R v Khan [2025] EWCA Crim 1477: Procedural Safeguards and Substantive Limits on Compensation Orders in the Crown Court 1. Introduction R v Khan [2025] EWCA Crim 1477 is a Court of Appeal decision of...
Extended Determinate Sentences: the Four-Year Term Must Be a Single Sentence for a Specified Offence (Not an Aggregate of Consecutive Terms) 1. Introduction R v Reed ([2025] EWCA Crim 1471) concerned...
Abuse of Process Precludes Public‑Interest Costs Relief: Browne v The Registrar General of Fishing Boats & Ors [No. 2] [2025] IEHC 553 Introduction This High Court costs judgment, delivered by...
Summary possession must be precisely grounded: credible mis‑selling set‑off and arguable CCMA coverage require remittal to plenary Introduction In Allied Irish Banks plc v The Dragon’s Head Ltd...
Clarifying the Threshold for Pre‑Action Inspection under s.12 of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003: Commentary on M v T [2025] IEHC 623 1. Introduction This commentary examines the...
F v F and A [2025] CSOH 99: The Section 18 Tripartite Test Confirmed, and a Fair‑Value Transfer Method for Part‑Inherited Homes Introduction In F against F and A [2025] CSOH 99, Lord Stuart (Outer...
Base Offence Must Be Identified for Unlawful Act Manslaughter; Minimum Terms for Immature Adult Murderers May Fall Below the 30‑Year “Double Murder” Starting Point Introduction This commentary...
Early Conciliation Is a Jurisdictional Precondition—But Not for Amendments: Reynolds v Abel Estate Agent Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 1357 Court: Court of Appeal (Civil Division), England and Wales Date: 27...
Late s208 Notifications Are Collateral and Do Not Invalidate Suitability Reviews: A Flexible, Policy-Led Approach to Out-of-Borough Homelessness Placements Case: London Borough of Enfield v A [2025]...
Clarifying s.49 Solicitors Act Appeals: No Oral Renewal After Paper Refusal; SDT May Revoke Certification for Fundamental Mistake Case: Hinkel v Gheissari & Anor [2025] EWCA Civ 1351 (Court of...
Prerogative Policy-Making for Post–Data Breach Relocation Upheld: No Fettering, Rational Limitation to High‑Profile Roles Introduction In AFA & Ors, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for...
Bunting & Anor v Blaney & Anor (No. 2): The “Four Cs” Standard for Grounds of Appeal and Respondents’ Notices 1. Introduction In Bunting & Anor v Blaney & Anor (No. 2: Best Practice) [2025] NICA 67,...
Police Gang Officers as Expert Witnesses and Youth Sentencing in Serious Gang Violence: Commentary on R v Edokpolo & Alexander [2025] EWCA Crim 1534 1. Introduction This commentary examines the...
Costs follow the event after consent to certiorari on fair procedures grounds, even absent fault by the decision‑maker Case: Y.A.M v International Protection Appeals Tribunal & Ors [2025] IEHC 596...
Premature Judicial Review of an Erroneous Deportation Proposal: No Costs and a Narrow Jurisdictional Exception Case Note on F.A.A. v Minister for Justice [2025] IEHC 614 (High Court of Ireland, 24...
Position Marks Must Be a Single, Precisely Delineated Sign: Non‑limiting Descriptions Creating Indeterminate Variations Fail Registrability Case: Thom Browne Inc & Anor v Adidas AG [2025] EWCA Civ...
IRH is not a shortcut: Court of Appeal mandates necessary evidence, Article 6 fairness, and explicit welfare and contact analysis before making final care orders Case: H, Re (Final Care Orders at...
No AoS or CPR 11 application is required where service of the claim form was invalid and time has not been extended; “left for DX collection” is not service under CPR 7.5 Commentary on Bellway Homes...
Figurative Trade Marks: Where the Picture and Description Align, the Image Defines the Sign — Independence of the Sieckmann Conditions Reaffirmed Introduction In Babek International Ltd v Iceland...
Personal Motive Is Not a Convention Nexus; Displacing a Safe‑Country Presumption Does Not Foreclose State Protection: Commentary on N.S. & T.S. v International Protection Appeals Tribunal & Minister...