Single Medical-Award-Per-Household Housing Allocations Can Be Equality-Compliant: PSED Is Process Not Outcome 1) Introduction In BC, qua the Financial and Welfare Guardian of CC (AP) against West...
Late Disclosure, “Alternative Perpetrator” Bad Character, and the High Threshold for Unfair-Trial/Stays in Complex Conspiracy Trials 1. Introduction In Nuttall & Anor, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 1013, the...
Custody is Inevitable for Serious Indecent Images Offending Involving Intrafamilial Production and High‑Volume Distribution Case: R v SIQ Neutral citation: [2026] EWCA Crim 1096 Court: England and...
Sentencing for s.18 GBH: Vehicle-as-Weapon Culpability and When “Excessive Self-Defence” Must Be Resolved by a Newton Hearing 1. Introduction In Rex v Sunil Shah ([2026] EWCA Crim 1073), the Court of...
Objective Bias in European Arrest Warrant Proceedings: Adverse Rulings and Robust Case Management Do Not Ground Recusal Case: Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration v Gruchacz (Approved)...
Sentencing Sexual Assault: “Abduction” as Control and “Severe Psychological Harm” Including Trial Re‑Traumatisation Introduction In R v Al-Hassan & Anor [2026] EWCA Crim 1070, the Court of Appeal...
Section 60 Interim Suspension: Uncertain Professional Indemnity and High-Risk Controlled-Drug Prescribing as Standalone Public-Protection Grounds Court High Court of Ireland Judge Mr Justice David...
Liberal Amendment of Pleadings Where Discovery Reveals Further Contractual Breaches: Subject-Matter Connection and “Belated Alteration” Prejudice 1) Introduction In Recorded Artists Actors Performers...
Hearsay from a Deceased Witness May Be Admitted Despite Credibility Attacks, but “Mere Presence” (Including Blocking a Doorway Momentarily) Is Insufficient for Joint Enterprise Secondary Liability 1)...
Misleading Headlines/Images as Unfair Processing: Editors’ Code Shapes UK GDPR Fairness and Limits Charleston in Media Data Claims Case: Vince v Associated Newspapers Ltd Neutral citation: [2026]...
Holistic “Integration” and Self-Evident “Very Significant Obstacles” in Medium-Offender Deportation Appeals Case: Dabo v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2026] EWCA Civ 907 Court: Court of...
Section 172 Good Faith Requires Loyal Conduct, Not Merely Genuine Belief Introduction In Saxon Woods Investments Ltd & Ors v Costa [2026] UKSC 21, the United Kingdom Supreme Court clarified an...
Totality Requires a Real Downward Adjustment for Consecutive County-Lines Sentences on Young Adults Introduction In Rennie-Owosu, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 1121, the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)...
Unsupported Trial Complaints Do Not Establish Arguable Conviction Unsafety or Justify Late Appeal Applications Court: England and Wales Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Citation: [2026] EWCA Crim...
Developer Liability for Foreseeable Tree-Root Uplift Hazards After a Road is Taken in Charge; Nonfeasance Bars a Claim Against the Road Authority Absent Misfeasance or Notice 1) Introduction Loua v...
Ability-to-Pay Challenges to Fines and Costs: Defendants Must Provide Proper Financial Disclosure and Cannot “Save” Evidence for Appeal 1. Introduction In Freeland & Anor, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 1006,...
Fresh pathology after discovery of a body: “unascertained” cause of death does not, without more, render a murder conviction unsafe or require manslaughter to be left 1) Introduction Case: R. v...
Renewed Criminal Appeal Applications: Extension of Time Refused Where Delay Is Inordinate, Unexplained, and the Appeal Is Unarguable 1. Introduction In R v Wambugu [2026] EWCA Crim 1124, the Court of...
Joinder of a Connected “Phoenix” Company to Protect the Efficacy of the Court’s Process (Order 15, r.13; limitation only if clearly and manifestly barred) Court: High Court of Ireland Neutral...
Training-fee clawback schemes can engage restraint of trade and be unenforceable where they operate as a broad post-employment financial fetter 1. Introduction Geeks Ltd v Watts [2026] EWCA Civ 889...