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Criminal law

R v Dean Gary Yates

The Court of Appeal refused an out-of-time application to renew leave to appeal against a stalking conviction, holding the guilty plea was unequivocal and the case against the appellant was strong.

  • Stalking
  • Appeal procedure
  • Reporting restrictions
  • Guilty plea
  • Evidence admissibility
  • Criminal-appeal
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Administrative law [2026] EWHC 530 (Admin)

Semenenko v Nursing and Midwifery Council

Semenenko v Nursing and Midwifery Council [2026] EWHC 530 (Admin) (11 March 2026)

High Court dismissed a midwife’s appeal against NMC findings of misconduct and lack of competence, upholding striking off after rejecting fairness and evidence challenges.

  • Fitness to practise
  • Procedural fairness
  • Sanctions in professional misconduct
  • Statutory appeals
  • Evidence admissibility
  • Fitness-to-practise
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Criminal law

Matthew Haydon v R

The Court of Appeal dismissed Matthew Haydon’s appeal against conviction under section 2 of the Explosive Substances Act 1883, upholding the jury directions and evidence rulings.

  • Explosive substances
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Mens rea
  • Evidence admissibility
  • Explosive-substances-act-1883
  • Statutory-interpretation
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Administrative law

Parks Haulage Ltd, Re

The Upper Tribunal set aside a Traffic Commissioner’s revocation of Parks Haulage Ltd’s licence, holding that unaudited accounts had been wrongly disregarded on financial standing.

  • Operator's licence revocation
  • Financial standing
  • Public inquiry
  • Natural justice
  • Human rights
  • Evidence admissibility
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Criminal law [2025] PBSA 68

Samson, Application for Set Aside

Samson, Application for Set Aside [2025] PBSA 68 (09 September 2025)

The Parole Board refused Samson’s application to set aside a decision not to direct his release, finding no material error of fact or unfairness.

  • Parole board procedure
  • Set aside of parole decisions
  • Errors of fact
  • Risk assessment
  • Evidence admissibility
  • Parole-board-procedure
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Tort

Demetrios Karpasitis v Hertfordshire County Council

The Court of Appeal held that Hertfordshire County Council failed to prove its section 58 defence over a dangerous verge defect, and allowed the appeal subject to 33% contributory negligence.

  • Highway maintenance
  • Statutory defence
  • Duty of care
  • Contributory negligence
  • Evidence admissibility
  • Highway-maintenance
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Social security law

IC v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Upper Tribunal held the FTT erred in law in a PIP appeal by mishandling later medical evidence, weighing medical reports too rigidly, and relying on untested hearing observations.

  • Personal independence payment
  • Evidence admissibility
  • Tribunal procedure
  • Error of law
  • Personal-independence-payment
  • Social-security-appeals
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Professional discipline

Dr Seshni Moodliar v General Medical Council

The High Court upheld erasure of a doctor for dishonesty in medicolegal work, rejecting complaints about prejudice, bias, hearsay, reasons, and sanction.

  • Dishonesty
  • Fitness to practise
  • Tribunal procedure
  • Sanctions
  • Appeal extension
  • Recusal
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Administrative law

Alfred Forzong v The Disclosure and Barring Service

The Upper Tribunal dismissed a carer’s appeal against DBS barring, finding no material error of fact or law and holding the decision proportionate under Article 8.

  • Disclosure and barring
  • Safeguarding vulnerable adults
  • Proportionality
  • Mistake of fact or law
  • Article 8 echr
  • Evidence admissibility
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Criminal law

R v APZ

The Court of Appeal refused an out-of-time application for leave to appeal conviction, finding no arguable unsafe conviction and no sufficient reason for the delay.

  • Sexual offences
  • Appeals
  • Trial counsel competence
  • Evidence admissibility
  • Reporting restrictions
  • Criminal-appeal
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