Exceptional Mitigation and Factual Accuracy in Sentencing Emergency-Response Dangerous Driving; Mandatory 5-Year Disqualification and Section 35A RTOA 1988 Introduction In R v Roberts [2026] EWCA...
Staying Within Burglary Guideline Ranges Despite “Third Strike” Minimums: Proportionate Uplifts and Totality Introduction In Wall, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 768, the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)...
AI-Assisted Witness Coaching: Stay for Abuse Is Exceptional and Usually Curable by Trial Process 1) Introduction In R. v FGD [2026] EWCA Crim 918, the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) (Lady...
Sentencing for Rape: Youth/Immaturity Must Be Addressed as Mitigation and Explained in the Final Term 1. Introduction In R v EMP [2026] EWCA Crim 750, the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) reviewed...
“Significant Degree of Planning” Sets a High Threshold for Culpability A in Sexual Activity with a Child Sentencing 1) Introduction In R v James [2026] EWCA Crim 767, the Court of Appeal (Criminal...
Decoy-Child Sexual Incitement: Sentence Reductions Are Fact-Specific and Immediate Custody Will Usually Follow Case: R v Rhodes [2026] EWCA Crim 781 Court: Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Date: 4...
Judicial Review Cannot Circumvent a Bespoke Statutory Appeal: Alternative Remedy and Order 53 Time Runs When Grounds First Arise 1. Introduction McAteer v Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal for...
Hourly-Rate Litigation Retainers Are Not Contentious Business Agreements Unless the Remuneration Is Sufficiently Certain Case: Broadfield Law UK LLP v Barnes Citation: [2026] EWCA Civ 698 (Court of...
Section 53 FOISA: Late Compliance with an Unappealed Decision Notice Can Justify Contempt-Equivalent Disposal Case: Petition of The Scottish Information Commissioner against the Scottish Ministers...
Abuse of Process (Second Limb): An Inconsistent Basis of Plea in Related Youth Court Proceedings Will Not Usually Bar Prosecution of Co-Defendants Where Public Confidence Favours Trial 1....
Article 46 GDPR Requires Demonstrable Transfer Compliance: Inadequate DTAs Can Ground Infringement Without a Supervisory Authority Re‑trying Third‑Country Law 1. Introduction In Tiktok Technology Ltd...
Sentencing Young Adult Class A Supply: Mandatory Consideration of Maturity, Mitigation, and Suspension 1) Introduction In Rex v Jayden Berry [2026] EWCA Crim 747, the Court of Appeal (Criminal...
Consumer Protection Act 1987: No inferred “defect” from seatbelt unfastening where regulatory scheme contemplates inadvertent release and claimant cannot prove the safety shortfall 1. Introduction...
Out-of-time Service of a Notice of Appeal: No Waiver by Alternative Relief, and No Extension Where the Appeal Depends on New, Fact-sensitive, Contradictory Grounds 1. Introduction In Kirkpatrick &...
Section 274(1)(c) Bars “Custody-Dispute Motive” Questioning Without a Section 275 Application and an Evidential Basis Case: Appeal against Conviction by KB against His Majesty's Advocate Court: High...
Local Authority Age Assessments Under Nationality and Borders Act 2022 s50: No Declarator of Age in Judicial Review; Brief Enquiry Can Be the Statutory Age Assessment 1. Introduction Petition of Qan...
Loss of Time Directions in Northern Ireland Criminal Appeals: s.29(2) Power Confirmed and Future Use Flagged for Unmeritorious Appeals 1. Introduction The King v Bui [2026] NICA 26 is a decision of...
Article 5 Deprivation of Liberty Requires a Concrete, Multifactorial Assessment: Cheshire West Acid Test Overruled 1. Introduction In A Reference by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland of a...
Target duties under the Care Act 2014 are not “mandatory relevant considerations” for discretionary service-closure decisions unless the governing power requires it Case: Gould, R (On the Application...
Non‑mechanistic application of Schedule 21 youth murder starting points and “ought to be obvious” culpability for child manslaughter offenders Case: VGT & Ors [2026] EWCA Crim 919 (CACD) Procedure:...