Constitutional Equality Permits Different Welfare Packages Where State-Funded Accommodation and Meals Are Provided Case: AA & anor v Minister for Social Protection & ors (Approved) Citation: [2026]...
Parade Routes and Competing Rights: No “Crucial Location” Threshold Under Article 11 Court: Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland Neutral citation: [2026] NICA 41 Delivered: 12 October 2026 Judgment:...
Benchmark-Rate Fraud: Commercial Influence Does Not Establish a False Submission as a Matter of Law Case: Pabon & Ors, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 1345 Court: Court of Appeal of England and Wales, Criminal...
Short Custodial Sentences: Exceptional Seriousness and Deterrence May Together Justify Refusing Suspension Citation: [2026] EWCA Crim 1348 Court: Court of Appeal of England and Wales, Criminal...
Public Importance and Successful-Party Costs: The Limits of Exceptional Relief in a Supreme Court Dissent Court: Supreme Court of Ireland Citation: [2026] IESC 41 Judgment examined: Collins J’s...
Delayed Prosecutions: Distinct Roles for Mitigation and Sentencing Totality Court: England and Wales Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Neutral citation: [2026] EWCA Crim 1337 Judgment date: 6...
Exceptional Public-Interest Costs: Partial Recovery by Unsuccessful Litigants Who Secure Systemic Legal Clarification Case: Howley v McClean; Howley v. Howard (Unapproved) Court: Supreme Court of...
Climate-Consistent Infrastructure Approval Requires Adequate Inquiry, Not Project-Specific Allocation in a Climate Action Plan Court: Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland Neutral citation: [2026] NICA...
Foreign-Judgment Issue Estoppel Is Governed by the Lex Fori, Not Rome II Case: Aviator LLC & Ors v Spribe OÜ [2026] EWCA Civ 1224 Court: Court of Appeal of England and Wales (Civil Division) Date: 2...
Fiduciary Non-Disclosure Is Not a Freestanding Wrong: Informed Consent Requires Material Understanding, Not Exhaustive Detail Case: GI Globinvestment Ltd & Anor v XY ERS UK Ltd Citation: [2026] EWCA...
Blind-Eye Dishonesty Requires Targeted Suspicion and a Deliberate Decision Not to Inquire Case: Grosvenor Property Developers Ltd v Portner Law Ltd Citation: [2026] EWCA Civ 1238 Court: Court of...
Collective Dock-Owner Limitation Funds Fall Outside Schedule 8 and Require Prior Legal Proceedings Case: Dales Marine Services LTD against The United States of America and others Court: Outer House,...
Child Focused Courts Change Procedure, Not Domestic-Abuse Safeguards: Fact-Finding Must Be Driven by Welfare Necessity Case: Re C (Child Arrangements Orders; Domestic Abuse; Child Focused Court)...
Competing Extradition Requests: Section 179 Does Not Require Representations on the Requested Person’s Private Interests Case: Coelho, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for the Home...
Digital Evidence Already Tested at Trial Does Not Permit an Appellate Retrial of Credibility Case: Rafter, R. v Citation: [2026] EWCA Crim 1225 Court: Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Date: 29...
Neutral Evidence of Penetration Can Corroborate the Whole Allegation of Rape Case: Majesty's Advocate v PK Citation: [2026] HCJAC 42 Court: Appeal Court, High Court of Justiciary Date: 25 September...
Greater Foreign Connection Does Not Justify Sisting an Advanced Scottish Divorce Action Where the Foreign Proceedings Are Uncertain and Delay Would Cause Unfairness Case: NS against PSC Citation:...
A Non-Party Whose Legal Interests Are Directly Prejudiced by an Order May Seek Its Reversal Under CPR 40.9 Case: Jones v Persons Unknown Citation: [2026] EWCA Civ 1212 Court: Court of Appeal of...
Guilty Pleas Entered While Unfit Cannot Supply the Evidential Basis for Section 6 Substitution Court: Court of Appeal of England and Wales, Criminal Division Neutral citation: [2026] EWCA Crim 1325...
Offending Across Childhood and Adulthood: Youth-Sensitive Sentencing, Concurrency and Proportionate Protective Orders England and Wales Court of Appeal (Criminal Division), [2026] EWCA Crim 1347, 29...