Mars Capital Finance Ireland DAC v Kane & Anor [2025] IEHC 379 High Court confirms: (1) business-record evidence under the 2020 Act is admissible through a transferee’s deponent, and (2) a lender may...
“Developers First in Line” – Court of Appeal Confirms Retrospective Reach of Remediation Contribution Orders and the “Public-Purse-as-Last-Resort” Principle under the Building Safety Act 2022...
Independent Admissibility of Business Records and Deponent Credibility in Summary Possession Proceedings Commentary on EBS Mortgage Finance & Mars Capital Finance DAC v. Bedford (No.3) [2025] IEHC...
Finite, Not Fleeting: Court of Appeal Clarifies ‘Temporary’ Agency Work and Agency-Employer Status Commentary on Lutz v Ryanair DAC & Anor [2025] EWCA Civ 849 1. Introduction The Court of Appeal’s...
“No Service Charge Is Payable”: The Court of Appeal Confirms a Post-Commencement Bar on Passing Historic Building-Safety Legal Costs to Leaseholders (Adriatic Land 5 Ltd v Long Leaseholders at...
R v Miah [2025] EWCA Crim 1100: When remand, licence and post‑sentence supervision already satisfy punishment — Conditional discharge as the just disposal for a youth under s.8(4) Sentencing Act 2020...
Humphreys v R: Clarifying the Evidential Threshold for Harm Category 1 in Dangerous-Driving Sentencing 1. Introduction Humphreys, R. v ([2025] EWCA Crim 997) presented the Court of Appeal (Criminal...
R v ACP [2025] EWCA Crim 1140: Court of Appeal Mandates an Express “Notional Adult Overall Sentence” Followed by Youth/Vulnerability Discount at the Totality Stage Introduction This commentary...
R v Mohammed [2025] EWCA Crim 1139: Circumstantial Evidence and “More Than Merely Preparatory” Acts—Reaffirming the Galbraith/Masih Threshold for No-Case Submissions in Attempted Rape Introduction In...
“The Murphy Adjustment” – Calibrating Sentences for Non-Terrorist Explosive Offences that Resemble Terrorism Introduction The England and Wales Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) decision in Murphy,...
R v GBE: Clarifying the Limits of Delay-Based Sentence Reductions and the Court’s Discretion on Unduly Lenient References 1. Introduction Case: GBE, R. v ([2025] EWCA Crim 1064) Court: Court of...
“Exceptional Departure”: When Severe Mental Ill-Health Justifies a Community Order for s.278 Sexual Offences – Commentary on IAG, R. v [2025] EWCA Crim 1087 1. Introduction IAG, R. v ([2025] EWCA...
“Ammori v Secretary of State for the Home Department” — Consolidating Judicial Deference in Interim Relief Applications Challenging Terrorism Proscription Orders Introduction In Ammori, R. (On the...
“The Cap-Neutrality Principle” – Court of Appeal Clarifies that Capped-Multiple LFAs Are Not Damages-Based Agreements Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Ltd & Anor v Alex Neill Class...
From “Could” to “Must”: Court of Appeal Clarifies the Actual-Exercise Requirement for Site-Provider Break Rights Under Paragraph 31 of the Electronic Communications Code Introduction The Court of...
LZLabs v IBM: Contractual Bars Trump Software-Directive Defences – A High Hurdle for Fact-Heavy TCC Appeals 1. Introduction LZLabs GmbH & Others v IBM UK Ltd ([2025] EWCA Civ 842) is the Court of...
Beyond Habeas Corpus: High Court Clarifies the Scope of the Article 40.4 Court-Fee Exemption 1. Introduction In McGreal v Concannon & Brown and McGreal v Courts Service Staff & Ors ([2025] IEHC 425)...
Ellis v Secretary of State for Justice: Re-Affirming the “Very Essence” Test for Prisoners’ Right to Education and Curbing Rolling Judicial Review 1. Introduction In Ellis, R (On the Application Of)...
Preserving Zambrano Carers’ Entry Rights: Ahmad v Secretary of State for the Home Department ([2025] EWCA Civ 829) Introduction Ahmad v Secretary of State for the Home Department consolidates two...
Shulman v. City of Edinburgh Council (Upper Tribunal – Local Taxation Chamber, 2025): Affirming Broad Local-Authority Discretion over Long-Term-Empty Council-Tax Discounts and the High Threshold for...