Hearsay from a Deceased Witness May Be Admitted Despite Credibility Attacks, but “Mere Presence” (Including Blocking a Doorway Momentarily) Is Insufficient for Joint Enterprise Secondary Liability 1)...
Misleading Headlines/Images as Unfair Processing: Editors’ Code Shapes UK GDPR Fairness and Limits Charleston in Media Data Claims Case: Vince v Associated Newspapers Ltd Neutral citation: [2026]...
Holistic “Integration” and Self-Evident “Very Significant Obstacles” in Medium-Offender Deportation Appeals Case: Dabo v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2026] EWCA Civ 907 Court: Court of...
Section 172 Good Faith Requires Loyal Conduct, Not Merely Genuine Belief Introduction In Saxon Woods Investments Ltd & Ors v Costa [2026] UKSC 21, the United Kingdom Supreme Court clarified an...
Totality Requires a Real Downward Adjustment for Consecutive County-Lines Sentences on Young Adults Introduction In Rennie-Owosu, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 1121, the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)...
Developer Liability for Foreseeable Tree-Root Uplift Hazards After a Road is Taken in Charge; Nonfeasance Bars a Claim Against the Road Authority Absent Misfeasance or Notice 1) Introduction Loua v...
Ability-to-Pay Challenges to Fines and Costs: Defendants Must Provide Proper Financial Disclosure and Cannot “Save” Evidence for Appeal 1. Introduction In Freeland & Anor, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 1006,...
Fresh pathology after discovery of a body: “unascertained” cause of death does not, without more, render a murder conviction unsafe or require manslaughter to be left 1) Introduction Case: R. v...
Renewed Criminal Appeal Applications: Extension of Time Refused Where Delay Is Inordinate, Unexplained, and the Appeal Is Unarguable 1. Introduction In R v Wambugu [2026] EWCA Crim 1124, the Court of...
Joinder of a Connected “Phoenix” Company to Protect the Efficacy of the Court’s Process (Order 15, r.13; limitation only if clearly and manifestly barred) Court: High Court of Ireland Neutral...
Training-fee clawback schemes can engage restraint of trade and be unenforceable where they operate as a broad post-employment financial fetter 1. Introduction Geeks Ltd v Watts [2026] EWCA Civ 889...
Omnibus Hearings and Extension of Time in Immigration Judicial Review: Merits and Post-Leave Conduct as Certifiable Points of Exceptional Public Importance Introduction G (Angola) (Leave To Appeal) v...
Follow-on cartel damages: binding force of Commission recitals (including post-leniency “play-along”), adverse inferences, and counterfactual causation without naming the missing bidder 1)...
“Public Domain” in NDAs Means “Generally Accessible”: Narrowing the Public-Domain Carve-Out for Confidential Investment Concepts Case: IlliquidX Ltd v Altana Wealth & Ors Neutral citation: [2026]...
Inherent Jurisdiction to Compel Disclosure of Suspected Unlawful Litigation Funding (Maintenance/Champerty) Case: QPQ Ltd v Schute [Otherwise Known as Geert Schute] (Approved) Citation: [2026] IEHC...
Credibility First: Irish LGBTQI+ Participation and Malawi COI Cannot Cure Core Inconsistencies at Leave Stage in SOGI Protection JR Case: K.L. v The International Protection Appeals Tribunal and Anor...
Section 49 IHTA 1984 Does Not Attribute Trustees’ Debts to the Life Tenant: No FA 1986 s103 Abatement for Home Loan Scheme Notes 1. Introduction In Elborne & Ors v The Commissioners for HMRC [2026]...
Real-risk standard governs access to state protection: correcting AB (Protection, criminal gangs, internal relocation) Jamaica CG [2007] UKAIT 00018 witness protection guidance 1) Introduction In...
Imminent Medico‑Legal Evidence and the Legality of Removal: Liberal Amendment and a Tightly‑Controlled Injunction Pending Trial Case: S.H.E. v The International Protection Appeals Tribunal and Ors...
Common Law Duty to Consult Small, Identifiable Vulnerable Service Users Before Closure; Limits on Using Senior Courts Act 1981 s 31(2A) to Withhold Relief for Non‑Consultation Case: BUJ, R (On the...