clarifying-'commercially-reasonable'-consent-in-financial-guarantees:-barclays-bank-plc-v.-unicredit-bank-ag Case Commentaries

Directive 2008/94 Does Not Compel Redundancy Fund Payments to Workers Employed Without Employment Permits in Ireland

Date: Mar 26, 2026

Directive 2008/94 Does Not Compel Redundancy Fund Payments to Workers Employed Without Employment Permits in Ireland 1. Introduction De Morais v Minister For Social Protection and Ors (Approved)...

Peakstone Commerce Ltd v Rahman [2026] EWCA Civ 347 — Commentary

Date: Mar 26, 2026

Upholding a Rent Judgment on the Defendant’s Own Pleaded Statutory Continuation Tenancy: No Prejudice, No Procedural Unfairness Case: Peakstone Commerce Ltd v Rahman Citation: [2026] EWCA Civ 347...

Orders for Lifelong Restriction and Young Offenders: “Medium Risk” on the RMA Scale Does Not Preclude OLR Where Section 210E Risk Criteria Are Met

Date: Mar 26, 2026

Orders for Lifelong Restriction and Young Offenders: “Medium Risk” on the RMA Scale Does Not Preclude OLR Where Section 210E Risk Criteria Are Met 1. Introduction Appeal against Sentence by Cahlum...

Public-Interest Costs After an Unsuccessful Mootness Appeal: Limited Reach of Little and Partial Costs Against “Pathfinder” Litigants

Date: Mar 26, 2026

Public-Interest Costs After an Unsuccessful Mootness Appeal: Limited Reach of Little and Partial Costs Against “Pathfinder” Litigants 1. Introduction This Supreme Court ruling concerns costs only in...

Costs in Mixed-Outcome Commercial Litigation: Supreme Court Applies the “Costs Follow the Event” Default Only to the Appeal Itself

Date: Mar 26, 2026

Costs in Mixed-Outcome Commercial Litigation: Supreme Court Applies the “Costs Follow the Event” Default Only to the Appeal Itself 1. Introduction This ruling concerns costs following the Supreme...

No-Order-as-to-Costs in the Supreme Court for Public-Interest Re-examination of Delay Doctrine (and Attorney General Abides Own Costs)

Date: Mar 26, 2026

No-Order-as-to-Costs in the Supreme Court for Public-Interest Re-examination of Delay Doctrine (and Attorney General Abides Own Costs) 1. Introduction This ruling concerns costs arising from an...

Retrial Orders Under s. 3(1)(c) Must Match the Offence of Conviction as Particularised on the Indictment

Date: Mar 26, 2026

Retrial Orders Under s. 3(1)(c) Must Match the Offence of Conviction as Particularised on the Indictment Case: The People at the suit of the Director of Public Prosecutions v James Flynn (Approved)...

Extradition Specialty Limits and Sentencing Recalibration for Historic Causing Death by Dangerous Driving

Date: Mar 26, 2026

Extradition Specialty Limits and Sentencing Recalibration for Historic Causing Death by Dangerous Driving Case: Rex v Ozkara Neutral citation: [2026] EWCA Crim 479 Court: England and Wales Court of...

Judicial Review of IPO Decisions: Statutory Appeal Must Be Exhausted Unless There Is a Fundamental Denial of Justice

Date: Mar 26, 2026

Judicial Review of IPO Decisions: Statutory Appeal Must Be Exhausted Unless There Is a Fundamental Denial of Justice 1) Introduction A.B v The Chief Internation Protection Officer & Ors (Approved)...

Historic buggery sentenced by reference to modern rape guidelines where conduct amounts to anal rape

Date: Mar 26, 2026

Historic buggery offences should be sentenced by measured reference to modern rape guidelines where the conduct is equivalent to anal rape (and not to section 9 child-sexual-activity guidance) Case:...

“Decoy Victim” Sentencing: Only a Small Reduction Where the Offence Would Otherwise Have Been Completed

Date: Mar 26, 2026

“Decoy Victim” Sentencing: Only a Small Reduction Where the Offence Would Otherwise Have Been Completed Case: R v Palfrey Neutral citation: [2026] EWCA Crim 487 Court: England and Wales Court of...

FSMA s.39: Client Category Limits Define “Part of the Business”, Restricting Principal Liability for Appointed Representatives

Date: Mar 26, 2026

FSMA s.39: Client Category Limits Define “Part of the Business”, Restricting Principal Liability for Appointed Representatives 1. Introduction Kession Capital Ltd (in Liquidation) v KVB Consultants...

Judicial Review as a Remedy of Last Resort: Default Duty to Exhaust Adequate Statutory Remedies (Including Social Welfare s. 318 Revision)

Date: Mar 26, 2026

Judicial Review as a Remedy of Last Resort: Default Duty to Exhaust Adequate Statutory Remedies (Including Social Welfare s. 318 Revision) Case: L.A. v The Chief Appeals Officer & Ors (Approved)...

Pending Variation Is Not a “Reasonable Excuse” to Breach a Restraining Order: Limits on Vacating an Unequivocal Guilty Plea

Date: Mar 26, 2026

Pending Variation Is Not a “Reasonable Excuse” to Breach a Restraining Order: Limits on Vacating an Unequivocal Guilty Plea 1. Introduction In Hughes, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 491, the Court of Appeal...

Exceptional Circumstances Disapplying the Seven-Year Minimum for Repeat Class A Supply Where the Minimum Would Be Arbitrary and Disproportionate

Date: Mar 26, 2026

Exceptional Circumstances Disapplying the Seven-Year Minimum for Repeat Class A Supply Where the Minimum Would Be Arbitrary and Disproportionate Case: Evans, R. v Neutral citation: [2026] EWCA Crim...

KD v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2026] EWCA Civ 349 – Commentary

Date: Mar 25, 2026

Rebutting Section 72 “Danger to the Community” After a Grave Index Offence: Risk Must Be So Low It Can Be Discounted, and Devaseelan Requires a Real Starting-Point Analysis Case: KD v Secretary of...

Fraudulently Obtained Secure Tenancy and Intentional Homelessness: Chishimba Confined; Denton Applied

Date: Mar 25, 2026

Fraudulently Obtained Secure Tenancy and Intentional Homelessness: Chishimba Confined; Denton Applied 1. Introduction Munemo v City of Wolverhampton Council [2026] EWCA Civ 329 is a second appeal...

Birth Registration Does Not Create Parental Responsibility: Only the Genetic Father Can Acquire PR under Children Act 1989 s 4

Date: Mar 25, 2026

Birth Registration Does Not Create Parental Responsibility: Only the Genetic Father Can Acquire PR under Children Act 1989 s 4 1. Introduction J, Re (Loss of Parental Responsibility) [2026] EWCA Civ...

FSMA s.26 Recovery Is Personal Against the Contracting Counterparty and Does Not Bind Successors in Title

Date: Mar 25, 2026

FSMA s.26 Recovery Is Personal Against the Contracting Counterparty and Does Not Bind Successors in Title 1. Introduction Dhillon v Orchard & Anor concerns the civil consequences of an unauthorised...

Maguire, R. v [2026] NICA 12 — Guilty Plea Discount Must Be Applied After the Section 15 Domestic Abuse Aggravator Uplift

Date: Mar 25, 2026

Maguire, R. v [2026] NICA 12 — Guilty Plea Discount Must Be Applied After the Section 15 Domestic Abuse Aggravator Uplift 1. Introduction The King v Barry Maguire concerned an appeal against sentence...