Primacy of Compliance with Consent Court Orders: Mandatory Injunction Compelling Execution Despite Unilateral Mistake 1) Introduction Moloney v Sheehy ([2026] IEHC 91) concerns an urgent High Court...
Section 75 Children Act 2001: “Aged-Out” Accused Have No Constitutional Entitlement to Child-Only Summary Jurisdiction 1) Introduction In Brophy-v-The Director of Public Prosecutions, Ireland, and...
Article 40.1 Requires Children Act 2001 s. 75 Protections to Extend to “Aged-Out” Minors Where Venue Choice Affects Sentencing Exposure 1. Introduction Brophy v The Director of Public Prosecutions,...
Functional “Institution” Test under s.49(1) of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Act 2023: multi-facility purpose, not single-site maternity services Case: Kiernan [Otherwise John...
Assessment of Damages Under the 2021 Personal Injuries Guidelines: Dominant-Injury Proportionality and Partial Recovery of Unpleaded Therapeutic Costs Case: Shortt v Leonard and Anor (Approved)...
Non-disclosure of internal credit-committee material is not, without more, a misrepresentation vitiating a conditional consent-to-judgment settlement CourtHigh Court of Ireland Citation[2026] IEHC 82...
Substitute Consent for Life-Saving Transfusion for a 16-Year-Old: AHDs Inoperative Under 18 and JJ “Parental Failure” Threshold Applied to Refusal of Treatment 1. Introduction This ex tempore ruling...
Prospective Effect of s.6A Guardianship Orders and Loss of Irish Parental-Responsibility Jurisdiction Once Habitual Residence Has Shifted (with Inherent-Jurisdiction Declarations to Facilitate...
Redacted Loan-Transfer Documents in Repossession Execution: Balance-of-Probabilities Proof and “Peruvian Guano” Relevance 1. Introduction Start Mortgages DAC and Anor v Corr and Anor (Approved)...
Clarifications as Part of the ISFT and the 30-Day Clock for Transparency Challenges in Competitive Dialogue Procurements 1) Introduction In Kerrigan Sheanon Newman UnLtd Company v Sustainable Energy...
Timely Environmental Information Remedies: EU-Law Limits on Repeated Remittal by the Commissioner for Environmental Information 1. Introduction People Over Wind v Commissioner For Environmental...
Draft Judgment Circulation: Limited Scope of Party Comment, Confidentiality, and the Line Between Informal Case-Management and a “Decision in Principle” 1) Introduction People Over Wind v...
A Section 132 EIAR Request Is Not a Procedural Straightjacket: Solar Farm Access Tracks Are Not ‘Private Roads’ Triggering Mandatory EIA 1) Introduction Moss and Ors v An Coimisiun Pleanala and Anor...
Binding SPPR Planning Guidelines and SEA: Apartment Design Standards as a “Framework for Future Development Consent” (Article 3 SEA Directive) and Aarhus/Kyiv-Consistent Interpretation Case: McDonald...
Accelerated “Safe Country” Appeals: No Oral Hearing Where the Appellant Identifies No Specific Issue Beyond Restating Prior Evidence Case: I. M. v The International Protection Appeals Tribunal and...
Section 146 Online-Publication Breaches: Declaratory Relief (Not Certiorari) and Costs Set-Off Where a Concession Is Not Timely Accepted Case: Hoctor and Ors v An Coimisiun Pleanala and Anor [2026]...
Strike-out for Delay in Judicial Review: Applying Kirwan v Connors Case-Sensitively, Rejecting “Covid as a Blanket Excuse”, and Treating Likely Oral Evidence as a Prejudice Multiplier 1. Introduction...
Proper Provision and Settlement Autonomy in Irish Divorce: High Threshold to Displace Concluded Terms Case: N.F. v O.F. (Proper Provision, Terms of Settlement, Spousal Autonomy) (Approved) Citation:...
“Accompanied by” in s.26(2) Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 Requires Ongoing Supervision; Unlawful Search Does Not Automatically End the Case 1) Introduction The Director Of Public Prosecutions [At The Suit...
Corrected Successive EAWs Not Precluded by Prior Refusal; Waiver of Attendance May Be Inferred in “Triggering Offence” Proceedings for Activation of a Suspended Sentence 1) Introduction Minister For...