Dangerousness and Extended Determinate Sentences: Index-Offence Facts Can Suffice and Appellate Courts Defer to Trial-judge Assessment 1. Introduction R. v Short ([2026] EWCA Crim 77) concerns an...
Relocation as Welfare Evaluation: “Entirely Successful” (s.169 LSRA 2015) Not Read as Win/Lose; Default No-Costs Approach in Child-Centred Family Proceedings Case: D v D [No. 2] (Approved) |...
Primacy of Will-and-Preferences and Least-Restrictive Support: Independent Co-Decision-Maker Preferred over a DMR on a s.55 Discharge Application 1. Introduction In the Matter of D [A Ward of Court]...
Section 56(5) YJCEA 1999: Unsworn Evidence Given in Error Does Not, Without More, Render a Conviction Unsafe 1. Introduction R. v Giscombe ([2026] EWCA Crim 82) concerned an application for leave to...
Tailored Costs Orders for Collapsed Loss-of-Earnings Claims in Personal Injury Actions (s.169 LSRA 2015) Case: Higgins v Coleman and Anor (Approved) Citation: [2026] IEHC 144 Court: High Court of...
Conflict-of-Interest Misconduct After a Partly Successful SDT Appeal: Censure and “No Order” Costs Where Dishonesty Allegations Fall Away 1. Introduction O'Callaghan v Nirvanna Property Holdings Ltd...
“Implement” in s.151 GLA Act 1999 Means Implement and Retain: London Boroughs Must Not Act Inconsistently with an Approved LIP Without a Statutory Revision 1. Introduction Hawes, R (On the...
ESA Abroad: Regulation 153 Requires Pre‑Arranged, Professionally Provided/Supervised Treatment; Sunlight “Therapy” and Travel/Living Arrangements Do Not Qualify 1. Introduction Secretary of State for...
Long‑Term Concealment as “Significant Planning or Premeditation” Justifying an Uplift from the Schedule 21 Starting Point 1. Introduction Teo, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 134 is a sentencing decision of...
Strict Approach to Late Criminal Appeals: Tactical Defence Decisions, “Fresh Evidence” and the Extension-of-Time Test Case: OGM, R. v Neutral citation: [2026] EWCA Crim 74 Court: Court of Appeal...
Caregiving and Health Mitigation Rarely Displaces Extended Sentences for Dangerous Child Sexual Offending 1) Introduction In [2026] EWCA Crim 214, the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) considered a...
Totality in Sequential Sentencing: “Equivalent Sentence” Assessment by Release-Date Impact 1. Introduction R. v Voka ([2026] EWCA Crim 211) is a decision of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)...
Redacted Global Transfer Deeds Are Insufficient Proof of Mortgage-Debt Ownership in Summary Possession Appeals: Remittal to Plenary Hearing 1) Introduction Pepper Finance Corporation (Ireland)...
Age-Assessment Judicial Review Not Academic Where the Finding May Have Ongoing Practical Consequences 1. Introduction Dastan Ibrahimi against Glasgow City Council ([2026] CSIH 4) is an Inner House...
Foreign Bankruptcy Re-vesting Must Be Proved (as Foreign Law) in Summary Mortgage Possession, and Post-Default Payments Do Not Found Estoppel; Execution May Be Stayed Pending a Related Plenary Claim...
Neiser v Leinster Senior College Ltd [2026] IEHC 15: Post-Warning Inactivity and Five-Year Cumulative Inactivity Justify Dismissal for Delay 1. Introduction Neiser v Leinster Senior College Ltd...
Objective-Credibility “Papers-Only” Appeals: When IPAT May Refuse an Oral Hearing Under s.43(b) Despite Credibility Dispute Case: K.S. v The International Protection Appeals Tribunal and Anor [2026]...
Incoherence in Survivor-Pension Rules Breaches Article 40.1: Qualified Cohabitants Cannot Be Excluded Where Cohabitation Is Treated as Equivalent for Withholding/Restoring Benefits Case: Jones v...
Haydon v Rex: “Likely” in s.2 Explosive Substances Act 1883 means “could well” (real risk), and mens rea is limited to causing an explosion 1) Introduction Haydon v Rex ([2026] EWCA Crim 12, 21...
Mixed-Use Premises as “Dwellings” Under LTA 1985: Service Charge Control Applies Despite Ancillary Residential Use Introduction Case: Cloisters Business Centre Management Company Ltd v Anvari & Anor...