Transferred Loss in Scots Contract Law Requires a Defined Exception, Not General Fairness Case: Forthwell Ltd v Pontegadea UK Ltd Citation: [2026] UKSC 33 Court: United Kingdom Supreme Court Date: 17...
Mitigation for “Steps Taken to Address Addiction” Requires a Causal Link to the Offending (Drug Supply Sentencing) 1. Introduction In R v Salmon [2026] EWCA Crim 1201, the Court of Appeal (Criminal...
Detention Pending Sentence After a Guilty Plea: The Post-Conviction Habeas Corpus Threshold Applies High Court of Ireland — [2026] IEHC 634 Judgment delivered by Ms. Justice Cathleen Noctor on 17...
Costs Follow Practical Success: No Automatic Penalty for Reasonable Alternative Arguments High Court of Ireland — [2026] IEHC 626 Judgment of Mr Justice Garrett Simons, delivered on 17 September...
Awareness of Possible Negligent Treatment, Not Death Alone, Starts the Fatal-Claim Triennium Case: CD and others against Grampian NHS Board Citation: [2026] CSOH 92 Court: Outer House, Court of...
Abandonment Under s104(4A) Is an Excluded “Preliminary Decision”: No Upper Tribunal Jurisdiction Case: Guerrero v Secretary of State for Home Department Citation: [2026] EWCA Civ 953 (Court of Appeal...
Interpreting the s277A Presumption: “Exceptional Circumstances” and the 12‑Month Custody Boundary 1) Introduction In Hodge & Ors v R [2026] EWCA Crim 1181, the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)...
Totality in Sentencing: Multiple Child Sexual Offences Require a Proportionate Overall Sentence Court: England and Wales Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Neutral citation: [2026] EWCA Crim 1296...
Professional Discipline: Confirmation Requires Regulatory Legality, Not a Rehearing on the Merits High Court of Ireland · [2026] IEHC 664 · 16 September 2026 Judge: Barniville P 1. Introduction This...
Loss of Support in Scots Fatal Claims: No Compensable Loss Where Passive Investment Income Seamlessly Passes to the Dependant Court: Outer House, Court of Session | Judge: Lord Malcolm | Citation:...
Section 275 After Daly & Keir: Post‑Allegation Intimacy Evidence, Dignity/Privacy Limits, and No Miscarriage Where the Jury Already Heard the Essence 1) Introduction In CS v His Majesty’s Advocate...
Latimer Is Not a Freestanding Basis to Quash Historic Confession Convictions: Safety Turns on Case-Specific Link to Reliability Case: McDevitt, R. v Neutral citation: [2026] NICA 37 (Court of Appeal...
Care Act Needs Assessments: Mandatory MCA Capacity Assessment Where Capacity is in Doubt Introduction In R (TDB) v London Borough of Haringey [2026] EWCA Civ 1184, the Court of Appeal (Bean LJ, Baker...
Post‑Inquiry Updates and the Tameside Duty: Materiality Threshold for Section 36 Decisions Where ADLS Deliverability is Uncertain Introduction In ScottishPower Renewables (UK) Ltd v The Scottish...
Unilateral Promise by an Optionholder Can Extinguish or Curtail Option Rights, and Waiver/Personal Bar Cannot Revive Them 1. Introduction In Kirkwood Homes Limited against Cameron [2026] CSOH 88,...
Disclosure Failure and Third-Party Bad Character: Later Rape Conviction Not “Substantially Probative” of Responsibility for a No-Body Murder (s.100 CJA 2003) 1. Introduction Osment v R [2026] EWCA...
Contractual Indemnities “While Performing Duties Under This Agreement” Are Prospective Only; Regulatory PPI Redress Is Not a Contribution Act “Liability” Without an Actionable Private-Law Cause 1)...
Brief but Extreme Harassment May Warrant Category A Culpability Decision: McDonagh, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 1294 Court: Court of Appeal of England and Wales, Criminal Division Date: 15 September 2026...
Solicitors’ Negligence: Strike-Out Requires Clear Failure, Not Merely a Strong Limitation Defence High Court of Ireland · [2026] IEHC 620 · 14 September 2026 Judgment of Mr. Justice Barry O'Donnell...
Insolvency Eligibility Cannot Be Retrospectively Reconstructed to Preserve an Approved PIA High Court of Ireland — [2026] IEHC 621 Judgment of Ms Justice Nessa Cahill, delivered on 11 September 2026....