The Exclusive Attribution Test: Determining “Directly Incurred” Costs and Third-Party Income in PFI Waste Management Agreements Commentary on Buckinghamshire Council v FCC Buckinghamshire Ltd [2025]...
“Promises Are Not Facts”: Sharma v R ([2025] EWCA Crim 1122) and the Pleading of Representations Under the Fraud Act 2006 1. Introduction Sharma v R concerns the appeal of Vikas Sharma, an estate...
Clarifying the O’Domhnaill Jurisdiction Post-Beatty: Multi-Source Impairment and Fair-Trial Assessment in Historic Sexual-Abuse Claims – Commentary on D v D [2025] IEHC 434 Introduction The High...
From Secret Soundings to Transparent Consultation: The New Duties of the Judicial Appointments Commission after Thomas v Judicial Appointments Commission 1. Introduction The Court of Appeal’s...
“Scope-and-Coverage as a Jurisdictional Gateway” – The New Rule from Republic of Korea v Elliott Associates LP [2025] EWCA Civ 905 1. Introduction The England and Wales Court of Appeal has delivered...
The Ridgewell Principle Consolidated: Fresh Evidence of Contemporaneous Police Criminality and Racially-Motivated Misconduct Renders Convictions Unsafe Introduction R v Campbell [2025] EWCA Crim 1146...
Media Standing and Section 27 Anonymity Orders – High Court Clarifies Limits in Colbeam Ltd v Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council ([2025] IEHC 453) 1. Introduction In Colbeam Ltd v Dun...
CCRC References, Absent Appellants, and Fresh Evidence of Police Corruption: Clarifications from De Souza [2025] EWCA Crim 1145 Introduction De Souza, R. v ([2025] EWCA Crim 1145) is a further...
Generics (UK) Ltd & Ors v AstraZeneca AB ([2025] EWCA Civ 903) Court of Appeal Confirms the “Ab Initio Plausibility” Standard and Requires a Distinct Technical Contribution for Selections from Prior...
From “Some Degree” to “Global Balance”: Court of Appeal Redefines the Test for Habitual Residence Commentary on Re F (A Child) (Habitual Residence) [2025] EWCA Civ 911 Introduction The judgment in Re...
Prosper v R ([2025] EWCA Crim 1111): The Court of Appeal Defines the “Enhanced Exceptionality” Threshold for Whole-Life Orders on 18- to 20-Year-Old Offenders 1. Introduction Prosper v R is the first...
R v YAW [2025] EWCA Crim 1143: Proper Evidential Basis, Not Mere Possibility — Clarifying the s.100 CJA 2003 Threshold and Appellate Deference on Alleged Prior False Complaints Introduction In R v...
Disentangling Allegation Information from Risk Assessments: The Beggs Principle on Parole Board “Irrelevant Considerations” Introduction In William Frederick Ian Beggs v Parole Board for Scotland...
Statutory Group Procedure Supersedes Common-Law Restrictions on Joint & Several Pleadings: Commentary on Paul Bell v Volvo Car Corporation & Others [2025] CSOH 64 1. Introduction Paul Bell sought (i)...
Foreign Law as Fact & the Unitary-Trial Default: A Comprehensive Commentary on Vico Properties Ltd v Bank of Scotland PLC & Anor ([2025] IEHC 401) 1. Introduction The High Court’s decision in Vico...
Reasserting the Campion Doctrine: Ooi v Ireland & Ors [2025] IEHC 392 Clarifies that Absence of Agreed Facts Bars Preliminary Issues Introduction Ooi v Ireland & Ors ([2025] IEHC 392) is a decision...
“Beyond Mere Reference”: The High Court Clarifies the Intention Required to Revive a Revoked Will under s. 87 Succession Act 1965 Introduction The recent High Court decision in Re The Estate of Honor...
Doyle v Houston: Elevating the Threshold for “Legal-Practitioner-and-Client” Costs in Cases of Procedural Abuse Introduction The High Court decision of Mr Justice Kennedy in Doyle v Houston ([2025]...
No Second Bite at the Cherry – The Supreme Court Re-Defines the Interplay Between Sections 3 and 4 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 1996 Introduction In Criminal Asset Bureau v Routeback Media AB t/a...
Desai & Anor v Wood & Anor ([2025] EWCA Civ 906) “No Implied or Constructive Trust over Liability Insurance Proceeds Absent Express Agreement or Segregation” 1. Introduction This Court of Appeal...