Mandatory Interlocutory Access Orders Require Proper Pleading and Proof: Planning Permissions Do Not Create Private Rights of Way 1. Introduction Olive Green IMS Holdings Ltd v Carter and Anor...
Withdrawal Agreement Article 10: “Facilitation” Protection Requires an Article 3(2) Directive Application (Not a Chen-Derivative Route) 1) Introduction Shaikh v The Secretary of State for the Home...
Category A Reviews: Oral Hearings Are Not Triggered by Disagreement with a Downgrade Recommendation 1. Introduction R (on the application of Derek Murcott) v The Secretary of State for Justice [2026]...
Self-defence must be withdrawn where there is no evidential basis for “no reasonable means of escape” — [2026] HCJAC 13 1. Introduction In [2026] HCJAC 13 the Appeal Court of the High Court of...
“Not later than 21 days” means no extension: absolute appeal time-limits under s.75 of the Medical Practitioners Act 2007 Case: Ahmed v The Medical Council (Approved) Neutral citation: [2026] IEHC...
Planning appeals: no duty to invite further submissions on conditions foreshadowed by planning history; reasons may be implicit from the record 1) Introduction In Liffeyfield Ltd v An Coimisiun...
Out-of-Time Appeals in Care Order Litigation: Child Welfare, Finality, and Prior Merits Review 1. Introduction In Southern Health and Social Care Trust v J [2026] NICA 18, the Court of Appeal in...
State Protection Under s.31 of the International Protection Act 2015: COI Citations Must Be Analytically Linked to “Effective” Protection Even for Safe Countries of Origin Case: N v The International...
Deferring a Teacher’s Suspension for “Good Reason”: Minimising Disruption to Pupils under s.44(5) Teaching Council Act 2001 1) Introduction Teaching Council v CD (Approved) [2026] IEHC 244 is an ex...
Automatic Revesting of a Mortgagor-Landlord’s Right to Sue for Rent Arrears After a Receiver’s Discharge Case: Duggan v Supermacs Ireland Ltd (Approved) [2026] IEHC 218 Court: High Court of Ireland...
Confirmation under s.76(3) Medical Practitioners Act 2007: cancellation is inevitable where conviction shows permanent unfitness and gross abuse of trust Case: Medical Council v Yunos (Approved)...
Expired Interim Compulsory Supervision Orders Do Not Automatically Render Stated-Case Appeals “Academic” Scottish Court of Session, Inner House (Extra Division) — [2026] CSIH 18 (10 April 2026) 1....
District Court Jurisdiction After Defective Service: Issue of a 1986 Act Summons Invokes Jurisdiction; Attendance Usually Cures Service Defects Unless Rights Are Deliberately Violated 1) Introduction...
Section 108 LCLRA 2009 Does Not Confine a Receiver to “Income Only” Where the Mortgage Delegates a Power of Sale — and Delay May Disentitle an Applicant to Injunctive Relief 1) Introduction In Rogers...
Commercial Receiver-Sale Injunctions: Even Where a Receiver’s Contractual Power of Sale Is Arguably Absent, Damages and the “Least Risk of Injustice” May Defeat Interlocutory Relief 1) Introduction...
Article 21 Hague Access in Scotland: Welfare-Based Recasting of a Foreign Contact Regime, Limits on Open-Ended “Extra Days”, and Resident-Parent Passport Retention 1. Introduction GNO (Petitioner) v...
Early Learning & Childcare Agreements as “Public Contracts” Only on Uptake, but Procurement Time Limits Run from Sufficient Knowledge (Not Disclosure of Contract Terms) Case: St Margarets Nursery LTD...
Reid v MCM Building & Civil Engineering Construction Ltd: Apportionment in Mesothelioma by “Fibre/ml-Years” Where Exposure Intensity Differs 1. Introduction John Reid sued two former employers—MCM...
Jones & Anor v R: No “Masih” Jury Direction Requirement and No Probative Weight in Absence of Police Intelligence 1. Introduction Jones & Anor v R concerned two appellants, Jordan Jones (driver) and...
British Citizens Returning to Scotland for Safety Are Not “Excepted Students” Comparable to Refugees for Home-Fee Eligibility 1. Introduction Leo Bruce Huisman against University of the Highlands and...