“Not Every Interjection is Intervention” – Povall, R. v ([2025] EWCA Crim 802) and the Refined Threshold for Quashing Convictions Owing to Judicial Questioning 1. Introduction In Povall, R. v ([2025]...
Byrne v ABO Energy: Annualised General Damages and Full Injunctions for Wind-Farm Noise – An Irish Blueprint for Balancing Nuisance Rights and Climate Policy Introduction On 5 June 2025 Mr Justice...
Cain v R: Elevating Multiple Category-A Factors Above Mitigation in Fatal Dangerous-Driving Sentences Introduction On 5 June 2025 the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) delivered its judgment in...
“The Roach Ceiling” – Clarifying the Limits on Upward Departure from Sentencing Council Guideline Ranges 1. Introduction In Roach, R. v ([2025] EWCA Crim 786) the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)...
R v Legg [2025] EWCA Crim 820 Deference to Sentencer’s Findings of Psychological Harm and the Limits of the Unduly Lenient Sentence Reference 1. Introduction In R v Legg the Court of Appeal (Criminal...
Mandatory Minimum Firearm Sentences Must Run Consecutively to Drug Offences A Detailed Commentary on R v Wills [2025] EWCA Crim 811 1. Introduction In Wills, R v ([2025] EWCA Crim 811) the Court of...
High Court Clarifies Scope of “Trial Resulting in the Decision” and Sovereignty Limits in Post-Brexit TCA Extradition: Minister for Justice v Maughan [2025] IEHC 346 Introduction On 5 June 2025 the...
M.S. v Minister for Justice – Curtailing Discovery in Pre-Leave, Moot Judicial Review Proceedings 1. Introduction In M.S. v Minister for Justice ([2025] IEHC 335) Ms. Justice Siobhán Phelan delivered...
Supreme Court Clarifies Status of IFSPs as “Health Services” and Mandates Greater Specificity in Disability Service Statements Introduction Y & anor v. Health Service Executive ([2025] IESC 26) is...
Bank Misconduct as a Bar to Restitution – Extending Consumer-Credit Protection to Victims of Forged Mortgages 1. Introduction Bank of Ireland Mortgage Bank v Murray & anor, [2025] IESC 24, is...
Donnan v. Parole Board – Costs Consequences When a Statutory Body Moots Judicial-Review Proceedings by Corrective Action 1. Introduction Donnan v Parole Board ([2025] IEHC 328) is a High Court...
From Suspicion to Proof: The High Evidentiary Threshold for Impugning Discretionary Police Bail Decisions after G.W. v. Commissioner of An Garda Síochána 1. Introduction G.W. v. Commissioner of An...
Tolan v Brindley Manor Federation of Nursing Homes Ltd: High Court Affirms Flexible Approach to Procedural Defects and Nuanced Causation in Fatal-Injury Litigation Introduction In Tolan v Brindley...
“A Mortgage in Name Alone”: The Supreme Court affirms that a loan negotiated on the security of a (void) family-home charge remains a “housing loan” and may be recovered from an unjustly-enriched...
Confirming the Prosecution’s Right of Appeal from Pre-Arraignment Dismissals in the Court Martial A Comprehensive Commentary on R v BSH ([2025] EWCA Crim 706) 1. Introduction In R v BSH the Court of...
Murray & Unjust Enrichment: Supreme Court Narrows the Defences Commentary on Bank of Ireland Mortgage Bank v Murray & anor (Approved) [2025] IESC 24 1. Introduction In Bank of Ireland Mortgage Bank v...
The DT Framework: Supreme Court Guidance on Proving Possession through Statutory Inferences (Director of Public Prosecutions v DT [2025] IESC 25) Introduction Director of Public Prosecutions v DT...
“Calibrating Cross-Examination in Summary Proceedings” A Detailed Commentary on Mars Capital Finance Ireland DAC v. Farrell & Anor – High Court (O’Higgins J) [2025] IEHC 351 1. Introduction Court:...
Extending Section 73 Liens Beyond 2009: The Supreme Court’s Framework in Promontoria (Oyster) DAC v Fox & Kean 1. Introduction Promontoria (Oyster) Designated Activity Company v Fox and Kean ([2025]...
“Co-Borrower Status ≠ Consent” – Everyday Finance Ltd v Marsh [2025] IEHC 326 Introduction Everyday Finance Ltd v Marsh is a multi-faceted High Court appeal that touches nearly every fault line in...