plea 1) Introduction In R v Vencatachellun [2026] EWCA Crim 478, the Court of...
Consecutive Sentences for Distinct People-Smuggling Conspiracies and Double-Figure Starting Points for High-Risk Organisers 1. Introduction R v Mahmud, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 703 is a decision of the...
Fair Procedures as a Precondition to Confirming Central Bank Prohibition Notices (Oral Hearing and Witness Evidence Where Credibility Is in Issue) Case: Central Bank Of Ireland v CD (Approved) (Rev1)...
Late Appeals after Guilty Pleas: Section 45 MSA Requires an Evidential Nexus to the Specific Offence; NRM Conclusive Grounds Respected but Not Determinative 1. Introduction Nguyen, R. v ([2026] EWCA...
Unsafe to Convict Two Defendants for the Same Injury Absent a Put and Directed Joint Enterprise Case: Alignment of Indictment, Route to Verdict, and Proof Case: CGA & Anor, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 385...
Inherent Jurisdiction to Restrict Abusive Court Correspondence Must Be Obeyed Unless Stayed or Set Aside 1. Introduction Solicitor General for England and Wales v Seale [2026] EWCA Civ 362 is an...