Re-calibrating Sentencing for Repeated Rape: HM Advocate v MacGregor ([2025] HCJAC 28) 1 · Introduction The Appeal Court of the Scottish High Court of Justiciary, sitting as a three-judge bench and...
“Proportionality Where Fraud Vitiates EU Residence Rights” – A Comprehensive Commentary on Imran v. Minister for Justice [2025] IESC 29 1. Introduction In Imran v. Minister for Justice the Irish...
Kaploniak v Minister for Justice – High Court Clarifies the “Inferred-Waiver” Test for Trials in Absentia under Section 45 of the European Arrest Warrant Act 2003 Introduction The judgment in...
R v Usherwood & Others [2025] EWCA Crim 920: Protecting Criminal Commerce Counts as “Gain” — Schedule 21 Starting Points for Organised Crime Murders Clarified Introduction This commentary examines...
Beades v KBC & Others: High Court Clarifies Strike-Out Threshold, Henderson abuse, and Scope of Isaac Wunder Orders 1. Introduction This extensive decision of Mr Justice Conor Dignam, delivered on 27...
The Dinnegan Principle: The Dominance of Objective Evidence over Evolving Allegations in School-yard Personal-Injury Litigation Introduction Dinnegan v Trustees and Board of Management of Loughegar...
Sentencing for Assaults on Emergency Workers: Duty to Articulate Uplifts and Focus on Totality – Commentary on R v Jenkins [2025] EWCA Crim 1018 1. Introduction This commentary examines the decision...
The Bradley Principle: Confirming Testamentary Capacity Despite Documented Cognitive Impairment Introduction Citation: Re: The Estate of Margaret Bradley (Approved) [2025] IEHC 365, High Court of...
“Facts-at-Time” Test for Receiver Sales: Ryan v. Promontoria (Aran) Ireland Ltd & Ors – A Comprehensive Commentary 1. Introduction Ryan v Promontoria (Aran) Ireland Ltd & Ors ([2025] IEHC 362)...
“Substantial Probative Value” Re-affirmed: Hartley, R. v ([2025] EWCA Crim 904) and the Elevated Threshold for Non-Defendant Bad-Character Evidence Introduction In Hartley, R. v ([2025] EWCA Crim...
When “Due Regard” Can Be Inferred: PSED Compliance and the Lawfulness of a Six‑Week Consultation on an Equality Act Statutory Code 1. Introduction National Council for Civil Liberties (Liberty) v...
“The Everyday Mishap” Doctrine & the Precision-in-Pleadings Rule Commentary on Lawless v Keatley [2025] IEHC 364 1. Introduction Lawless v Keatley is a High Court appeal from the Circuit Court in...
High Court Discretion to Admit Fresh Evidence on Section 37 Appeals – Comment on S v E [2025] IEHC 377 1. Introduction Parties: The wife (S) as applicant/respondent in the Circuit Court and appellant...
Immediate Custody Without Explicit Reference to the Imposition Guideline: Commentary on R v Saleh & Hussain [2025] EWCA Crim 1025 Introduction The Court of Appeal (Criminal Division), in R v Saleh &...
“Frivolity Re-Defined” – Ward v Director of Public Prosecutions [2025] IEHC 355 and the New Low Threshold for Mandamus to Compel a Case Stated 1. Introduction Ward v DPP is the latest High Court...
Cowie v Vitality: A Scottish Blueprint for the Consumer Insurance (Disclosure and Representations) Act 2012 1. Introduction The decision of Lord Sandison in Gillian Cowie (as Executrix-Dative of the...
The Engagement-Duty Costs Rule: P.K. v V.O.S. & Anor and the Proportional Reduction of Costs for Inadequate Pre-Litigation Engagement 1. Introduction P.K. v V.O.S. & Anor ([2025] IEHC 354) is a High...
Section 160 Injunctions Cannot Be Used to Collaterally Attack Planning Permissions – Malone v Laois County Council & Ors ([2025] IEHC 345) 1. Introduction In Malone & McEvoy v Laois County Council,...
Keane v. Clerk of the Dáil – Clarifying Who May Inspect “Sealed” Election Materials under ss.129-130 of the Electoral Act 1992 High Court of Ireland – Ms. Justice Emily Egan – 19 June 2025 – [2025]...
No Automatic Stay of Civil Contempt for Parallel Criminal Charges – The Turner v Coates Doctrine 1. Introduction Case: Turner & Anor v Coates [2025] EWCA Civ 782 Court: England and Wales Court of...