Failure to Apply the Impairment Guideline to Culpability Is an Error of Principle (and May Remove the Basis for an Extended Sentence) 1) Introduction R v Holland ([2025] EWCA Crim 1628) is a...
R v L: High Court reaffirms MN/Kemmy approach—Personal Injuries Guidelines inapplicable to child sexual abuse damages; exemplary damages affirmed and costs measured in default Case: R v L (Approved)...
Cook [2025] EWCA Crim 1476: Upward Departure from Dangerous Driving Guidelines and Two‑Thirds Disqualification Uplift in Multiple‑Fatality Cases Case: Cook, R v [2025] EWCA Crim 1476 Court: Court of...
No Implied Revocation of Stand‑Alone Temporary Permissions and Their Effect on “Undocumented” Status under the 2022 Regularisation Scheme Commentary on MSB v The Minister for Justice [2025] IEHC 566...
R v Hamad [2025] EWCA Crim 1503: Escort Status of Complainant and “Borderline” Dangerousness in Extended Sentences for Sexual Offences 1. Introduction This commentary examines the decision of the...
R v BVA [2025] EWCA Crim 1359: Covert filming integral to the sexual act can vitiate consent under section 74 SOA 2003 Court: Court of Appeal (Criminal Division), 29 October 2025 Introduction This...
Wilson v HB (SWA) Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 1360: Schedules of Loss cannot expand the pleadings; in agreed no‑cost remediation cases only residual “blight” is potentially recoverable Introduction This...
From Tick‑Boxes to Evidence: Court of Appeal clarifies COBS 3.5 assessments and requires the FOS to consider contributory negligence where client misstatements enable access to high‑risk CFD...
K‑H (Children) (Care Orders: Proportionality): Proven Facts, Not Suspicions — Re‑centering Risk and Proportionality in Public Law Care Decisions Citation: [2025] EWCA Civ 1368 Court: Court of Appeal...
Only Binding Law Creates a “Special Legal Regime” for Article 13 PVD; Non‑Taxation of NHS Hospital Parking Significantly Distorts Competition Introduction In Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation...
Excess Domestic Custody Alone Is Not Oppressive: Broad-Fairness Review of Section 14 and High Threshold for Article 3 Mental-Health Objections in Extradition Case: Appeal under section 26 of the...
No Implied Anti‑Whip Rule in Article 12: Council Nomination Votes for the Presidency Are Political and Non‑Justiciable — Stack v The Attorney General & Ors [2025] IEHC 561 Court: High Court of...
Confirmation without Merits Review under s.74: High Court reaffirms Wednesbury-limited oversight, clarifies that cancellation cannot be coupled with conditions, and endorses cancellation...
Single-Class Treatment for Independent Shareholders in Cancellation-Scheme Takeovers (and Ancillary Capital Reductions) under the Companies Act 2014 Introduction In Dalata Hotel Group Public Limited...
Sentencing for Failure to Disclose Terrorist Financing in the Regulated Sector: Commentary on R v Ojiri [2025] EWCA Crim 1489 1. Introduction The decision of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)...
R v Johnstone [2025] EWCA Crim 1470: Targeted Vulnerability, Category 2 Harm, and a Structured Totality Uplift for Concurrent Penetrative Offences Court: England and Wales Court of Appeal (Criminal...
State Consent to Termination of Pregnancy for an Incapacitated Minor under Article 42A and Section 9 of the 2018 Act: Commentary on DE (A Minor) [2025] IEHC 604 1. Introduction 1.1. The case in...
R v Khan [2025] EWCA Crim 1477: Procedural Safeguards and Substantive Limits on Compensation Orders in the Crown Court 1. Introduction R v Khan [2025] EWCA Crim 1477 is a Court of Appeal decision of...
Extended Determinate Sentences: the Four-Year Term Must Be a Single Sentence for a Specified Offence (Not an Aggregate of Consecutive Terms) 1. Introduction R v Reed ([2025] EWCA Crim 1471) concerned...
Abuse of Process Precludes Public‑Interest Costs Relief: Browne v The Registrar General of Fishing Boats & Ors [No. 2] [2025] IEHC 553 Introduction This High Court costs judgment, delivered by...