Kilshane Energy v EirGrid (No. 2): Exceptional Solicitor–Client Costs in Judicial Review Require Proven Serious Non‑Disclosure and Demonstrable Prejudice 1. Introduction This ex tempore judgment of...
Inferring “High Impairment” and Aligning Disqualifications with Custodial Terms: Commentary on R v Henderson [2025] EWCA Crim 1180 Introduction This commentary analyzes the decision of the England...
“Final Means Final” — Lord Sandison’s Definitive Construction of s 11A(4)(a) TCEA 2007 on Late Upper Tribunal Applications Introduction The Outer House of the Court of Session, in Petition of Mohamed...
“Pay-More Trigger” Doctrine: When Cause of Action Accrues Under NHBC Insolvency Cover Commentary on National House Building Council v Peabody Trust ([2025] EWCA Civ 932) 1. Introduction National...
Material Prejudice as the Touchstone of Procedural Fairness Comprehensive Commentary on Moakes (R, on the application of) v Canterbury City Council [2025] EWCA Civ 927 1. Introduction This Court of...
Holding the Ring Pending Permission: Court of Appeal’s Power to Grant Short “Status-Quo” Injunctions After Finding No Real Prospect of Success Introduction AstraZeneca AB & Anor v Generics (UK) Ltd &...
Adams v HMA: The “Materiality Threshold” for Late Disclosure & Desertion in Scottish Criminal Trials Introduction The Scottish High Court of Justiciary in Adams v HMA ([2025] HCJAC 30) has delivered...
“Pre-Incident Duty of Care to Vulnerable Service Users” Commentary on NM v (1) Henderson & (2) Scottish Ambulance Service [2025] CSIH 22 1. Introduction In NM v Henderson & Scottish Ambulance Service...
Green v R: Misapplication of the 2003 Consent Standard to Pre-2003 Offences and the Boundaries of Cross-Admissibility Directions 1. Introduction The Court of Appeal’s decision in R v Green ([2025]...
“Beyond the Threshold Schedule” – The Court of Appeal’s Refined Guidance on Judicial Reason-Giving and Perpetrator Findings in Care Proceedings 1. Introduction The Court of Appeal decision in K & G...
The Exclusive Attribution Test: Determining “Directly Incurred” Costs and Third-Party Income in PFI Waste Management Agreements Commentary on Buckinghamshire Council v FCC Buckinghamshire Ltd [2025]...
“Promises Are Not Facts”: Sharma v R ([2025] EWCA Crim 1122) and the Pleading of Representations Under the Fraud Act 2006 1. Introduction Sharma v R concerns the appeal of Vikas Sharma, an estate...
Clarifying the O’Domhnaill Jurisdiction Post-Beatty: Multi-Source Impairment and Fair-Trial Assessment in Historic Sexual-Abuse Claims – Commentary on D v D [2025] IEHC 434 Introduction The High...
From Secret Soundings to Transparent Consultation: The New Duties of the Judicial Appointments Commission after Thomas v Judicial Appointments Commission 1. Introduction The Court of Appeal’s...
“Scope-and-Coverage as a Jurisdictional Gateway” – The New Rule from Republic of Korea v Elliott Associates LP [2025] EWCA Civ 905 1. Introduction The England and Wales Court of Appeal has delivered...
The Ridgewell Principle Consolidated: Fresh Evidence of Contemporaneous Police Criminality and Racially-Motivated Misconduct Renders Convictions Unsafe Introduction R v Campbell [2025] EWCA Crim 1146...
Media Standing and Section 27 Anonymity Orders – High Court Clarifies Limits in Colbeam Ltd v Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council ([2025] IEHC 453) 1. Introduction In Colbeam Ltd v Dun...
CCRC References, Absent Appellants, and Fresh Evidence of Police Corruption: Clarifications from De Souza [2025] EWCA Crim 1145 Introduction De Souza, R. v ([2025] EWCA Crim 1145) is a further...
Generics (UK) Ltd & Ors v AstraZeneca AB ([2025] EWCA Civ 903) Court of Appeal Confirms the “Ab Initio Plausibility” Standard and Requires a Distinct Technical Contribution for Selections from Prior...
From “Some Degree” to “Global Balance”: Court of Appeal Redefines the Test for Habitual Residence Commentary on Re F (A Child) (Habitual Residence) [2025] EWCA Civ 911 Introduction The judgment in Re...