Dunbar Factors: Punitive Civil Contempt for Breach of Anton Piller and Mareva Orders in Digital Piracy Cases Commentary on Sky UK Ltd v Dunbar (Approved) [2025] IEHC 465 (High Court, Sanfey J., 20...
“Reasonableness” as the Shield: When Local Authorities Escape Liability for Expenses in Child-Protection Interdicts 1. Introduction Case: "A" Council for Interdict ([2025] CSOH 78), Opinion of Lord...
R v Subeir [2025] EWCA Crim 1366: Duration of Involvement Does Not Determine “Role” Category in Class A Supply Sentencing Introduction This appeal from the England and Wales Court of Appeal (Criminal...
Continuing trustees retain title and interest to oppose a judicial factor’s proposals where the estate has not been sequestrated Introduction This commentary analyzes the Outer House decision of the...
“Solid Practical Benefit” and “Proper Case” Reaffirmed: Irish High Court tightens Order 11 service‑out for foreign judgment enforcement absent an Irish nexus Case: Petersen Energia Inversora SAU &...
“Hollow” Cross-Undertakings and Operational-Control Injunctions: A Commentary on Yodel Delivery Network Ltd v Corlett & Others [2025] EWCA Civ 1108 1. Introduction The Court of Appeal’s decision in...
Sentencing Hierarchy Confirmed: Rape of a Young Child Merits Significantly Higher Penalties – Commentary on H.M. Advocate v. McMahon & Lambert [2025] HCJAC 34 1. Introduction The Scottish High Court...
Pojda v Lord Advocate (No 2) [2025] HCJAC 33: Scottish High Court Re-Affirms the “Exceptionally Severe” Article 8 Threshold in Extradition Cases 1. Introduction The High Court of Justiciary, sitting...
The Primacy of Procedural Compliance over EU-Law Defences: Dougall v HMA and the Necessity of a Compatibility-Issue Minute Introduction In Dougall v HMA ([2025] HCJAC 35) the Scottish Appeal Court...
Subjective Intention Inferred from Objective Facts & the Sufficiency of Brevity: Heptagon Portfolio Arbroath Ltd v Angus Council [2025] CSOH 75 1. Introduction This Outer House decision, delivered by...
Refining the Efficiency Criterion: Lord Young Clarifies the Threshold for Group Proceedings under the Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act 2018 1. Introduction In Michelle...
“Privilege No Bar” – The Outer Limits of the SLCC’s Sifting Function after Levy & McRae Solicitors LLP v Scottish Legal Complaints Commission [2025] CSIH 23 1. Introduction This Inner House decision,...
The “Dual-Track” Test for Anti-Rates-Avoidance: Dunston Dunfermline Nominees Ltd v Fife Council 1. Introduction In Dunston Dunfermline Nominees Ltd for Judicial Review of a decision of Fife Council...
Gallagher: Post‑Injury Complications Count as “Harm”, Attacks on Public Officials Aggravate, and Late s.76 Pleas Attract Reduced Discounts — A New Sentencing Benchmark for Life‑Endangering Knife...
Judicial Primacy over Medical Consensus in s41 Restriction Orders: Clarification in R v Gordon [2025] EWCA Crim 1194 Introduction This commentary analyses the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)...
Smalling-Small v Home Office West Midlands: Clarifying Section 9 Human Rights Act Claims and the Threshold for Limited Civil Restraint Orders 1. Introduction In Smalling-Small v Home Office West...
The “Petrofac Costs Principle” – Rigorous Scrutiny and Detailed Justification for Interim Payments on Account in Restructuring-Plan Litigation 1. Introduction In Petrofac Ltd (Costs), Re ([2025] EWCA...
“When a Trial Is Peremptory, Certiorari Ends the Matter”: The High Court Clarifies the Discretion to Refuse Remittal and Damages after a Void District Court Conviction 1. Introduction Burke v...
Beyond Reasonable Doubt Applies to Conviction, Not to the Jury’s Application of Mutual Corroboration — and Sexual/Non‑Sexual Charges Must Be Evaluated Separately Case: Appeal against Conviction by...
“Recalibrating Culpability” – The WF Principle on Sentencing Adults for Sexual Offences Committed as Children 1. Introduction In WF, R. v ([2025] NICA 39) the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland...