Re-defining “Reasonable Grounds” for Further and Better Discovery in Illegal-Adoption Litigation Commentary on Clarke v Saint Patrick's Guild (In Liquidation) & Ors [2025] IEHC 374 1. Introduction...
Voluntary Conveyance ≠ Custody: Child Locks and Limited Disclosure Do Not Create De Facto Arrest Case: Appeal under section 74 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 by J K‑P against His...
Fareed v R [2025] EWCA Crim 1063: Guidance on “Relatively Minor” Bad-Character Evidence Admitted to Correct a False Impression Court: Court of Appeal (Criminal Division), England & Wales Date of...
“The Burton Principle”: Choosing the Correct Modern Guideline for Historic Child-Sexual Offences 1. Introduction In Burton, R. v ([2025] EWCA Crim 950) the England and Wales Court of Appeal (Criminal...
“Competent-Management” as an Implied Pre-Condition in Earn-Out Turnover Warranties – Commentary on Key Pest Ltd & Anor v Walsh [2025] IEHC 415 1. Introduction Key Pest Limited and its associated...
The “McDonagh Principle”: Actual Serious Harm Elevates Robbery to Category B1 Regardless of Foreseeability 1. Introduction McDonagh, R v ([2025] EWCA Crim 953) is a Court of Appeal (Criminal...
The Ahmed Principle: Extending the “Actual-Harm” Test to Firearms Offences within the Sentencing Guidelines 1. Introduction Ahmed, R. v ([2025] EWCA Crim 943) concerns an application for leave to...
Expanding “Abuse of Trust” in Sentencing: The Precedential Effect of R v Glover-Stuart ([2025] EWCA Crim 1013) 1. Introduction The Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) in R v Glover-Stuart addressed a...
R v Clark [2025] EWCA Crim 931 Disposal of the Weapon as an Independent Aggravating Factor and Administrative Correction of Youth Sentencing Defects Introduction R v Clark is a renewed application...
The “Semen-Analysis” Distinction: High Court Clarifies When Laboratory Testing Crosses the Line into Veterinary Diagnosis 1. Introduction Veterinary Council of Ireland v Beavon ([2025] IEHC 387)...
Wolinska v. Commissioner of An Garda Síochána & Ors – A Refined Test for Balancing Public-Interest and Legal-Advice Privilege in Malicious-Prosecution Discovery 1. Introduction The High Court of...
Hybrid Habitual Residence & Influenced Objections: The A.X. v. R.X. Clarification 1. Introduction A.X. v. R.X. ([2025] IEHC 432) is a High Court of Ireland decision arising from the second set of...
Doctrine of Finality Prevails: Kennedy J Limits the Use of “Parallel” Plenary Proceedings to Stall Bankruptcy Commentary on Doherty v Blessville UnLtd Company [2025] IEHC 368 1. Introduction Doherty...
Stewart v R ([2025] NICA 36): The “Residual-Jurisdiction” Ceiling – Finality, Fresh Evidence and Late Sentence Appeals Introduction Hazel Stewart’s notoriety stems from her conviction in 2011 for the...
“Sheridan v Glasgow” and the Outer House’s Re-Drawing of the Supervisory Boundary for Pre-Contractual Employment Decisions 1. Introduction The decision of Lord Young in Petition of Thomas Sheridan...
“Sarwar v Phlo Technologies”: The Objective-Conduct Test for Implied Waiver & Personal Bar in Scots Company Law 1. Introduction In Nadeem Sarwar v Phlo Technologies Ltd & Ors ([2025] CSOH 55) Lord...
The “Frontier-Science” Threshold: Campbell (aka Norris) v R ([2025] EWCA Crim 795) 1. Introduction Campbell (formerly Colin Norris) was convicted in 2008 of murdering four elderly hospital patients...
“Ten Years as an EU Citizen”: The New Threshold for Enhanced Protection from Deportation Commentary on Secretary of State for the Home Department v Borges [2025] EWCA Civ 784 I. Introduction The...
“Connection Not Causation”: The Court of Appeal’s Authoritative Construction of s 554A ITEPA 2003 in Marlborough DP Ltd v HMRC [2025] EWCA Civ 796 1. Introduction The England & Wales Court of Appeal...
The Karpasitis Principle: Highway Authorities’ Duty of Care for Grass Verges and the Evidential Limits of the Section 58 Defence 1. Introduction Karpasitis v Hertfordshire County Council ([2025] EWCA...