Domestic Robbery Sentencing: Knowledge of a Handgun and Significant Planning Fix Category A Culpability Despite a “Driver” Role (and Newton Hearing Reduces Plea Credit) Case: Ronan, R. v Court:...
Fraud Act sentencing: “greater harm” and immediate custody for driving theory test cheating despite guideline mismatch Case: Rex v Ali Samadi Rasul Neutral citation: [2026] EWCA Crim 453 Court: Court...
Totality in Historic Intra‑Familial Child Rape: Appellate Correction Where Consecutive Sentences Yield a Disproportionate Overall Term 1. Introduction In R. v VFT [2026] EWCA Crim 536, the Court of...
FSPO Decisions as Res Judicata: No Fresh Court Proceedings on the Same Complaint Absent Statutory Appeal 1) Introduction Pysz v New Ireland Assurance Company PLC (Approved) [2026] IEHC 165 concerns...
One-step fundamental-rights assessment for UK TCAW surrender: no Aranyosi & Caldaru two-step post-Alchester; “truly exceptional” threshold for family-life objections 1) Introduction In Minister for...
“Building” in LTA 1987 Part I Means a Functionally Integrated Built Envelope (Not a Multi-Block Estate Sharing Appurtenances) 1. Introduction SGL 1 Ltd v FSV Freeholders Ltd [2026] EWCA Civ 267 is a...
Pringle v Nervo: Costs in Children Act Proceedings—No Departure from the “No Order” Norm Without Truly Reprehensible/Unreasonable Litigation Conduct Assessed Bilaterally 1. Introduction Pringle v...
Right to Silence Preserved in Regulatory Proceedings: No Adverse Inference from an After‑Caution “No Comment” Interview 1. Introduction Belvoir Logistics Ltd & Anor v Driver and Vehicle Agency [2026]...
Reserved Matters Remain Anchored to the Identified Outline Permission: “As Varied by” a Section 73 Permission Does Not Switch the Parent Consent 1. Introduction Wildfish, R (On the Application Of) v...
CPR 52.30 Reopening is Exceptional: Later Authority is Not Enough, and “Reason Why” Findings Remain for the ET 1. Introduction Omooba v Michael Garrett Associates Ltd (t/a Global Artists) & Anor...
Section 68(4) as a One‑Tier “Gatekeeper”: The Court of Appeal Has No Permission Jurisdiction Where the High Court Refuses Section 68 Relief on the Merits 1) Introduction K1 v B (No. 2) concerns an...
s.187B TCPA Injunctions: Courts May Assume (Not Decide) Breach, Treat Protest/Public Order as Non-planning Harm, and Award Separate Costs to a Joined SSHD Where a Distinct Statutory Interest Requires...
Custody as a Precondition to Accelerated Release Applications under the 1998 Act, and Quashing Unlawful Release Despite Delay 1. Introduction This Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland decision...
Third-Party Costs: s.17 Courts Act 1981 Inapplicable, but Circuit-Scale and “Differential” Costs Orders May Be Made by Analogy under s.168 Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 1. Introduction Ashdrum...
Appellate restraint in sentence appeals: upholding a trial judge’s finding (to the criminal standard) that the offender brought a knife to the scene of a murder Case: R v Qasem Neutral citation:...
Costs in Judicial Review: Relitigation and Post‑Judgment Developments Do Not Displace the “Costs Follow the Event” Presumption 1) Introduction In Kearney v An Taoiseach and Ors (Approved) [2026] IEHC...
Unequivocal Guilty Pleas to Robbery Remain Safe Where the Defendant Overrode Advice and the Conduct Likely Amounted to Intimidatory Threat Case: R v Naaim Neutral citation: [2026] EWCA Crim 470...
Historic Sexual Offence Appeals: Conventional Directions, Intermediary Safeguards, and Tactical Defence Choices Rarely Render Convictions Unsafe Court: England and Wales Court of Appeal (Criminal...
Recreational Bouldering Facilities Owe No General Duty to Train or Supervise Competent Adults in Respect of Obvious Inherent Risks 1. Introduction Yates v Dublin Bouldering Gym Ltd and Anor [2026]...
H (Children: Expertise of Witness): Post‑order Challenges to an Expert’s Competence in Children Proceedings Should Normally Be Brought in the Family Court (Not by Appeal), and “Bright Lines” Between...