Global Defamation Damages After Default Judgment Require Pleading of Foreign Publication and Double Actionability Case: Ogunkami v Chia Neutral citation: [2026] EWCA Civ 588 Court: England and Wales...
Adjustable Interim RAND Licences with ICC Arbitration Can Satisfy a SEP Owner’s RAND Obligation, Justifying a Permanent Stay of Implementer-Led RAND Proceedings Case: Acer Incorporated & Anor v Nokia...
Hague Child Abduction: New Evidence of Distress During Wrongful Retention Does Not Ordinarily Defeat Return Where Protective Measures and Prompt Welfare Adjudication Exist Case: AG v JW Neutral...
Inherent power to order a further Part 71 examination to complete an extant process and enforce truthful compliance Case: Deutsche Bank AG v Vik [2026] EWCA Civ 581 Court: Court of Appeal (Civil...
Unregistered Trade Mark Licences: No Recovery for Licensees’ Losses Under s.30(6) TMA 1994 and Limitation Still Runs from Infringement 1) Introduction In Lifestyle Equities CV & Anor v Frasers Group...
High Court Has No Jurisdiction to Entertain Crown Court “Contempt in the Face” on a Direct Judicial Reference Without Law Officer Seisin Case: Menon, In the Matter Of (Re Contempt Proceedings)...
Comity and “Sufficient Interest” in Vexatious-and-Oppressive Anti‑Suit Injunctions; Affiliates’ Reliance on LCIA Clauses Despite “Product Contract” Priority Case: JP Morgan Securities Plc & Ors v VTB...
Welfare-Focused Residence Relocation Appeals: Deference on Review, Evidence-Based Change, and Limits on Expert “Violence” Evidence 1) Introduction In A Father and A Mother Re A Child [2026] NICA 22,...
Preliminary Issues and Unconscionability: Hybrid “Assumed Knowledge” Case Management Orders Are Unworkable Case: Castleton v Post Office Ltd & Anor (Rev1) [2026] EWCA Civ 577 Court: England and Wales...
Appellate restraint in welfare appeals: future-focused risk evaluation and permissible bespoke allocation of decision-making without conferring parental responsibility 1. Introduction Re P (No 2:...
Deferment Creates Legitimate Expectation, Not a Licence to Avoid Custody in Serious Violence: Article 8 Child Welfare and the “Mercy” Remedy on an Unduly Lenient Sentence Reference Case: Huntley &...
Oral Pronouncements of “Conviction” in Summary Appeals Have No Binding Effect Without a Final Composite Order (Conviction + Sentence) Case: McGuinness v The Director of Public Prosecutions (Approved)...
Age Assessment Appeals: The “Plainly Wrong” Threshold and the Limits of “Benefit of the Doubt” Where Cogent Evidence Establishes Adulthood 1. Introduction In JR256, Appeal Against the Dismissal of an...
Improperly Indicted Summary Shoplifting: Guilty Plea a Nullity; Minimal Murder Plea Credit Where Responsibility Is Denied Pending Psychiatric Evidence 1) Introduction In R v Blades [2026] EWCA Crim...
Stage 2 Equal Value Hearings: “Work” as Job Requirements, Appeal Particularisation, and the Bar on Revisiting Agreed Facts Case: Tesco Stores Ltd v Element & Ors Citation: [2026] EWCA Civ 580 Court:...
Finality of Possession Orders: No Collateral Attack (or “Fraud” Plea) by Trespass Defence After Lawful Eviction 1. Introduction In KBC Bank NV v Smith & Ors [2026] IECA 80, the Court of Appeal (Allen...
Prospective adopters’ continuing duty of full and frank disclosure: non-disclosure of relationship breakdown and safeguarding risks justifies setting aside an adoption order Case: M (A Child:...
Reasons and “Engagement” in Invalid Skilled Worker Switching Applications: Arguable Duty to Explain Non-Waiver and LOTR Decisions Case: Kalidasan & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department...
High Threshold for Setting Aside a Will: Independent Advice, Strong-Willed Testator, and No Inference of Undue Influence from Spousal Presence 1) Introduction In Nadeem-Ul Casim Haq and others...
Planning Judicial Review: Standing, Pleading Specificity, and Proof in Retention/AA Screening Challenges 1. Introduction In Duffy v An Coimisiun Pleanala (Approved) [2026] IEHC 281, the High Court...