“Deportation” Encompasses Ongoing Exclusion: Section 117C Applies to Revocation Appeals from Abroad Commentary on Nguyen v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWCA Civ 1452 Introduction...
Protective Measures Must Be Effective in the Requesting State: Foreign Order Undermining Safeguards is a Fundamental Change Justifying Reconsideration of a Hague Return Introduction This commentary...
“Planning–Licensing Harmony” and the Limits of Class B: A Definitive Clarification of ‘Purely Planning Considerations’ in Caravan Site Licensing Introduction This Court of Appeal judgment addresses a...
No Domestic Foothold Where SELC Is Disapplied: Court of Appeal narrows treaty- and CIL-based challenges to national security export decisions Introduction In Al-Haq, R (On the Application Of) v...
“No Deemed Fulfilment” in English Law: UK Supreme Court rejects Mackay v Dick as a rule of law and confirms Saleform deposits accrue only when express preconditions are satisfied Introduction In King...
Recalibrating Collateral and Sexual History Evidence in Scottish Sexual Offence Trials: Article 6 Requires a Nuanced s 275 Balancing Approach Case: Daly v His Majesty’s Advocate & Anor (Scotland)...
Cahill (A Minor) v Health Service Executive [2025] IEHC 624: Strict Limits on Preliminary Issues in Catastrophic Injury Cases and the Timing of Discount-Rate Determinations 1. Introduction This...
R v Corner [2025] EWCA Crim 1647: Mental Health, Voluntary Intoxication and Sentencing for Domestic Attempted Murder 1. Introduction This commentary analyses the decision of the England and Wales...
IPP Wrong in Principle Where Judge Fails to Consider Extended Sentence After 14 July 2008 Amendments Case: Ahmed, R. v ([2025] EWCA Crim 1572) Court: England and Wales Court of Appeal (Criminal...
Age Is Not a Sentencing Cliff Edge, but Youth Does Not Override Role and Seriousness in Murder Minimum Terms Case: R v Cashin and Others [2025] EWCA Crim 1419 Court: Court of Appeal (Criminal...
IPP as “Second-Last Resort”: Sentencers Must Expressly Consider and Explain Why an Extended Determinate Sentence Is Insufficient 1. Introduction R v Wilkinson ([2025] EWCA Crim 1573) concerned a very...
Delaney v An Coimisiún Pleanála [2025] IEHC 621: Failure to Prosecute, Defective Pleadings and the Strict Leave Threshold in Planning Judicial Review 1. Introduction Delaney v An Coimisiún Pleanála &...
Extreme Consequences of Pregnancy in Historic Rape as Category 1 Harm: Commentary on R v VDT [2025] EWCA Crim 1567 1. Introduction This commentary examines the decision of the England and Wales Court...
National Procedural Autonomy and Stays of GDPR Supervisory Decisions: Commentary on TikTok Technology Ltd & TikTok Information Technologies UK Ltd v Data Protection Commission [2025] IEHC 619 1....
District Court Power to Dismiss Criminal Charges Where Court Infrastructure Prevents Trial: Commentary on Director of Public Prosecutions v Dermody [2025] IEHC 620 Court: High Court (Ireland),...
Totality in Consecutive Sentencing for Linked Firearms and Class A Drug Conspiracies: Commentary on R v Speed & Ors [2025] EWCA Crim 1582 1. Introduction R v Speed & Ors [2025] EWCA Crim 1582 is a...
Remote Evidence by Defendants in Confiscation Proceedings: Commentary on R v Miah [2025] EWCA Crim 1569 1. Introduction This commentary examines the decision of the Court of Appeal (Criminal...
Bad Character Evidence Cannot Be Used to Bolster a Weak Circumstantial Case Case: R v Cashin and Others [2025] EWCA Crim 1418 Court: Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Date: 13 November 2025 1....
Full and Frank Disclosure in Delay Motions and the Post‑Kirwan Framework: Commentary on Bank of Ireland Mortgage Bank Unlimited Company v Lawlor & Anor [2025] IEHC 617 1. Introduction This commentary...
Proof of Merger in Mortgage Enforcement and Commercial Adequacy of Damages: Commentary on Mulcaire & Ors v Capital Flow Group DAC & Gaynor [2025] IEHC 622 1. Introduction This High Court judgment of...