Indecent‑Image Recidivism as Evidence of “Dangerousness” Justifying an Extended Determinate Sentence for a Single Contact Offence: Commentary on McGillivary [2025] EWCA Crim 1255 Introduction This...
R v Godlova [2025] EWCA Crim 1296: Reduced Culpability from Mental Disorder and Youth Must Inform the “Appropriate Punishment” Test and the Decision to Suspend Introduction In R v Godlova [2025] EWCA...
R v Foster [2025] EWCA Crim 1185: Oblique Death-Threat Communications Can Justify Immediate, Unsuspended Custody Even Without Express Citation of the Suspension Guideline; 10% Credit for a Day‑Two...
Gaffney & Anor v Gaffney & Anor – Establishing the “Conclusiveness-Proportionality Doctrine” for Conditional Sale of a Family Home under a Judgment Mortgage 1. Introduction Gaffney & Anor v Gaffney &...
The Reasonable-Diligence Standard: High Court Clarifies the Minister’s Duty to Provide Special-Needs School Transport Introduction L.C. (A Minor) v Minister for Education and Youth [2025] IEHC 456...
Proving Sexual Motivation in Attempted Kidnapping and Upholding Extended Sentences for Dangerousness: R v Enodolomwanyi [2025] EWCA Crim 1295 Introduction This commentary examines the Court of...
Case‑Management Stays Pending Foreign Proceedings: Irish High Court Sets “Strong Reasons” Threshold Where Policies Select Exclusive Irish Jurisdiction Introduction This commentary examines the...
R v Taylor [2025] EWCA Crim 1186: Sequencing Special Custodial Sentences under s278 Sentencing Act 2020 — Extended Licence Periods Must Not Overlap with Custody Introduction This commentary examines...
R v Gibson [2025] EWCA Crim 1256: Post‑sentence ADHD diagnosis insufficient to displace a dangerousness finding; pre‑sentence report not mandatory where unnecessary Court: England and Wales Court of...
R v Sohna [2025] EWCA Crim 1258: Liaison and Diversion reports may obviate the need for a PSR where immediate custody is inevitable; appellate deference to Newton findings and “significant role”...
Reaffirming the Primacy of Statutory Rating-Appeal Remedies over Judicial Review in Non-Domestic Rates Avoidance A Detailed Commentary on Bridgeport Estates Ltd v Highland Council [2025] CSOH 69 1....
Cross‑Guideline Calibration and Category A Culpability for Prolonged Drowsy, Drug‑Impaired Driving Case: R v Asolo‑Ogugua [2025] EWCA Crim 1183 Court: England and Wales Court of Appeal (Criminal...
R v Wood [2025] EWCA Crim 1257: Narrowing the F1 Exception and Confirming Uplifts for Multiple Serious Injuries in Causing Death by Dangerous Driving Court: England and Wales Court of Appeal...
R v Woods [2025] EWCA Crim 1154: High‑Risk Evasion Can Attract Sentences Approaching the s.18 “Intent to Cause Serious Harm” Guideline Introduction This decision of the England and Wales Court of...
HMA v JSH – Re-asserting the Jury’s Role in Determining Mutual Corroboration in Domestic Sexual Abuse Cases Introduction The Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary has, in HMA v JSH ([2025]...
Honing the “Materiality” Test: Holland J Clarifies When Irrelevant Political Remarks Vitiate Zoning Decisions – A Commentary on Colbeam Ltd v Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council ([2025] IEHC 437)...
The “Hitu Threshold” – Specificity Required for EAW Objections on Retrial Rights and Prison Conditions 1. Introduction Minister for Justice v Hitu ([2025] IEHC 459) is a High Court decision delivered...
Bordea: Inferred Waiver of Presence in In-Absentia EAWs and No Penalty-Equivalence Requirement for Correspondence under s.38 Introduction In Minister for Justice v Bordea [2025] IEHC 559, the High...
Gan v HMA: The Refined Test for When a Section 28 Defence Must Go to the Jury in ‘Concerned in Supply’ Prosecutions 1. Introduction In Choon Seng Gan v HM Advocate ([2025] HCJAC 32) the Scottish High...
R v Dermott [2025] EWCA Crim 1172: Restoring One‑Third Guilty‑Plea Credit Where Misadvice Prevented an Early Plea; Legal Ombudsman Opinions Inadmissible; Practice Duties on Better Case Management...