Awareness of Possible Negligent Treatment, Not Death Alone, Starts the Fatal-Claim Triennium Case: CD and others against Grampian NHS Board Citation: [2026] CSOH 92 Court: Outer House, Court of...
Abandonment Under s104(4A) Is an Excluded “Preliminary Decision”: No Upper Tribunal Jurisdiction Case: Guerrero v Secretary of State for Home Department Citation: [2026] EWCA Civ 953 (Court of Appeal...
Interpreting the s277A Presumption: “Exceptional Circumstances” and the 12‑Month Custody Boundary 1) Introduction In Hodge & Ors v R [2026] EWCA Crim 1181, the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)...
Totality in Sentencing: Multiple Child Sexual Offences Require a Proportionate Overall Sentence Court: England and Wales Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Neutral citation: [2026] EWCA Crim 1296...
Loss of Support in Scots Fatal Claims: No Compensable Loss Where Passive Investment Income Seamlessly Passes to the Dependant Court: Outer House, Court of Session | Judge: Lord Malcolm | Citation:...
Section 275 After Daly & Keir: Post‑Allegation Intimacy Evidence, Dignity/Privacy Limits, and No Miscarriage Where the Jury Already Heard the Essence 1) Introduction In CS v His Majesty’s Advocate...
Latimer Is Not a Freestanding Basis to Quash Historic Confession Convictions: Safety Turns on Case-Specific Link to Reliability Case: McDevitt, R. v Neutral citation: [2026] NICA 37 (Court of Appeal...
Care Act Needs Assessments: Mandatory MCA Capacity Assessment Where Capacity is in Doubt Introduction In R (TDB) v London Borough of Haringey [2026] EWCA Civ 1184, the Court of Appeal (Bean LJ, Baker...
Post‑Inquiry Updates and the Tameside Duty: Materiality Threshold for Section 36 Decisions Where ADLS Deliverability is Uncertain Introduction In ScottishPower Renewables (UK) Ltd v The Scottish...
Unilateral Promise by an Optionholder Can Extinguish or Curtail Option Rights, and Waiver/Personal Bar Cannot Revive Them 1. Introduction In Kirkwood Homes Limited against Cameron [2026] CSOH 88,...
Disclosure Failure and Third-Party Bad Character: Later Rape Conviction Not “Substantially Probative” of Responsibility for a No-Body Murder (s.100 CJA 2003) 1. Introduction Osment v R [2026] EWCA...
Contractual Indemnities “While Performing Duties Under This Agreement” Are Prospective Only; Regulatory PPI Redress Is Not a Contribution Act “Liability” Without an Actionable Private-Law Cause 1)...
Brief but Extreme Harassment May Warrant Category A Culpability Decision: McDonagh, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 1294 Court: Court of Appeal of England and Wales, Criminal Division Date: 15 September 2026...
Dangerous Driving: Cumulative Culpability Can Elevate Non-Prolonged Phone Use into Category A Court: Court of Appeal of England and Wales, Criminal Division Neutral citation: [2026] EWCA Crim 1321...
SGO in Care Proceedings: Proportionality Required and Threshold Typically Determined Before Permanently Placing a Child with a Foster Carer Case: Re E (A Child) (Special Guardianship Order: Public...
Rape Sentencing: Particular Vulnerability Does Not Require Unconsciousness Court: England and Wales Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Neutral citation: [2026] EWCA Crim 1320 Date: 10 September 2026...
Children’s Views Are Relevant but Not Decisive Across the Article 13(b) Grave-Risk Inquiry Case: In the Petition of DM Citation: [2026] UKSC 32 Court: United Kingdom Supreme Court Date: 9 September...
No Damages for Trade Mark Infringement Without Proved Loss: Iniuria Sine Damno Applied in Scots IP Litigation 1) Introduction In McCandlish Farmhouse Confectionery Ltd against Michael Malone and...
Schedule of Condition as a Non‑Exclusive Evidential Cap on Yielding-Up: Repair and Decoration Obligations in Long Commercial Sub-Leases Court: Scottish Court of Session, First Division (Inner House)...
Supervisory Complaints about Curators ad Litem: No Legitimate Expectation of Investigation and No Judicial Review Where the Complaint Seeks to Re-open Litigation Merits 1. Introduction In Petition of...