The O’Grady Principle: When Clear Notice and an Unequivocal Waiver Cure Pre-Trial Counsel Difficulties in European Arrest Warrant “Trial-in-Absentia” Cases 1. Introduction Minister for Justice v...
Elezi ([2025] EWCA Crim 964): Re-affirming the “Incommensurability Principle” in Sentence Appeals for Kidnap and False Imprisonment 1. Introduction In R v Elezi ([2025] EWCA Crim 964) the Court of...
From “Snapshot Habitability” to “Fundamental Characteristics”: The Court of Appeal’s Definitive Test for SDLT Residential Status 1. Introduction Mudan & Anor v Revenue and Customs ([2025] EWCA Civ...
Standish v Standish – The Supreme Court Confines the Sharing Principle to Matrimonial Property and Re-defines “Matrimonialisation” 1. Introduction Standish v Standish ([2025] UKSC 26) is the most...
Beyond Central Management and Control: Court of Appeal Clarifies “Place of Effective Management” as an Autonomous Tie-Breaker for Dual-Resident Trusts 1. Introduction In Haworth & Ors v Commissioners...
“Any Person” May Request a Highway Crossover – The New Rule in Anwar v London Borough of Ealing Council [2025] EWCA Civ 813 Introduction The Court of Appeal’s decision in Anwar v London Borough of...
White v 29 Buckland Crescent Management Company Ltd ([2025] EWCA Civ 814) New Principle: Where a settlement agreement contains a broad mutual release and a narrowly drafted carve-out, the landlord is...
“Shiels Clarification”: Balancing Consecutive Sentences and the Principle of Totality in Domestic Coercive-Control Cases Introduction The Court of Appeal’s decision in Shiels, R. v ([2025] EWCA Crim...
Threshold for Leaving Poor-Quality CCTV Identification to the Jury Where Discernible Features and Supporting Circumstantial Evidence Exist 1) Introduction In R v Weatherley [2025] EWCA Crim 1878, the...
Doyle v Houston (2025): Trespass Injunctions ex debito justitiae Against Former Home-Owners After Execution Introduction In Doyle v Houston ([2025] IEHC 373) Mr Justice Kennedy delivered what is...
“No Locus, No Claim” — High Court Clarifies the Consequences of Fraudulent Assertions and Permission-Based Occupation in Adverse Possession Cases Commentary on Von Geitz v O’Brien & Mazars ([2025]...
Extending Propensity: R v Blackman [2025] EWCA Crim 965 and the Admissibility of Dated Juvenile Drug-Supply Convictions 1. Introduction R v Blackman is a 2025 judgment of the Court of Appeal...
Re-defining “Reasonable Grounds” for Further and Better Discovery in Illegal-Adoption Litigation Commentary on Clarke v Saint Patrick's Guild (In Liquidation) & Ors [2025] IEHC 374 1. Introduction...
Voluntary Conveyance ≠ Custody: Child Locks and Limited Disclosure Do Not Create De Facto Arrest Case: Appeal under section 74 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 by J K‑P against His...
Fareed v R [2025] EWCA Crim 1063: Guidance on “Relatively Minor” Bad-Character Evidence Admitted to Correct a False Impression Court: Court of Appeal (Criminal Division), England & Wales Date of...
“The Burton Principle”: Choosing the Correct Modern Guideline for Historic Child-Sexual Offences 1. Introduction In Burton, R. v ([2025] EWCA Crim 950) the England and Wales Court of Appeal (Criminal...
“Competent-Management” as an Implied Pre-Condition in Earn-Out Turnover Warranties – Commentary on Key Pest Ltd & Anor v Walsh [2025] IEHC 415 1. Introduction Key Pest Limited and its associated...
The “McDonagh Principle”: Actual Serious Harm Elevates Robbery to Category B1 Regardless of Foreseeability 1. Introduction McDonagh, R v ([2025] EWCA Crim 953) is a Court of Appeal (Criminal...
The Ahmed Principle: Extending the “Actual-Harm” Test to Firearms Offences within the Sentencing Guidelines 1. Introduction Ahmed, R. v ([2025] EWCA Crim 943) concerns an application for leave to...
Expanding “Abuse of Trust” in Sentencing: The Precedential Effect of R v Glover-Stuart ([2025] EWCA Crim 1013) 1. Introduction The Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) in R v Glover-Stuart addressed a...