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...
Asylum Claims Rarely Justify Adjournment of Extradition Appeals: Section 39(3) Stays Removal Without Staying the Appeal Introduction This decision of the Appeal Court, High Court of Justiciary...
UKSC Rating Decisions Do Not Constitute a Scottish “Material Change of Circumstances” (and Cardtronics Is Not a New-Valuation-Principle Trigger) 1) Introduction This Lands Valuation Appeal Court...
Limits of Government “Comfort Letter” Liability: No Assumed Responsibility to Disclose Regulatory Approval Risks Introduction Court: Outer House, Court of Session (Commercial Action) Judge: Lord...
Sentencing for TPIM Breach: Harm is Inherently “Very Serious” and Culpability Turns on the Breach, Not Ideology 1. Introduction Case: TPD, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 16 (Court of Appeal (Criminal...
S.98 “Relationship-History” Evidence and the Limits of Mandatory Jury Directions in Consent Trials (R v Sands) 1. Introduction R v Sands ([2026] EWCA Crim 15, CA (Crim Div), 20 January 2026) concerns...
Certified-Point Appeals under s.38 Broadcasting Act 2009: Exceptional Public Importance and the DSA–AVMSD Interface 1) Introduction This “No. 2” judgment concerns X Internet Unlimited Company (the...
Conditional Release of a Contemnor to Secure Fair Access to Litigation, with Swift Re-committal for Renewed Breach 1. Introduction The Board of Management of Wilson's Hospital School v Burke [No. 4]...
Windrush Compensation Scheme Claims Are Capable of “Civil Rights” Under Article 6—But Article 6 Is Not Engaged Absent a “Dispute” Case: Oji, R (On the Application Of) v The Director of Legal Aid...
Upper Tribunal May Issue Weighting Guidance on Statutory Time-Extension Discretions: Martland/Katib Confirmed for VAT Act 1994 s 83G(6) 1. Introduction Revenue And Customs v Medpro Healthcare Ltd &...