Separate Criminality and Totality: Consecutive Sentences for SHPO Breaches, Notification Failures and Indecent Image Offences 1. Introduction In [2026] EWCA Crim 1123 (CACD), the Court of Appeal...
Railway Cable Theft Sentencing: Category 1 Harm and Culpability A Endorsed; Bare Basis-of-Plea Disputes Do Not Displace Proven Replacement Costs 1) Introduction In R v Hanlon [2026] EWCA Crim 1064,...
Needle-as-Blade and “Necessity” for Probation Reports in Dangerousness Findings Case: R v Burt Neutral citation: [2026] EWCA Crim 1059 Court: Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) (Lord Justice...
Unchallenged Deportation Orders and the Okunade Test in Time‑Extension Judicial Reviews 1) Introduction P.C.D v International Protectional Appeals Tribunal and Anor (Approved) [2026] IEHC 551 is a...
Sentencing Adults for Offences Committed as Very Young Children: Youth-Regime First, Not Adult-Starting-Point Discounts 1) Introduction R v LIJ [2026] EWCA Crim 1053 concerned the correct approach to...
Article 40 Habeas Corpus: Immediate Release Where Unrepresented District Court Bail Hearings Amount to a Fundamental Denial of Justice 1) Introduction In McCormack and Ors v The Governor of Mountjoy...
Proper Provision where a Child has Severe Additional Needs: Prioritising an Adapted Family Home while Balancing the Other Spouse’s Accommodation and Long-Term Security 1) Introduction BW v XY (proper...
Perverting the Course of Justice: Proportionality Assessed by the Charge Faced at the Time, and a Brief Totality Statement Can Suffice Introduction In R v Uddin [2026] EWCA Crim 1122 (CACD), the...
Reasonable-Explanation Threshold for Late Execution of Circuit Court Possession Orders under Order 36 Case: Pepper Finance Corporation (Ireland) DAC v O'Donnell & Anor (Approved) [2026] IEHC 528...
Documentary Evidence and Relevant COI Must Be Assessed (and Reasons Given) Before Rejecting Credibility in International Protection Appeals 1. Introduction In A.M. (Algeria) v The International...
Interlocutory Vacant Possession Against an Overholding Tenant: “Strong Case” and Balance of Justice Where Rent Is Unpaid and the Tenant Profits from Unauthorised Occupation 1. Introduction In Kaifan...
Civil Penalty Notices for Illegal Working Must Identify the Specific Statutory Ground of Liability Introduction In Akbars Restaurant (Middlesborough) Limited v Secretary of State for the Home...
Objective Acknowledgment Under s.29(5) Limitation Act 1980: Misdescribed Liability May Still Restart Time Where Context Identifies the Only Possible Claim 1. Introduction In Al Othman Holding Company...
Non-therapeutic Male Circumcision: the “Competent Non‑Medical Circumciser” Safety Standard and Totality in Sentencing 1. Introduction Alazawi v R [2026] EWCA Crim 947 is a significant Court of Appeal...
When a “Final Hearing” is a “Trial”: CPR 32.10 Applies to Trial-Style Determinations of Part 23 Applications 1) Introduction In Health and Home Ltd & Ors v Elite Property Holdings Ltd & Ors [2026]...
Exhaustion of Circuit Court Rehearing Appeals Before Judicial Review of District Court Orders Annuling Statutory Notices 1) Introduction In Minister For Agriculture Food and The Marine v Fitzgerald...
Reduction of Undefended Divorce Decrees: Whole-Circumstances Test and the Need for a Non‑Speculative Financial Provision Claim 1) Introduction In [2026] CSOH 69 (Outer House, Court of Session), Lord...
Bad Character Evidence: Prior Perverting-the-Course-of-Justice Conviction Admissible Where the Defendant Alleges Investigative/Prosecutorial Misconduct 1) Introduction In Oppong, R. v [2026] EWCA...
Defective Representation Requires Non‑Presentation of the Defence; Section 275 Applications Must Identify Specific Occurrences and Material 1) Introduction In [2026] HCJAC 28 (Appeal Court, High...
Anti-suit injunctions to protect Commercial Court case-management: restricting foreign §1782 discovery that undermines cost-minimisation Case: Goldstein Property ICAV v RELM Loan Opportunities 2...