Watchful Waiting and Safety-Netting in Suspected Paediatric Appendicitis: No “Mandatory Referral” Where GP Acts with Ordinary Care 1) Introduction Afolabi v Southdoc Services Ltd and Anor (Approved)...
Section 811 “Relief Exclusion” Requires Objective Purpose-and-Misuse Analysis (No “Positive Obligation” on Taxpayer) and Proper Reasons on Expert Evidence 1) Introduction Hegarty v The Revenue...
Leave-to-Appeal Cannot Be Used to Pivot to New Grounds: s.16(2)(f) Applies to All Subleases (Residential and Commercial) 1) Introduction Crowley & Anor v Sheehan & Anor ([2026] IESC 6) is a Supreme...
Section 15(1) “Consistency” as an Enforceable Climate Duty in Planning: No “Traffic-Light Presumption”, but a Mandatory Substantive Engagement with Material-Contravention Powers Case: Coolglass Wind...
Student Anonymity in Judicial Review: “Very Clear Interests” and “Pressing Circumstances” Required, with Temporary Restrictions Only to Preserve Appeal Rights 1) Introduction Student A v Trinity...
Presumption of Revocation Does Not Arise Where It Is Not Proven the Missing Original Will Ever Reached the Testator Case: Eastwood (In Their Capacity as Executors Named in the Last Will and Testament...
Section 11(1A)(f) EAW Clarity: Ordinary-Meaning, Act-Based Assessment Suffices; No Indictment-Level Narrative Required 1) Introduction Minister For Justice, Home Affairs and Migration v Tudor...
SEA “Framework” and Non-Binding ‘Have-Regard’ Guidance: Acte Clair Exclusion and a Standalone Aarhus/Kyiv Interpretive Question in CJEU References 1. Introduction McDonald and Ors v Minister for...
Registered Title Finality and the Limits of Interlocutory Relief After a Completed Mortgagee Sale Case: O'Flaherty & Ors v Permanent TSB Public Ltd Company & Ors [2026] IEHC 74 (High Court, O’Connell...
Section 64A “Slip Rule” Can Excuse an Apparent Missing Landlord Signature Where the Notice Is Otherwise Compliant and Not Materially Prejudiced 1) Introduction Maria Ulemu Chimwala v The Residential...
Order 19 r.28 (2023) Strike-Out: Codified “Bound to Fail” Test and Plain Limitation Defences 1) Introduction Hickey v Howley and Ors [2026] IEHC 113 is a High Court ruling (Jackson J., 9 February...
Section 15 Sale Orders for Closely-Held Company Shares: Co-operation Duties, Neutral Oversight, and Conditional Escalation to Share Transfer 1. Introduction A.B. v C.B. (proper provision; sale of...
Compatibility of Rebutting the “Safe Country of Origin” Presumption with a Finding of Effective State Protection (and the High Threshold for COI “Cherry-Picking” Challenges) 1) Introduction A.B. v...
Chief Executive’s Summary as Sufficient “Consideration” of Public Submissions in Section 31 Ministerial Directions Case: Duffy v The Minister For Housing, Local Government and Heritage and Anor...
Special Grades Do Not Confer Immunity from Workload Monitoring: Academic Judgment Governs Remediation and Progression 1) Introduction MM v A University (Approved) [2026] IEHC 57 is a High Court...
Mandamus in Naturalisation Delays: Waiting for External Background Checks Is Not “Egregious Delay” Tantamount to Refusal Case: MJ v The Minister For Justice; AA v. The Minister For Justice [2026]...
Advance “Relocation Consent” in Hague Cases Must Be Clear, Objective, and Operative at the Date of Removal Case: G v G (Child Abduction: consent; grave risk) (Approved) Citation: [2026] IEHC 45 (High...
C v D (Approved) [2026] IEHC 47 — Grave Risk Under Article 13(b) May Be Grounded on a Single Serious Boundary-Breach, Absent Immediate, Evidenced and Enforceable Safeguards 1) Introduction This High...
Deportation stays pending Supreme Court leave: custody and imminent statutory detention limits are not “special prejudice” absent concrete evidence 1. Introduction A.M.A. v The Minister For Justice,...
Acceptance Must Be Communicated by Return/Exchange of Executed Contract Where “Subject to Contract / Contract Denied” and “Exchange” Is Stipulated 1) Introduction Outeniqua Ltd v Buckley and O'Neill,...