Long‑Term Concealment as “Significant Planning or Premeditation” Justifying an Uplift from the Schedule 21 Starting Point 1. Introduction Teo, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 134 is a sentencing decision of...
Strict Approach to Late Criminal Appeals: Tactical Defence Decisions, “Fresh Evidence” and the Extension-of-Time Test Case: OGM, R. v Neutral citation: [2026] EWCA Crim 74 Court: Court of Appeal...
Caregiving and Health Mitigation Rarely Displaces Extended Sentences for Dangerous Child Sexual Offending 1) Introduction In [2026] EWCA Crim 214, the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) considered a...
Totality in Sequential Sentencing: “Equivalent Sentence” Assessment by Release-Date Impact 1. Introduction R. v Voka ([2026] EWCA Crim 211) is a decision of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)...
Redacted Global Transfer Deeds Are Insufficient Proof of Mortgage-Debt Ownership in Summary Possession Appeals: Remittal to Plenary Hearing 1) Introduction Pepper Finance Corporation (Ireland)...
Age-Assessment Judicial Review Not Academic Where the Finding May Have Ongoing Practical Consequences 1. Introduction Dastan Ibrahimi against Glasgow City Council ([2026] CSIH 4) is an Inner House...
Foreign Bankruptcy Re-vesting Must Be Proved (as Foreign Law) in Summary Mortgage Possession, and Post-Default Payments Do Not Found Estoppel; Execution May Be Stayed Pending a Related Plenary Claim...
Neiser v Leinster Senior College Ltd [2026] IEHC 15: Post-Warning Inactivity and Five-Year Cumulative Inactivity Justify Dismissal for Delay 1. Introduction Neiser v Leinster Senior College Ltd...
Objective-Credibility “Papers-Only” Appeals: When IPAT May Refuse an Oral Hearing Under s.43(b) Despite Credibility Dispute Case: K.S. v The International Protection Appeals Tribunal and Anor [2026]...
Incoherence in Survivor-Pension Rules Breaches Article 40.1: Qualified Cohabitants Cannot Be Excluded Where Cohabitation Is Treated as Equivalent for Withholding/Restoring Benefits Case: Jones v...
Haydon v Rex: “Likely” in s.2 Explosive Substances Act 1883 means “could well” (real risk), and mens rea is limited to causing an explosion 1) Introduction Haydon v Rex ([2026] EWCA Crim 12, 21...
Mixed-Use Premises as “Dwellings” Under LTA 1985: Service Charge Control Applies Despite Ancillary Residential Use Introduction Case: Cloisters Business Centre Management Company Ltd v Anvari & Anor...
Commissioning Alone Is Not “Economic Activity” Under TUPE: A Single EU-Law “Undertaking” Test for Competition and Employment Case: Bicknell & Anor v NHS Nottingham And Nottinghamshire Integrated...
Criminal Trading Counts as “Work” and Illegal Receipts as “Income” for ESA Entitlement and Means-Testing 1. Introduction Allen v The Secretary of State for Work And Pensions [2026] EWCA Civ 19...
“Groomed Consent” Rarely Justifies a No-Case Ruling; Restraining Orders Must Be Necessary, Noticed, and Reasoned Case: Yasin & Ors, R. v Citation: [2026] EWCA Crim 68 Court: England and Wales Court...
Kennedy, R. v — Dangerousness under s.308 Sentencing Code may be founded on organised-crime sophistication and role in planned violence, despite limited prior violence and an acquittal of murder 1....
Illegality Bars Negligence Claims by a Killer Found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity: Unlawful Killing Engages ex turpi causa Despite No Criminal Responsibility Case: Lewis-Ranwell v G4S Health...
Category A Culpability Driven by Extreme Speed: Nitrous Oxide Use as an Aggravating Feature Even Absent Proven Impairment (R v Donnelly) 1) Introduction R. v Donnelly concerns sentencing for causing...
Section 20C Juries Act 1974: Judicial Warnings on “Jury Equity” Placards Do Not Render Convictions Unsafe Case: Webster & Ors v The King Citation: [2026] EWCA Crim 9 Court: Court of Appeal (Criminal...
OLR/RAO in Crown Sentence Appeals: The risk criteria must be evidenced by (and linked to) the qualifying offence, not by psychological harm hypothesised from non‑qualifying dishonesty Case: Crown...