Third-Party Enforcement Payments: No Discharge Without Agency, and “Return” Defeats Later Ratification 1. Introduction In 56 Fellows Road Ltd v ABC Block Management Ltd [2026] EWCA Civ 401, the Court...
Persistent, Contextual Breaches Can Justify Harm Category 2 for Breach of a Restraining Order Despite a Limited Basis of Plea 1) Introduction In R v Vencatachellun [2026] EWCA Crim 478, the Court of...
Fair Procedures as a Precondition to Confirming Central Bank Prohibition Notices (Oral Hearing and Witness Evidence Where Credibility Is in Issue) Case: Central Bank Of Ireland v CD (Approved) (Rev1)...
Late Appeals after Guilty Pleas: Section 45 MSA Requires an Evidential Nexus to the Specific Offence; NRM Conclusive Grounds Respected but Not Determinative 1. Introduction Nguyen, R. v ([2026] EWCA...
Unsafe to Convict Two Defendants for the Same Injury Absent a Put and Directed Joint Enterprise Case: Alignment of Indictment, Route to Verdict, and Proof Case: CGA & Anor, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 385...
Inherent Jurisdiction to Restrict Abusive Court Correspondence Must Be Obeyed Unless Stayed or Set Aside 1. Introduction Solicitor General for England and Wales v Seale [2026] EWCA Civ 362 is an...
Resisting a Child Arrangements Appeal Is Not “Exceptional” Conduct: The Court of Appeal Reaffirms the No-Costs Norm in Children Proceedings 1. Introduction M, Re (A Child: Costs) [2026] EWCA Civ 381...
Mandatory Adjournment to Secure Non‑Means‑Tested Legal Aid in County Court Committal Proceedings Case: Davies v Lettington Citation: [2026] EWCA Civ 364 Court: England and Wales Court of Appeal...
Formula-Based Government Education Funding as Third-Party Consideration Creating a VAT “Direct Link” Case: Commissioners for His Majesty's Revenue and Customs v Colchester Institute Corporation...
[2026] CSOH 28 — Declarator Competent to Determine Enforceability and Scope of HMRC Undertakings as Unilateral Obligations, Despite Parallel Tax Tribunal Proceedings 1. Introduction SR Aviation...
Reduction of Confirmation is Competent in the Court of Session; Sheriff Appeal Court Appeal Not Available in Commissary Proceedings 1. Introduction Saddiq Ahmed against Kamall Ahmed ([2026] CSOH 30)...
Reduction of a Grant of Confirmation as a Competent Remedy in Commissary Practice (and Interim Suspension/Interdict Pending Proof) 1. Introduction Saddiq Ahmed against Kamall Ahmed (Court of Session)...
“Any Person” Includes the Law Society: Competence of Self-Referred Conduct Complaints to the SLCC and Mandatory Censure for AML Reporting Failures 1. Introduction Petitioner: Nicola Simone Cannon, a...
Unfair Prejudice in Scottish CVAs: An Equitable, Fact-Sensitive Inquiry (Not a Rule-Bound “Vertical/Horizontal Comparator” Exercise) Court: Outer House, Court of Session Citation: [2026] CSOH 29...
Section 57(4) TCPA 1990: Reverter Turns on the Statutory Counterfactual, Not “New Planning Unit” Extinguishment or Spatial Unity Case: Titchfield Festival Theatre Ltd v Secretary of State for...
Non-receipt of a Properly Served Improvement Notice May Constitute a “Reasonable Excuse” under Housing Act 2004 s.30 Case: Manchester City Council v Tabbasam Citation: [2026] EWCA Civ 361 Court:...
Refusal of Direct and Indirect Parental Contact Where a 14‑Year‑Old’s Views Are Found Genuinely Held and Welfare Is Not Improved by Compulsion 1) Introduction ZS v TS ([2026] CSOH 27, Outer House,...
Interim Possession Orders Cannot Undercut POCA Cash Forfeiture: Challenges Must Proceed by Judicial Review 1. Introduction Mohammed Ameen Mirza against The Lord Advocate and another ([2026] CSOH 31,...
Peer-Consent (“Romeo and Juliet”) Defence Requires Complainant’s Actual Attainment of 15: No Constitutional Right to a “Reasonable Mistake as to 15” Extension Luke v Director of Public Prosecutions...
Causing Death by Dangerous Driving: Multiple Culpability A Features Require Category A and a 12-Year Starting Point (Unduly Lenient Sentence) 1) Introduction This was an Attorney General’s Reference...