“Solid Practical Benefit” and “Proper Case” Reaffirmed: Irish High Court tightens Order 11 service‑out for foreign judgment enforcement absent an Irish nexus Case: Petersen Energia Inversora SAU &...
“When a Trial Is Peremptory, Certiorari Ends the Matter”: The High Court Clarifies the Discretion to Refuse Remittal and Damages after a Void District Court Conviction 1. Introduction Burke v...
Section 37(6) Leave Strictly Applied: Pre‑Remittal s.146 Assignments Not Fatal and “Best‑Practice” Pre‑Commencement Conditions Do Not Materially Alter Development – Morehart v An Bord Pleanála [2025]...
“Plain-English Judging” and the Threshold for Enhanced Costs Commentary on Propiteer Ireland Ltd v Castlehaven Property Finance DAC & Ors ([2025] IEHC 451) Introduction The High Court (Commercial...
The Madison Principle: Selective Strike-Out and Flexibility in Option Notice Compliance under Ireland’s Revised Order 19 Rule 28 1. Introduction Madison Retail Ltd v Carlow SRH Ltd & Musgrave Ltd...
Damages for Curable Title Defects: Substitute Performance, Proven Delay Losses, and Recoverability of Trustee Act Costs; Limited Distress Awards via Physical Inconvenience Introduction This High...
New Guidance on Appeal Time Limits: “Issued to the Parties” Means Deemed Delivery, Not Posting, for RTB Appeals Introduction In Friedman v Residential Tenancies Board & Ors [2025] IEHC 477, the High...
Gaffney & Anor v Gaffney & Anor – Establishing the “Conclusiveness-Proportionality Doctrine” for Conditional Sale of a Family Home under a Judgment Mortgage 1. Introduction Gaffney & Anor v Gaffney &...
The Reasonable-Diligence Standard: High Court Clarifies the Minister’s Duty to Provide Special-Needs School Transport Introduction L.C. (A Minor) v Minister for Education and Youth [2025] IEHC 456...
Case‑Management Stays Pending Foreign Proceedings: Irish High Court Sets “Strong Reasons” Threshold Where Policies Select Exclusive Irish Jurisdiction Introduction This commentary examines the...
Honing the “Materiality” Test: Holland J Clarifies When Irrelevant Political Remarks Vitiate Zoning Decisions – A Commentary on Colbeam Ltd v Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council ([2025] IEHC 437)...
The “Hitu Threshold” – Specificity Required for EAW Objections on Retrial Rights and Prison Conditions 1. Introduction Minister for Justice v Hitu ([2025] IEHC 459) is a High Court decision delivered...
Bordea: Inferred Waiver of Presence in In-Absentia EAWs and No Penalty-Equivalence Requirement for Correspondence under s.38 Introduction In Minister for Justice v Bordea [2025] IEHC 559, the High...
TT v RR [2025] IEHC 545: Authentic Child’s Voice, Domestic-Relocation Balancing, and the Primacy of Stability over Automatic Review Court: High Court of Ireland (Circuit Appeal) | Judgment of Ms...
Independent Disciplinary Expulsion Moots Status-Based Claims to Reception Accommodation: High Court Clarifies Mootness in International Protection Housing Disputes Introduction In Dashevsky v...
“Complementary not Conflict” – High Court Upholds Coimisiún na Meán’s Content-Restriction Code and Clarifies the Interaction between the Digital Services Act and AVMSD 1. Introduction In X Internet...
“Beyond the Seal” – Ratinskis v. DPP [2025] IEHC 428 and the New Requirement to Prove Chain of Custody in Intoxicated-Driving Prosecutions 1. Introduction Andejs Ratinskis sought judicial review of a...
Kirwan v O’Leary – The High Court Re-defines the “Low but Real” Prima-Facie Threshold for SDT Inquiries and the Duty Not to Misrepresent Legal Executives Introduction Kirwan v O’Leary & Ors ([2025]...
“No Counsel of Perfection”: High Court Re-affirms the Strict Duty to Serve Third-Party Notices “As Soon As Reasonably Possible” – Comment on Judge v Health Service Executive ([2025] IEHC 438) 1....
Egan v Pepper Finance: High Court Re-affirms the Bar on Judicial Review of Superior Court Decisions Exercised in Appellate Jurisdiction 1. Introduction Egan v Pepper Finance Corporation [Ireland] DAC...