Article 2 Inquests: Thorough Scrutiny Without Merits Re-hearing; Bennett as Context Not a Separate Test 1. Introduction Nugent, Application for Judicial Review (Re a Decision by the Coroner) [2026]...
Sentencing Overlapping Drug Lines: Courts May Infer Higher Drug Quantities from Wealth, Images and Context Beyond Agreed Message Attributions 1. Introduction In Saheed v R [2026] EWCA Crim 464, the...
“Good Reason” as a Narrow Threshold for High Court Confirmation of Teaching Council Sanctions (s.44(5) Teaching Council Act 2001) Case: Teaching Council v Clancy (Approved) [2026] IEHC 265 Court:...
Fines with High-Level Community Orders: “Good Reasons” Required Where Punitive Requirements Already Punish Case: Bakare, R. v Court: England and Wales Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Neutral...
Delay-Enabled Rehabilitation as Mitigation and the Limits of Unduly Lenient Sentence Review in Controlling or Coercive Behaviour Cases Introduction In Wilson, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 427, the Court of...
Prison Mail Seized for Drug Contamination: Article 8 Does Not Require Disclosure of Sender or Contents Where Seizure Is Necessary for Security and Evidence Handling Court: Outer House, Court of...
Leave for Judicial Review to Halt a Criminal Prosecution: Refused Where Appeal Is the Proper Remedy and Delay Is Unexplained Court: High Court (Judicial Review), Ireland Neutral citation: [2026] IEHC...
Credit-Limit Requests Do Not Cap an Unqualified “All Sums Due” Guarantee: Summary Judgment Where the Guarantee Is Clear and No Collateral Contract Is Shown 1) Introduction In SIG Trading [Ireland]...
Discovery in Cohabitation and Child Maintenance Proceedings: Financial Support from a New Partner to be Proved via Updated Affidavit of Means, Not Broad Messaging Discovery 1) Introduction In O.P. v...
Mandatory Interlocutory Access Orders Require Proper Pleading and Proof: Planning Permissions Do Not Create Private Rights of Way 1. Introduction Olive Green IMS Holdings Ltd v Carter and Anor...
Case Stated Appeals in Northern Ireland: Article 61(3) Transmission Deadline Is Not Automatically Jurisdictional, But May Become Irremediable 1. Introduction Public Prosecution Service for Northern...
Withdrawal Agreement Article 10: “Facilitation” Protection Requires an Article 3(2) Directive Application (Not a Chen-Derivative Route) 1) Introduction Shaikh v The Secretary of State for the Home...
Category A Reviews: Oral Hearings Are Not Triggered by Disagreement with a Downgrade Recommendation 1. Introduction R (on the application of Derek Murcott) v The Secretary of State for Justice [2026]...
Self-defence must be withdrawn where there is no evidential basis for “no reasonable means of escape” — [2026] HCJAC 13 1. Introduction In [2026] HCJAC 13 the Appeal Court of the High Court of...
“Not later than 21 days” means no extension: absolute appeal time-limits under s.75 of the Medical Practitioners Act 2007 Case: Ahmed v The Medical Council (Approved) Neutral citation: [2026] IEHC...
Planning appeals: no duty to invite further submissions on conditions foreshadowed by planning history; reasons may be implicit from the record 1) Introduction In Liffeyfield Ltd v An Coimisiun...
Out-of-Time Appeals in Care Order Litigation: Child Welfare, Finality, and Prior Merits Review 1. Introduction In Southern Health and Social Care Trust v J [2026] NICA 18, the Court of Appeal in...
State Protection Under s.31 of the International Protection Act 2015: COI Citations Must Be Analytically Linked to “Effective” Protection Even for Safe Countries of Origin Case: N v The International...
Deferring a Teacher’s Suspension for “Good Reason”: Minimising Disruption to Pupils under s.44(5) Teaching Council Act 2001 1) Introduction Teaching Council v CD (Approved) [2026] IEHC 244 is an ex...
Automatic Revesting of a Mortgagor-Landlord’s Right to Sue for Rent Arrears After a Receiver’s Discharge Case: Duggan v Supermacs Ireland Ltd (Approved) [2026] IEHC 218 Court: High Court of Ireland...