Costs against the Parole Board for administrative parole delay: Davies/Gourlay neutrality protection does not apply to HRA damages claims Case: Fitzgerald, R (On the Application Of) v Parole Board...
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...
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)...
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)...
SGO in Care Proceedings: Proportionality Required and Threshold Typically Determined Before Permanently Placing a Child with a Foster Carer Case: Re E (A Child) (Special Guardianship Order: Public...
Children’s Views Are Relevant but Not Decisive Across the Article 13(b) Grave-Risk Inquiry Case: In the Petition of DM Citation: [2026] UKSC 32 Court: United Kingdom Supreme Court Date: 9 September...
No Damages for Trade Mark Infringement Without Proved Loss: Iniuria Sine Damno Applied in Scots IP Litigation 1) Introduction In McCandlish Farmhouse Confectionery Ltd against Michael Malone and...
Schedule of Condition as a Non‑Exclusive Evidential Cap on Yielding-Up: Repair and Decoration Obligations in Long Commercial Sub-Leases Court: Scottish Court of Session, First Division (Inner House)...
Supervisory Complaints about Curators ad Litem: No Legitimate Expectation of Investigation and No Judicial Review Where the Complaint Seeks to Re-open Litigation Merits 1. Introduction In Petition of...
Interim aliment may include prospective legal fees in exceptional cases despite section 22 of the Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985 1. Introduction In JK against LAK [2026] CSOH 83 (Outer House, Court...
Procedural Fairness and Section 31(2A) in Sponsor Licence Revocations: “Genuine Vacancy” and “Threat to Immigration Control” under Home Office Sponsor Guidance Case: J's Supermarket Ltd, R (On the...