Fair Procedures as a Precondition to Confirming Central Bank Prohibition Notices (Oral Hearing and Witness Evidence Where Credibility Is in Issue) Case: Central Bank Of Ireland v CD (Approved) (Rev1)...
Peer-Consent (“Romeo and Juliet”) Defence Requires Complainant’s Actual Attainment of 15: No Constitutional Right to a “Reasonable Mistake as to 15” Extension Luke v Director of Public Prosecutions...
Partially Constructed Apartment Blocks Are Not “Houses” Under s.2 Planning and Development Act 2000 for s.48(3A) Development Contribution Reductions 1) Introduction In Hibernia Real Estate Group Ltd...
Independent Decision-Making Representative Where Intra‑Family Conflict Makes a Relative’s Appointment Unsafe or Procedurally Unfair Court: High Court of Ireland (Wards of Court) Neutral citation:...
Territorial Revocation Clauses, Lex Domicilii and Foreign Movables: When an Earlier Will Survives for Assets Abroad 1) Introduction The Estate of Patrick Joseph Quinn, Re (Rev1) [2026] IEHC 188...
Stays Pending Judicial Review: Strong Presumption in Favour of Continuing a DSA Investigation, Including “Provider” Scoping 1) Introduction Bytedance Ltd v Coimisiún na Mean and Anor [2026] IEHC 196...
Judicial Review Leave: Bias Allegations Require Evidential Basis; RTB Tribunal “General” Personal Findings May Be Ultra Vires; Hybrid Hearing Access Can Ground Fair-Procedure Leave 1) Introduction In...
Judicial review cannot bypass the trial court where a guilty plea stands: exceptional-case threshold and exhaustion of remedies Case: Benevicius v The Director of Public Prosecutions and Ors...
Planning JR Appeals: No Certificate Where “Design Flexibility” Points Do Not Arise, Are Fact-Application Disguised as Law, and Are Contrary to Finality/Public Interest—Especially for Renewable Energy...
Refusing Adjournment Where an Expert Becomes Unavailable: Proceeding on Existing Reports with a Waiver of Cross‑Examination in Competition Litigation 1) Introduction ER Travel Limited v Dublin...
Certification to Appeal under s.50A(7): A High Threshold Not Met by Fact-Specific “Reasons” Challenges 1. Introduction Phelan Walsh v An Coimisiún Pleanála [2026] IEHC 177 is a High Court decision...
Lawyer-Only Inspection for Confidential Employment Termination Agreements Where Relevance Is Unproven Case People Centre, INC [D/B/A Rippling] and Anor v O'Brien and Ors [No. 3] (Approved) [2026]...
Publication of a Known False Narrative to an Alleged Co‑Conspirator Is Not Defamatory: Strike‑Out Under Amended Order 19 Rule 28 Case: People Centre, INC [D/B/A Rippling] and Anor v O'Brien and Ors...
Settlement Eliminates “Questions Involved”: Joinder Under O.15, r.13 RSC Cannot Add New Causes of Action Case: People Centre, INC [D/B/A Rippling] and Anor v O'Brien and Ors [No. 1] (Approved)...
Solar Farms Do Not Become EIA “Road” Projects Because They Contain Internal Access Tracks: Leave-to-Appeal Questions Must Arise from the Consented Project and Be Truly Legal, Exceptional, and in the...
No “Discoverability” in Defamation: The Two-Year Long-Stop, the Narrow s.11(3A) Extension, and the Limited Role of Fraudulent Concealment 1) Introduction McAndrew-Bergson v Hennelly and Ors...
Court-Ordered Sale/Transfer of Unpaid-For Horses: Mitigation Duties, Animal-Welfare Constraints, and Order 50 Rule 3 1) Introduction Linley Investments Limited (trading as Coolmore Castlehyde and...
Single-Certificate Legal Aid in Wardship Discharge Proceedings and Preference for Independent DMR Where Family Dynamics Risk Undue Influence 1. Introduction This ex tempore ruling of Mr. Justice...
Equitable Injunctions for Mistaken Disclosure of Third-Party Personal Data: Data Controller Standing, Return/Deletion Duties, and Public-Domain Carve-Outs 1. Introduction Grant Thornton [A Firm] and...
Dooley v Florentine Properties Ltd and Anor [2026] IEHC 170 — Exceptional-Circumstances Threshold Post-Kirwan: Personal Hardship Must Be Evidenced as Litigation-Inhibiting 1. Introduction This High...