R v Percival: Reformulated Charges and “First Real Opportunity” Guilty Plea Credit; Dangerousness Requires an Extended Determinate Sentence in Prolonged Grooming and Repeat Sexual Offending 1....
Fraudulent Trading (Companies Act 2006, s 993): “Fraudulent purpose” turns on dishonesty, not a requirement to plead/prove discrete acts of “misconduct” Case: R v Beckett [2026] EWCA Crim 462 (CA...
Res Judicata from Unappealed WRC Equal Status Decisions and a Limited Path to Plead Constitutional Challenges to Covid Travel Regulations Introduction Pysz v Department of Health (Approved) [2026]...
Clarificatory-Value Exception to “Costs Follow the Event” on Supreme Court Appeals Between Private Parties 1. Introduction This ruling concerns costs only, following the Supreme Court’s earlier...
Distinct Strands of CCTV Identification: Jury Comparison vs Familiar-Witness Recognition Must Not Be Conflated 1) Introduction In R v Lewin [2026] EWCA Crim 450, the Court of Appeal (Criminal...
“Across-the-board” Decision-Making Representative Appointments on Wardship Discharge Where Functional Assessment Finds No Decision-Making Capacity Even With Co-Decision-Making Support 1) Introduction...
Mandatory Discharge from Wardship and Appointment of a Decision-Making Representative Under s.55 of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 1. Introduction This ex tempore ruling of the High...
Discharge from Wardship with Full-Scope Decision-Making Representative Appointment Where Capacity Is Absent Even with Support 1. Introduction This ex tempore ruling of the High Court (Mr Justice Mark...
Section 26 (Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004): No Dismissal Where Third-Party Damage Inflation Is Not the Plaintiff’s Dishonest Evidence 1) Introduction Morrissey v Starrus Eco Holdings Ltd and...
Street-Dealing Conspiracies on a Serious and Commercial Scale: 20+ Year Sentences Outside the Drug Supply Guideline and a Totality-Driven Approach to Multiple Conspiracies Case: Ali & Ors, R. v...
Extended Sentences and “Dangerousness”: Reasons and Evidential Foundation Required Where No PSR and Mental Health Risk-Management Evidence Is Incomplete Case: Blake & Ors, R. v Neutral citation:...
Section 100 Leave for Inherent-Jurisdiction Child DoL: “No Available s.25 Bed” and Emotional/Placement-Instability Harm Satisfy Significant Harm Case: T (Inherent Jurisdiction: Deprivation of...
Conspiracy to Cheat HMRC: Knowledge of Precise VAT “Off-Setting” Mechanics Not Required Where a Broad Cheat Is Indicted Case: Rush & Anor v R Neutral citation: [2026] EWCA Crim 442 Court: Court of...
No Blanket Immediate Custody for Sham-Marriage Conspiracies: Suspension Must Be Considered Where Child Impact Makes Custody Disproportionate Case: Moreira, R. v Court: England and Wales Court of...
Judicial Review is Not an Elective Alternative to Statutory Appeal (and District Judges Must Not Be Named Without Evidence of Mala Fides) 1) Introduction In Q. T. v S. O'F. [2026] IEHC 168, the High...
Staying a Refusal to Restrain a Winding‑Up Petition: No “Status Quo” Relief Without a Bona Fide Arguable Appeal, Creditor-Protection Evidence, and Regard to the Companies Act Regime Case: San Leon...
Remand Time Cannot Be Used to “Engineer” a Suspended Sentence; “Moderate” Custody Can Extend to Four Years in Exceptional Mitigation Case: Kiernan & Ors, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 492 Court: England and...
Deliberate Non-Disclosure of Likely Third-Party Gifts Presumed Material in Financial Remedy Set-Asides; Outright Gifts Not Reclaimable Absent Condition or Operative Mistake Case: De La Sala & Anor v...
Leave to Appeal Granted Where “Threat” to Invoke Equality/Human Rights Law May Be Incapable of Amounting to Professional Misconduct (SLCC Eligibility Decisions) 1. Introduction Case: Patrick Henry...
SLCC Eligibility Appeals: No “Standing” Requirement, No Monetary-Value Threshold, and Delegation Permitted for Remit Decisions 1. Introduction In [2026] CSIH 12, the Extra Division of the Inner House...