Appellate restraint in sentence appeals: upholding a trial judge’s finding (to the criminal standard) that the offender brought a knife to the scene of a murder Case: R v Qasem Neutral citation:...
Costs in Judicial Review: Relitigation and Post‑Judgment Developments Do Not Displace the “Costs Follow the Event” Presumption 1) Introduction In Kearney v An Taoiseach and Ors (Approved) [2026] IEHC...
Unequivocal Guilty Pleas to Robbery Remain Safe Where the Defendant Overrode Advice and the Conduct Likely Amounted to Intimidatory Threat Case: R v Naaim Neutral citation: [2026] EWCA Crim 470...
Historic Sexual Offence Appeals: Conventional Directions, Intermediary Safeguards, and Tactical Defence Choices Rarely Render Convictions Unsafe Court: England and Wales Court of Appeal (Criminal...
Recreational Bouldering Facilities Owe No General Duty to Train or Supervise Competent Adults in Respect of Obvious Inherent Risks 1. Introduction Yates v Dublin Bouldering Gym Ltd and Anor [2026]...
H (Children: Expertise of Witness): Post‑order Challenges to an Expert’s Competence in Children Proceedings Should Normally Be Brought in the Family Court (Not by Appeal), and “Bright Lines” Between...
Judicial Review Competency for Council “Well-being” Funding Decisions and the Sufficiency of Officer Reports Summarising Legal Risk 1. Introduction Petition of Allanvale Homes (Prestwick) for...
“Public engagement” is not consultation: interpreting local-authority resolutions and staged Traffic Regulation Orders under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 1. Introduction A & E Baines v The...
Reason-Giving When Ministers Depart from Inquiry Reporters’ Recommendations in Section 37 Electricity Act Decisions 1. Introduction Petition of Galloway Without Pylons for Judicial Review [2026] CSOH...
Section 1259 CTA 2009: Notional Company Must Inherit LLP Ownership/Control for Part 8 “Related Party” Gateway (and FA 2016 s 52 Applies by Accounting Period, with Drafting Error Curable under Inco...
COLREGs Rule 14 Clarified: No Fixed 3°/6° “Geometric” Test, “and/or” Is Disjunctive, and a Head‑On Classification Persists Until Collision Risk Passes 1) Introduction Case: Monford Management Ltd v...
Neurodiversity, Expert Evidence and “More Onerous Custody”: Limits on Culpability Reduction in Unlawful Act Manslaughter Sentencing 1. Introduction R v IGG ([2026] EWCA Crim 419, CA (Crim Div), 12...
No Case to Answer in a Domestic Homicide: “Reasonable Jury Could Infer Guilt” and Bad Character as Context, Not Substitute 1. Introduction In R. v Morgan [2026] EWCA Crim 472, the Court of Appeal...
Postal Service and Signature Requirements for Valid Notices of Termination under the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 1. Introduction In Argutinski v Residential Tenancies Board (Approved) [2026] IEHC...
Managed Discharge in Child Mental Health Detention: District Court Power to Adjourn/Stay Discharge Under s.25 Mental Health Act 2001 to Prevent Inappropriate Release Case: Health Service Executive v...
Structured Totality in Child Homicide Sentencing: Avoiding Double Counting and Adjusting Guideline Starting Points to Historic Maximums Case: Ives, R. v Citation: [2026] EWCA Crim 417 Court: Court of...
S.49(7) Humanitarian Reviews: Minister May Balance State System-Integrity Against “Something More” in Precarious-Residence Cases Case: S.M. v The Minister For Justice [No. 2] [2026] IEHC 138 (High...
Public Participation Is Not Triggered by AA Screening under s.146B; SAC Conservation Objectives Do Not Extend to Birds 1) Introduction Rural Residents Wind Aware and Environmental Group, John Nolan...
State Protection Requires Effectiveness, Not Mere “Improvement”: COI Must Rationally Support a Section 31 Finding Case: T.M. [Georgia] v The International Appeals Tribunal and Anor (Approved) [2026]...
Security for Costs under s.52 Companies Act 2014: “Reason to Believe” Requires More than a Terse Liquidity Critique 1) Introduction In Ryconlou Ltd v Conlon [2026] IEHC 152, the High Court (O’Donnell...