Re-emphasising Holistic Risk Evaluation and Adequate Reason-Giving in Care Proceedings: Commentary on H (Care Proceedings: Risk Assessment) [2025] EWCA Civ 727 1. Introduction The Court of Appeal’s...
Getty Images (US), Inc. & Ors v Stability AI Ltd – Court of Appeal Affirms that Specific Particulars Narrow Broad Pleadings and Bar Late Introduction of Un-pleaded Allegations Introduction Getty...
No Automatic Right of Appeal for Repeat Human-Rights Submissions: Court of Session Affirms Robinson Principle in Veysel Erturk for Judicial Review [2025] CSOH 49 1. Introduction In Veysel Erturk for...
Fanning v Secretary of State & Scottish Ministers: The “Ripple-Effect” Test for Standing and a Restatement of Equality-Duty Compliance in Devolved Social-Security Policy 1. Introduction The Outer...
“The BMJ Principle” – Judicial Limits on Positive Conclusive Grounds Decisions and the Public-Interest Test in Modern-Slavery Related Prosecutions Introduction BMJ v Rex ([2025] EWCA Crim 716) is a...
“From Absolute Time-Bar to Discretionary Extension” – Barniville P. Affirms the High Court’s Power to Extend the 21-Day Limit in Appeals from Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal Decisions 1....
R v Mir: Court of Appeal Endorses Robust Upward Adjustments for Multi-Drug EncroChat Conspiracies under the Totality Principle Introduction The decision in Mir, R. v ([2025] EWCA Crim 853) concerns...
R v Musgrove [2025] EWCA Crim 1202: Gambling Disorder, ADHD and the Duty to Apply the Mental Disorders Sentencing Guideline 1. Introduction This commentary examines the judgment of the Court of...
“Re-calibrating Indefinite Detention” – The Preference for Extended Sentences over IPP for Young Dangerous Offenders Commentary on Sillitto, R. v ([2025] EWCA Crim 868), Court of Appeal (Criminal...
Affirmation of Category A1 Sentencing for Absent Conspirators Commentary on R v Lambert, [2025] EWCA Crim 918 1. Introduction R v Lambert concerns an appeal against a 14-year sentence imposed for...
Ashfaq: Blended use of Street and Dwelling Robbery Guidelines for “Hybrid-Location” Robberies; Youth Discounts upheld on Unduly Lenient Sentence review Introduction In Ashfaq, R. v [2025] EWCA Crim...
“One Project – One Public Notice” The High Court clarifies that Environmental Impact Assessment publicity must cover wind-farm grid connections Commentary on North Westmeath Turbine Action Group &...
The “Real Beneficiary” Rule in Credit-Hire Litigation: Non-Party Costs Liability of Credit-Hire Companies under QOCS Introduction Tescher v Direct Accident Management Ltd ([2025] EWCA Civ 733)...
Beyond Conclusive Grounds: BMJ v R and the Limits of Modern-Slavery Defences in Serious Drug Cases 1. Introduction BMJ v R ([2025] EWCA Crim 716) is the latest Court of Appeal decision to grapple...
Vince v Secretary of State for Transport (Court of Appeal, 2025) Key Principle: Guidance issued under s.18 Traffic Management Act 2004 is wholly discretionary; its withdrawal is a matter of...
The “Singh Clarification”: Correcting Statutory-Maximum Breaches and Disqualification Calculations in Dangerous-Driving Sentences 1. Introduction Singh, R. v ([2025] EWCA Crim 828) arises from a...
Separated co-parents living in two households can be a “relevant couple” for joint adoption: a purposive construction of section 29(3)(d) of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 Case:...
Reaffirming Strict Limits on Fresh Evidence and Attacks on Trial Counsel in Sexual Offence Appeals: Commentary on R v Hobbs [2025] EWCA Crim 897 Court: Court of Appeal (Criminal Division), England...
Fatal Harm Can Inform Robbery Sentencing Despite Homicide Acquittals; Dangerousness May Be Established from the Offence Itself Case: Daly & Anor, R. v Neutral citation: [2025] EWCA Crim 1879 Court:...
“True-or-False” Compliance with Funding Certificates: Kireeva v Zolotova & Anor – A New Strictness in Unless Orders 1. Introduction The Court of Appeal’s decision in Kireeva v Zolotova & Basel...