Clarifying “Necessity” in Fact-Finding Hearings: The Material-Impact Test Confirmed in G (A Child: Scope of Fact-Finding) [2025] EWCA Civ 1044 1. Introduction G (A Child: Scope of Fact-Finding)...
Begum v London Borough of Tower Hamlets: When Does an Administrative “Transfer List” Become a PCP? A Comprehensive Commentary on the Court of Appeal’s Clarification of Indirect Discrimination and...
Disputed Allegations, Fortification & Full-and-Frank Disclosure: A Commentary on Astor Asset Management 3 Ltd & Ors v Pliego & Anor ([2025] EWCA Civ 1060) England and Wales Court of Appeal (Civil...
Defining “Stepchild” for Secure Tenancy Succession: Court of Appeal Endorses Bright-Line Rule and Rejects Article 14 Challenge Introduction Abdelrahman v Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of...
Exceptional Threshold to Set Aside Leave Reaffirmed, with a Duty‑of‑Candour and Intention‑to‑Defend Requirement for Public Bodies: Commentary on Doyle & Anor v Dublin City Council [2025] IEHC 441...
Spontaneity No Shield: The “Farquhar Benchmark” on Punishment Parts for Knife-Murders Aggravated by Post-Offence Conduct 1. Introduction In John Farquhar v. HMA ([2025] HCJAC 36) the Scottish Appeal...
R v Barker [2025] EWCA Crim 1293: Enforcing the six‑month aggregate cap for consecutive sentences on summary offences; bail failures to run consecutively under the Sentencing Council Guidelines...
R v Budea [2025] EWCA Crim 1287: Consecutive Extended Sentences for Attacks on “Good Samaritan” Interveners, Totality Calibration, and a Robust Approach to Dangerousness Introduction In R v Budea...
Targeted Domestic Risk Can Justify an Extended Determinate Sentence Even Where Actual Harm Is Category 3: R v Wilson [2025] EWCA Crim 1286 Introduction This commentary examines the England and Wales...
R v ECC [2025] EWCA Crim 1173: Dangerousness may be founded on uncontested material from acquitted counts; modern guideline applied with downward adjustment to respect historic maximum Introduction...
Plummer v The King: Reinforcing the Judicial Duty to Halt Un-convincing Hearsay Cases under s.125 Criminal Justice Act 2003 Introduction Plummer v The King ([2025] EWCA Crim 1036) is a landmark...
Norman v Rex: Jury Autonomy over Same-Complainant Prior Convictions under s.74(3) PACE Introduction Court & Citation : England and Wales Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) – [2025] EWCA Crim 966. In...
Gray v R ([2025] EWCA Crim 1042): Clarifying Jury Directions on Consent, Grooming and Reasonable Belief in Rape Prosecutions Introduction In Gray v R the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) revisited...
Planning Merits Held Irrelevant in Forestry Restocking Appeals Smar Holdings Ltd v Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ([2025] EWCA Civ 1041) Introduction This Court of Appeal...
Re-drawing the Lines: “Similar Arrests” and “Senior Management” under the Insurance Act 2015 Commentary on Delos Shipholding SA & Ors v Allianz Global Corporate and Specialty SE & Ors [2025] EWCA Civ...
“No-Order Is Not an Option”: The Court of Appeal Re-states the Duty to Sanction Contempt in Family Proceedings – Commentary on B (A Child) (Sentencing In Contempt Proceedings) [2025] EWCA Civ 1048 1....
Strict Invalidity of RTM Claim Notices for Participation-Notice Breaches and the Inclusion of Equitable Lessees as “Qualifying Tenants” Commentary on Avon Freeholds Ltd v Cresta Court E RTM Company...
“From the Furnace, Not the Fence” – Supreme Court Clarifies the Measuring Point for Section 5 of the Cremation Act 1902 Introduction Wathen-Fayed v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and...
“From Poor Cover-Up to High Culpability” – Sami & Salem ([2025] EWCA Crim 1115) Re-defines Sentencing for High-Value Vehicle Theft Conspiracies Introduction In Sami & Anor, R v the Court of Appeal...
Inherent Jurisdiction as the Only Lawful Route for Deprivation of Liberty and Contact Restrictions Not Permissible Under the Assisted Decision‑Making (Capacity) Act 2015: Commentary on HSE v M.T....