Exploiting an NHS Support Scheme “Within the Rules” Can Still Evidence Lack of Integrity and Professional Unsuitability Justifying Unconditional Disqualification Court Scottish Court of Session...
Civil Contemnors as “Prisoners”: Executive Power to Transfer Despite a Named Committal Prison 1. Introduction The Board of Management of Wilson's Hospital School v Burke [No. 5] [2026] IEHC 171 is...
FOIA s.51 Information Notices: s.51(1)(a) Is Disjunctive from s.51(1)(b) and the Commissioner May Require Sight of Legally Privileged Material to Decide a s.50 Complaint 1. Introduction Police...
Section 56 Terrorism Act 2000: Proving an Organisation is “Concerned in Acts of Terrorism” Through Non‑Defendant Conduct and Broad Statutory Definitions (with Co‑Defendant Hearsay Admissible with...
Non-Party Discovery of a Garda Complaint in Defamation Proceedings: Discovery Distinguished from Privilege and SLAPP Defences Case: Keegan and Anor v Cummins (Approved) [2026] IEHC 239 (High Court)...
Finality in Possession Litigation: Plenary Proceedings Cannot Collaterally Attack a Concluded Summary Possession Order Case: Connaughton v Start Mortgages Designated Activity Company (Approved)...
Pathological Dependence and the “Weighing” Limb of Capacity: Inherent-Jurisdiction Detention Continued Only to Enable a Least-Restrictive Step-Down Transfer Case: Health Service Executive v A.M....
Childhood Scarring: Lifelong Effects Can Justify Above-Band Damages and High Court Costs High Court of Ireland: [2026] IEHC 199 Judge: Mr Justice Tony O’Connor Judgment delivered: 18 March 2026 1....
Outdated Financial Comparators Do Not Render a Cabinet Decision Irrational Unless Officer Advice Is Materially Misleading in Context Case: Hughes, R (On the Application Of) v Kirklees Council...
Foreign Anti-Suit Relief as Criminal Contempt: Only “Exceptional” Cases Can Qualify Where Foreign Jurisdiction Is Invoked in Good Faith Case: BHP Group (UK) Ltd & Anor v Municipio de Mariana & Ors...
Limitation Time in Estate Possession Claims Runs from Administrator’s Appointment and Post-Removal Trespass, Not from Death Case: Gilvarry v Maher (Approved) [2026] IEHC 157 Court: High Court of...
Implied Incidental Power to Correct an Obviously Mistaken ILR Notification: Prompt Withdrawal and Replacement with Intended LLR 1) Introduction Case: YC, R (on the application of) v Secretary of...
Domestic Violence in International Protection Claims: Death Threats Treated Within the Domestic Violence Spectrum and “Women in Georgia” Not Automatically a Particular Social Group Case: N.K. v The...
Section 5 Extensions Are a Broad, Proportionate Discretion (Not a Punishment): and IPAT “General Credibility” Findings Must Be Factually Accurate, Context-Sensitive, and COI-Correct Case: G. (Angola)...
Section 50 “Unreasonable Interference” Test: Discharging a Freehold Restrictive Covenant Where It Sterilises Servient Land Despite Planning Permission and No Practical Benefit Case: GUIA Properties...
Doyle (No. 3): Climate Act s.15 “spectrum of options”, incorporation of CPPAs via conditions, and “probability not possibility” for bat derogation sequencing Court: High Court (Humphreys J.)...
Domestic Robbery Sentencing: Knowledge of a Handgun and Significant Planning Fix Category A Culpability Despite a “Driver” Role (and Newton Hearing Reduces Plea Credit) Case: Ronan, R. v Court:...
Fraud Act sentencing: “greater harm” and immediate custody for driving theory test cheating despite guideline mismatch Case: Rex v Ali Samadi Rasul Neutral citation: [2026] EWCA Crim 453 Court: Court...
Totality in Historic Intra‑Familial Child Rape: Appellate Correction Where Consecutive Sentences Yield a Disproportionate Overall Term 1. Introduction In R. v VFT [2026] EWCA Crim 536, the Court of...
FSPO Decisions as Res Judicata: No Fresh Court Proceedings on the Same Complaint Absent Statutory Appeal 1) Introduction Pysz v New Ireland Assurance Company PLC (Approved) [2026] IEHC 165 concerns...