Severe Disability and Degrading Custodial Conditions as Powerful Mitigation on an Unduly Lenient Sentence Reference 1) Introduction In R v Shrives [2026] EWCA Crim 738, the Court of Appeal (Criminal...
Article 3(1) Work Equipment Directive: Directly Effective Worker Right and Disjunctive “Emanation of the State” Test (Farrell) Case: Wetherell v Student Loans Company Ltd [2026] EWCA Civ 645 Court:...
Section 4(2) Contempt Act postponement orders must be tightly targeted and cannot suppress already-public material 1) Introduction In The Secretary of State for the Home Department v Ammori, R (on...
Sentencing Guidelines Are Not “Watertight Compartments”: Holistic Categorisation, Totality, and the Protective Purpose of Extended Sentences 1) Introduction In R v Eniola Aminu ([2026] EWCA Crim...
Revisiting Section 11 Child-Arrangements After Proof: Unworkable Orders and Welfare-Driven Variation Court: Outer House, Court of Session (Scotland) Citation: [2026] CSOH 47 Judge: Lord Braid Date:...
Sentencing uplifts for “significant role” couriers in mega-scale cocaine conspiracies: when 20 years becomes manifestly excessive Case: R v Weston [2026] EWCA Crim 708 (CA (Crim Div)) Date: 22 May...
Section 189A Personalised Plans Cannot Require “Part 6 Allocation Steps”: Clarifying the Part 6/Part 7 Boundary 1. Introduction AA, R (On the Application Of) v London Borough of Waltham Forest...
RAND Compliance and the Impermissibility of Forcing Arbitration/Stays for Third-Party SEP Cross-Licence Disputes 1. Introduction Acer Incorporated & Anor v Nokia Technologies OY concerns the...
Article 3 Medical Deportation Claims: “Intense Suffering” Is Mandatory and Speculative Post-Removal Offending/Imprisonment Is Too Remote Case: Secretary of State for the Home Department v OSB Neutral...
Deliberate Breach of a Freezing Order: “Harm” Includes Enforcement Burden and Immediate Custody Will Rarely Be Disturbed on Appeal Introduction In Khan v North of England Coachworks Ltd [2026] EWCA...
Attorney General’s Reference and “Unduly Lenient” Sentences: Flexible Use of Guidelines and Limited Appellate Intervention 1. Introduction In R v Griffiths-Davies [2026] EWCA Crim 737, the Court of...
Position statements in Court of Protection cases are court records but not presumptively disclosable: open justice requires demonstrated need and Article 8–sensitive safeguards Introduction Re:...
Article 6 Fairness Requires Calling an Available Witness: Limits on Police-Statement Hearsay in Children’s Hearings Grounds Proofs Court: Scottish Court of Session, Inner House (Extra Division)...
Clinical-Overdose as a “Kelly v Hennessy Accident”: Duty of Care to a Spouse Witnessing the Immediate Aftermath Case: Kinsella v Carter (Approved) Neutral citation: [2026] IEHC 319 Court: High Court...
Family Reunification under s.56: Minister May Reject Unreliable Somali Marriage Certificates and Require Corroboration of a Subsisting Marriage Case: N.K.S v The Minister For Justice (Approved)...
Article 6 Fairness in Children’s Hearings Referrals: Police-Statement Hearsay Cannot Substitute for Live Evidence Where the Witness Is Available Introduction This Inner House appeal (Appeal by AJ...
Complaint-Based GDPR Inquiries Permit System-Wide Corrective Measures and Fines 1) Introduction In Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd v Data Protection Commission (Approved) [2026] IEHC 323, the High Court...
“Stated Reasons” for s.31 Planning Directions: Reasons May Be Ascertained from OPR Recommendations on Reasonable Inquiry 1) Introduction Fox v Wicklow County Council & Ors [2026] IEHC 412 is a High...
Indefinite restraining orders for stalking: proportionality where risk is enduring and contact serves no legitimate purpose Introduction In R v Taylor [2026] EWCA Crim 727, the Court of Appeal...
Regulators Do Not Enjoy Baxendale-Walker Costs Protection on Appeals from the SDT: Normal CPR Costs-Shifting Applies Introduction Dentons UK And Middle East LLP v Solicitors Regulation Authority Ltd...