Street-Dealing Conspiracies on a Serious and Commercial Scale: 20+ Year Sentences Outside the Drug Supply Guideline and a Totality-Driven Approach to Multiple Conspiracies Case: Ali & Ors, R. v...
Extended Sentences and “Dangerousness”: Reasons and Evidential Foundation Required Where No PSR and Mental Health Risk-Management Evidence Is Incomplete Case: Blake & Ors, R. v Neutral citation:...
Section 100 Leave for Inherent-Jurisdiction Child DoL: “No Available s.25 Bed” and Emotional/Placement-Instability Harm Satisfy Significant Harm Case: T (Inherent Jurisdiction: Deprivation of...
Conspiracy to Cheat HMRC: Knowledge of Precise VAT “Off-Setting” Mechanics Not Required Where a Broad Cheat Is Indicted Case: Rush & Anor v R Neutral citation: [2026] EWCA Crim 442 Court: Court of...
No Blanket Immediate Custody for Sham-Marriage Conspiracies: Suspension Must Be Considered Where Child Impact Makes Custody Disproportionate Case: Moreira, R. v Court: England and Wales Court of...
Judicial Review is Not an Elective Alternative to Statutory Appeal (and District Judges Must Not Be Named Without Evidence of Mala Fides) 1) Introduction In Q. T. v S. O'F. [2026] IEHC 168, the High...
Staying a Refusal to Restrain a Winding‑Up Petition: No “Status Quo” Relief Without a Bona Fide Arguable Appeal, Creditor-Protection Evidence, and Regard to the Companies Act Regime Case: San Leon...
Remand Time Cannot Be Used to “Engineer” a Suspended Sentence; “Moderate” Custody Can Extend to Four Years in Exceptional Mitigation Case: Kiernan & Ors, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 492 Court: England and...
Deliberate Non-Disclosure of Likely Third-Party Gifts Presumed Material in Financial Remedy Set-Asides; Outright Gifts Not Reclaimable Absent Condition or Operative Mistake Case: De La Sala & Anor v...
Leave to Appeal Granted Where “Threat” to Invoke Equality/Human Rights Law May Be Incapable of Amounting to Professional Misconduct (SLCC Eligibility Decisions) 1. Introduction Case: Patrick Henry...
SLCC Eligibility Appeals: No “Standing” Requirement, No Monetary-Value Threshold, and Delegation Permitted for Remit Decisions 1. Introduction In [2026] CSIH 12, the Extra Division of the Inner House...
Exploiting an NHS Support Scheme “Within the Rules” Can Still Evidence Lack of Integrity and Professional Unsuitability Justifying Unconditional Disqualification Court Scottish Court of Session...
Civil Contemnors as “Prisoners”: Executive Power to Transfer Despite a Named Committal Prison 1. Introduction The Board of Management of Wilson's Hospital School v Burke [No. 5] [2026] IEHC 171 is...
FOIA s.51 Information Notices: s.51(1)(a) Is Disjunctive from s.51(1)(b) and the Commissioner May Require Sight of Legally Privileged Material to Decide a s.50 Complaint 1. Introduction Police...
Section 56 Terrorism Act 2000: Proving an Organisation is “Concerned in Acts of Terrorism” Through Non‑Defendant Conduct and Broad Statutory Definitions (with Co‑Defendant Hearsay Admissible with...
Non-Party Discovery of a Garda Complaint in Defamation Proceedings: Discovery Distinguished from Privilege and SLAPP Defences Case: Keegan and Anor v Cummins (Approved) [2026] IEHC 239 (High Court)...
Finality in Possession Litigation: Plenary Proceedings Cannot Collaterally Attack a Concluded Summary Possession Order Case: Connaughton v Start Mortgages Designated Activity Company (Approved)...
Pathological Dependence and the “Weighing” Limb of Capacity: Inherent-Jurisdiction Detention Continued Only to Enable a Least-Restrictive Step-Down Transfer Case: Health Service Executive v A.M....
Outdated Financial Comparators Do Not Render a Cabinet Decision Irrational Unless Officer Advice Is Materially Misleading in Context Case: Hughes, R (On the Application Of) v Kirklees Council...
Foreign Anti-Suit Relief as Criminal Contempt: Only “Exceptional” Cases Can Qualify Where Foreign Jurisdiction Is Invoked in Good Faith Case: BHP Group (UK) Ltd & Anor v Municipio de Mariana & Ors...