“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...
Res gestae remains admissible despite a proven lie: the test stays whether concoction or distortion can be disregarded 1. Introduction In R v Shiel [2026] EWCA Crim 386, the Court of Appeal (Criminal...
Partially Constructed Apartment Blocks Are Not “Houses” Under s.2 Planning and Development Act 2000 for s.48(3A) Development Contribution Reductions 1) Introduction In Hibernia Real Estate Group Ltd...
Avoiding Double Counting of Psychological Harm and Properly Valuing Service Mitigation in Service-Court Rape Sentencing Case: R v Ball (Court Martial Appeal Court) Neutral citation: [2026] EWCA Crim...
Article 6 Delay Findings Do Not, Without Linked Prejudice, Justify Re-opening Confiscation Appeals to Reduce Default Terms Case: Neophytou & Anor, R. v Neutral citation: [2026] EWCA Crim 489 Court:...
Section 11 Sexual Offences Act 2003: Permissible Inferences on Sexual Gratification Must Be Read in the Round with Clear Element-by-Element Directions Case: R v NJT [2026] EWCA Crim 451 Court: Court...
Independent Decision-Making Representative Where Intra‑Family Conflict Makes a Relative’s Appointment Unsafe or Procedurally Unfair Court: High Court of Ireland (Wards of Court) Neutral citation:...
“Safe Word” and BDSM Evidence after Kirkup: Section 275(1)(c) Probative Value, No Standing Consent, and Article 6 Fairness 1. Introduction Sean Kirkup v His Majesty’s Advocate ([2026] HCJAC 11) is an...
Armed Group Violence: Joinder, Secondary Liability at Half-Time, and the Limits of Fresh Psychiatric Evidence on Appeal Case: Odunewu & Ors v R Neutral citation: [2026] EWCA Crim 444 Court: England...
“Subject to” Does Not (Without Clear Words) Make Payment Conditional on Prior Delivery: Presumption of Concurrent Conditions in Share Sale Completion 1. Introduction Textor v Iconic Sports Eagle...
Fresh Expert Psychiatric Evidence Is Not “Fresh” If It Re-runs Trial Material: No Second-Opinion Appeals on Diminished Responsibility 1. Introduction Thomas (Previously Edgington) v R [2026] EWCA...
Section 26 ACA 2002: “Necessary” Post-Placement Parental Contact May Be Ordered (Not Merely Recited) Where Otherwise the Relationship Is Likely to Wither Case: B-A, Re (Placement Order and Contact...
Parker v West Midlands Trains Ltd: Rule 37(5) Extension Where a Minor Rule 3(1) Document Omission Is Rectified Late Following Misleading Tribunal Reassurance 1) Introduction Parties: Mr Parker...