R v Wood [2025] EWCA Crim 1656: Perception‑Response Time Evidence, Counsel’s Tactical Choices and Sentencing for Vehicle‑as‑Weapon Murders 1. Introduction The decision of the Court of Appeal...
Corporate Standing and Discrimination by Association under the Equal Status Acts: Commentary on XTX Markets Technologies Ltd v Aviva Investors Liquidity Funds plc [2025] IEHC 651 1. Introduction The...
Limited Weight to a Flawed Goodyear Indication on an Unduly Lenient Sentence Reference 1. Introduction R v Pollard is a reference by the Solicitor General under section 36 of the Criminal Justice Act...
Joining Foreign Heirs as “Necessary or Proper Parties” for Enforcement-Only Relief: Commentary on The Public Institution for Social Security v Al Rajaan & Ors [2025] EWCA Civ 1505 1. Introduction...
Grant v Metloc Systems Ltd [2025] NICA 60: Clarifying the “Just and Equitable” Extension of Time Test in Northern Ireland Discrimination Claims 1. Introduction This Court of Appeal decision in Grant...
Structuring Multi‑Count Burglary Sentences, Totality, and Jurisdictional Errors: Commentary on R v Dymeter [2025] EWCA Crim 1586 1. Introduction R v Dymeter [2025] EWCA Crim 1586 is a significant...
Consecutive Minimum Terms Are Lawful for Multiple Life Sentences: Totality Must Reflect “Additional Criminality” and Ensure Transparent Punishment 1. Introduction Tanga, R. v concerns an Attorney...
Conclusive Title of Registered Chargeholders and the Four‑Question Test for Summary Possession: Commentary on Mars Capital Finance Ireland DAC v Walshe [2025] IEHC 661 1. Introduction 1.1 Background...
R v Amini [2025] EWCA Crim 1621: Clarifying “Extreme” Harm, Abduction and Dangerousness in Rape Sentencing 1. Introduction The decision in R v Amini [2025] EWCA Crim 1621 is an important Court of...
Buzzard‑Quashie v Northamptonshire Police: Contempt Sanctions for Chief Constables and the Non‑Optional Nature of Court Orders 1. Introduction This commentary examines the Court of Appeal’s sanctions...
Mitchell & Anor v Sheikh Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber (No 2) [2025] UKSC 43: Fiduciary Liability of Post‑Liquidation “Intermeddler” Directors, Unpaid Vendor’s Liens and Equitable Compensation 1....
Braganza Duties, Lay Representation and Winding‑Up Petitions in Scots Law: Commentary on Innovate UK Loans Ltd v Wootzano Ltd [2025] CSOH 106 1. Introduction This commentary examines the opinion of...
No Common‑Law Duty to Consult or Give Reasons on Council Land Disposals, but Community Councils Have Standing: Commentary on Helensburgh Community Council for Judicial Review [2025] CSOH 105 1....
Defining “Direct Damage” for Cross‑Border Trade Secret Misuse under Rome II: Commentary on Playtech Software Ltd v Realtime SIA & Anor [2025] EWCA Civ 1472 Court: Court of Appeal (Civil Division),...
Non‑Fettering, Residual Immigration Discretion and the Limits of the “Highly Likely” Test: Commentary on Hippolyte v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWCA Civ 1493 1. Introduction...
The Exceptional Threshold for Setting Aside Administration Orders and the Effect of Pensions Regulator Vesting Orders: Commentary on Incartus Ltd (In Administration) [2025] NICA 58 1. Introduction...
Immigration Bail as an Independent Suitability Bar under Appendix Skilled Worker and the Procedural Role of Paragraph 39E 1. Introduction This commentary analyses the Court of Appeal’s decision in...
Hemming v Poulton [2025] EWCA Civ 1494: Context, Repetition, and Preliminary Issues in Modern Defamation Law 1. Introduction This commentary examines the Court of Appeal’s decision in Hemming v...
Correctness before Comity: Cross‑Jurisdictional Precedent, Article 14 Status and the Contributory Principle in Jwanczuk v Secretary of State [2025] UKSC 42 1. Introduction The Supreme Court’s...
Remorse, Electronic Monitoring Credit and Undue Leniency: Commentary on HM Advocate v STP [2025] HCJAC 51 1. Introduction The decision of the Appeal Court, High Court of Justiciary in HM Advocate v...