Culpability and Mens Rea in “Allowing” under s.5 DVCVA: Guilty Plea Fixes Objective Awareness; Exceptional Mitigation for Parental Status Rejected — Commentary on AD [2025] NICA 48 Key takeaways A...
From “As Short-Lived as Possible” to “Reasonable Time”: NICA sets the test for Article 8 delay in asylum decisions and re‑states the Salem filter Introduction This commentary analyses the Court of...
Irvine: Exceptional Circumstances and Firearms Minimum Sentences—Good Character and Community Service Are Not Enough Introduction In The King v Winston Irvine [2025] NICA 45, the Court of Appeal in...
Modified Universalism Within the UK: Discretion to Apply Scots Insolvency Law to Northern Irish Assets Under s 426 Insolvency Act 1986 Case: MacLennan v Walkington [2025] NICA 47 Court: Court of...
MacCormack [2025] NICA 49: Establishing a 12–14 year starting band for aggravated human trafficking and clarifying how concurrent offences (drug supply and control of prostitution) aggravate the...
Order 113 Possession for Purchasers from Mortgagees in Possession Despite Pending Registration 1. Introduction Ker Property Management Ltd v McKeever & Anor [2025] NICA 43 is a Northern Ireland Court...
McAleenon v LCCC (NICA): No Duty to Set Lifetime H2S Standards and a Discretionary, Rationality‑Reviewed Duty to Investigate Statutory Nuisance Introduction This Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland...
Sentencing in Domestic Murder: Court of Appeal Confirms Discretionary Plea Discount (cap at one‑sixth) and Non‑Arithmetical Methodology post‑Whitla Introduction This commentary examines the Court of...
Diaz (NICA): Abuse of the Common Travel Area is an Aggravating Factor and England & Wales Section 25 Sentencing Principles Apply in Northern Ireland Case: The King v Eric Diaz [2025] NICA 52 (Court...
“Recalibrating Culpability” – The WF Principle on Sentencing Adults for Sexual Offences Committed as Children 1. Introduction In WF, R. v ([2025] NICA 39) the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland...
Stewart v R ([2025] NICA 36): The “Residual-Jurisdiction” Ceiling – Finality, Fresh Evidence and Late Sentence Appeals Introduction Hazel Stewart’s notoriety stems from her conviction in 2011 for the...
Lucas v Eurocoach (NI) Ltd: The Court of Appeal Re-states the Elevated Threshold for Overturning Employment Tribunal Findings and Clarifies Time-Limit Analysis under the Disability Discrimination Act...
CD v R [2025] NICA 34 – When Missing Words Do Not Miscarry Justice: The Non-Fatal Omission of “or mainly” in Right-to-Silence Directions 1. Introduction CD v R ([2025] NICA 34) is a Court of Appeal...
Sentencing, Family Hardship, and Double-Counting: The Clarified Boundaries in R v Quinn [2025] NICA 40 Introduction Court: Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland | Date: 20 June 2025 Coram: Keegan LCJ,...
Sentencing Autonomy and Elevated Benchmarks for Predatory Child-Sexual Offences in Northern Ireland Commentary on Costar v R [2025] NICA 37 1. Introduction In Costar v R the Court of Appeal in...
Reaffirming the Newton Hearing Framework: The Duty to Give Reasoned Rulings on Disputed Facts at Sentencing 1. Introduction The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland, in Weir, R. v ([2025] NICA 38),...
McFerran v O'Connor – Re-affirming the “Just and Convenient” Test for Split Trials in Complex Personal-Injury Actions Introduction In McFerran v O’Connor ([2025] NICA 35) the Court of Appeal in...
Limiting Personal Mitigation and Clarifying Sentence Ranges in Historic Child-Sex Penetration Cases – Commentary on R v Anderson [2025] NICA 33 Introduction The Northern Ireland Court of Appeal’s...
Temporal Limits of Article 2 ECHR Investigative Obligation Defined: Exclusion of Legacy Inquests Beyond the Twelve-Year Threshold Introduction This commentary examines the Court of Appeal in Northern...
Ensuring Needs-Based Analysis and Remittal in Ancillary Relief: B v B [2025] NICA 27 Introduction B v B ([2025] NICA 27) is a decision of the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland addressing the...