Opportunistic Rape and the “Significant Degree of Planning” Threshold: Reclassification from Category 1A to Category 1B 1. Introduction Jancevskis, R. v concerns an appeal against sentence following...
Extended Sentences Must Not Exceed the Offence Maximum: Correcting an Unlawful Section 20 GBH Extension 1) Introduction R v Walker ([2026] EWCA Crim 226) concerns a sentencing error where the Crown...
Preventing Double Counting Where Dangerous Driving Is the Mechanism of Affray, and Ensuring Proper Recording of YOI Sentences and Extended-Test Disqualifications 1) Introduction McCann, R. v [2026]...
Substitute Consent for Life-Saving Transfusion for a 16-Year-Old: AHDs Inoperative Under 18 and JJ “Parental Failure” Threshold Applied to Refusal of Treatment 1. Introduction This ex tempore ruling...
Prospective Effect of s.6A Guardianship Orders and Loss of Irish Parental-Responsibility Jurisdiction Once Habitual Residence Has Shifted (with Inherent-Jurisdiction Declarations to Facilitate...
Breach of Terrorism Notification Requirements: Deterrent Custody, “Potential Harm” Assessment, and ECHR-Compatibility of the Mandatory One-Year Licence (Sentencing Act 2020 s.278) 1. Introduction...
Redacted Loan-Transfer Documents in Repossession Execution: Balance-of-Probabilities Proof and “Peruvian Guano” Relevance 1. Introduction Start Mortgages DAC and Anor v Corr and Anor (Approved)...
Clarifications as Part of the ISFT and the 30-Day Clock for Transparency Challenges in Competitive Dialogue Procurements 1) Introduction In Kerrigan Sheanon Newman UnLtd Company v Sustainable Energy...
R v Peniston: Particularised Grounds and Privilege Waiver as Preconditions for “Ineffective Counsel” Conviction Appeals 1. Introduction Peniston, R. v ([2026] EWCA Crim 354) is a decision of the...
Near-Campaign Multiple Rape and Pregnancy-Resulting Harm: Moving Beyond Category 2B and Ensuring Totality Under Concurrent Sentences Introduction Patel, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 246 is an unduly lenient...
Timely Environmental Information Remedies: EU-Law Limits on Repeated Remittal by the Commissioner for Environmental Information 1. Introduction People Over Wind v Commissioner For Environmental...
Draft Judgment Circulation: Limited Scope of Party Comment, Confidentiality, and the Line Between Informal Case-Management and a “Decision in Principle” 1) Introduction People Over Wind v...
A Section 132 EIAR Request Is Not a Procedural Straightjacket: Solar Farm Access Tracks Are Not ‘Private Roads’ Triggering Mandatory EIA 1) Introduction Moss and Ors v An Coimisiun Pleanala and Anor...
Binding SPPR Planning Guidelines and SEA: Apartment Design Standards as a “Framework for Future Development Consent” (Article 3 SEA Directive) and Aarhus/Kyiv-Consistent Interpretation Case: McDonald...
Accelerated “Safe Country” Appeals: No Oral Hearing Where the Appellant Identifies No Specific Issue Beyond Restating Prior Evidence Case: I. M. v The International Protection Appeals Tribunal and...
Section 146 Online-Publication Breaches: Declaratory Relief (Not Certiorari) and Costs Set-Off Where a Concession Is Not Timely Accepted Case: Hoctor and Ors v An Coimisiun Pleanala and Anor [2026]...
Strike-out for Delay in Judicial Review: Applying Kirwan v Connors Case-Sensitively, Rejecting “Covid as a Blanket Excuse”, and Treating Likely Oral Evidence as a Prejudice Multiplier 1. Introduction...
UKSC Aligns Patent-Eligibility for Computer-Implemented Inventions with EPO G1/19: Aerotel Replaced; ANNs Treated as Computer Programs; “Any Hardware” Restored Case: Emotional Perception AI Ltd v...
Dairy UK Ltd v Oatly AB [2026] UKSC 4 — “Designation” Covers Any Use “in Respect of” a Product; “Characteristic Quality” Exception Requires Clear, Unambiguous Description 1. Introduction This Supreme...
Child’s Wishes Cannot Dilute Article 13(b) “Grave Risk”: Intolerability Remains Objective in Hague Return Proceedings Case: Petition of DM (Court of Session) Citation: [2026] CSIH 9 Court: Scottish...