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...
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....
“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...
Leslie & Anor v R [2025] EWCA Crim 1045: No Judicial Discretion to Exclude Strictly Relevant Co‑Accused Confessions 1. Introduction This commentary examines the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)...
Murphy v. Roscommon County Council (High Court, 2025): A Landmark on (1) the Low “Arguable Grounds” Threshold for Judicial Review of a Circuit Court’s Refusal to State a Case and (2) the Obligation...
Adjournments Pending Foreign Proceedings Require Proven Overlap and Proportionality: High Court prioritises expeditious hearing and domestic warrant control in Ryanair v CCPC Introduction In Ryanair...
Expert Evidence and Demonstrable Loss as Gatekeepers: High Court clarifies early strike‑out of solicitor‑negligence claims under Order 19, rule 28 Introduction In Zapryanova v Rochford Gibbons...
“Demonstration & Satisfaction” and the Contextual Duty to Give Reasons – A Commentary on Sexton v. An Bord Pleanála [2025] IEHC 449 1 – Introduction Sexton v. An Bord Pleanála (“Sexton”) is the High...