Community Orders for Historic Child-Perpetrated Sexual Offences Must Include a Punitive Requirement (Absent Exceptional Circumstances) Case: Taylor, R. v Citation: [2026] EWCA Crim 271 Court: England...
Paid “Volunteer” Coastguard Rescue Officers Are “Workers” When Attending Remunerated Activities 1. Introduction Maritime and Coastguard Agency v Groom ([2026] EWCA Civ 6) concerns whether a...
Security for Costs in Visa Judicial Review: Refusal Where the Order Would Stifle Merits Adjudication Despite Prima Facie Entitlement 1) Introduction Hamza v The Minister For Justice [2026] IEHC 14 is...
Possession on Term-Expired Mortgages: No Discovery and No Oral Variation Against Written Loan Terms 1) Introduction Mars Capital Finance Ireland DAC v O'Connor and Anor concerned a mortgagee’s claim...
Lenient but Not “Unduly Lenient”: Category Elevation in Stalking and Appellate Restraint Despite Unclear Mitigation Accounting Introduction R v Lupu [2026] EWCA Crim 39 is an Attorney General’s...
R v Selamaj & Anor [2026] EWCA Crim 66 — “Especially dangerous” weapon uplift is not impermissible double counting in Category 1A affray, but mitigation may require reversion to the guideline...
HMO Co‑operative Exemption Requires Rules that Mandate Member-Made Management Decisions (Committee Powers Defeat Schedule 14 Para 2B) 1. Introduction Housing 35 Plus Ltd v Nottingham City Council...
Minimum-Term “Indeterminate” Telecom Contracts Are “Fixed Duration Contracts” for End-of-Commitment & Best Tariff Notifications Case: Commission for Communications Regulation v Sky Ireland Ltd...
Payment Out of Court Lodgments as a Payment on Account of Costs Under Order 99 RSC and Practice Direction HC125 1) Introduction Doyle v Buckley [Practising Under the Style and Title of J. Buckley &...
R v Price: Youth rape sentencing—YRO with ISS may be proportionate despite custodial threshold; “particularly vulnerable” and “severe psychological harm” harm factors applied narrowly 1. Introduction...
Section 42 Arbitration Act 1996 Extends to Enforcement of Peremptory Tribunal Anti-Suit Orders 1. Introduction LLC Eurochem North-West-2 v Tecnimont SPA & Anor concerned a focused but practically...
Unparticularised Allegations of Bias and Incoherent Appeal Grounds Cannot Sustain Recusal or Appellate Proceedings Case: Santander Consumer (UK) PLC v Young Citation: [2026] NICA 7 Court: Court of...
Strike-Out for Persistent Non-Payment of Adjudicated Costs Despite Stay: No EU/Constitutional Immunity and No Futile “Unless” Order Case: Goode Concrete v Cement Roadstone Holdings PLC and Ors...
Unlawful Ex Parte Access to In-Camera Family Law Files Vitiates CAB Proceeds of Crime Interim Orders Case: Criminal Assets Bureau v X and Y and Z (Approved) Citation: [2026] IEHC 34 Court: High Court...
Proper Provision with Inherited/Business Assets: Calibrated Intrusion, Not 50:50, and an Elective Deferred Realisation Mechanism 1) Introduction J.K.M. v L.M (ancillary reliefs; proper provision;...
“Costs in the Cause” Is an “Award of Costs” Under Order 99, Rule 2(3): Clarifying the Distinction from Reserved Costs on Interlocutory Motions Case: Meta Platform Ireland Ltd v The Data Protection...
Holmes v Ireland and Ors: Presumptive Strike-Out for Post-Kirwan Inactivity Exceeding Five Years Absent a “Pressing Exigency of Justice” Citation: [2026] IEHC 2 | Court: High Court (Phelan J) | Date:...
Section 600 Pooling Requires a Statutory “Related Companies” Threshold (Not Mere Fund Intermingling): De Facto Director Liability, Misfeasance Remedies, and Disqualification in Multi-Company...
Protected Tenancies under the Housing (Private Rented Dwellings) Act 1982 Are Life-Only: No Vesting in the Deceased Tenant’s Estate Outside the “Relevant Period” 1) Introduction Michael v Doody...
Return Ordered Despite a Mature Child’s Objection Where Habitual Residence Remains in the State of Origin and the Objection Narrative Shows Influence Markers Case: H.I.K. v K.L.S. (in the matter of...