Gibson v TSE Malta LP (t/a Betfair): Breach of Gambling Commission Licence Conditions Does Not Void Gambling Contracts Introduction The Court of Appeal in Gibson v TSE Malta LP (t/a Betfair) [2025]...
Ryan v Twilio Ireland Ltd [2025] IEHC 748: Equitable Limits on Solicitors’ Liens, Client Access to Files and GDPR Rights 1. Introduction The High Court’s ex tempore judgment in Ryan v Twilio Ireland...
Seising, Service and Inchoate Rights of Custody: Commentary on C.T. v K.O’S [2025] IEHC 736 1. Introduction This commentary examines the decision of the High Court of Ireland (Family Law), delivered...
Permanent Unfitness to Practise and Ex Parte Confirmation: Commentary on Medical Council v Kwan [2025] IEHC 742 1. Introduction This commentary examines the ex tempore judgment of Barniville P in...
Reasonableness of Service Charge Costs Under Long‑Term Contracts: Spender & Ors v Fit Nominee Ltd & Anor [2025] EWCA Civ 1578 1. Introduction This Court of Appeal decision provides an important...
Real Risk, Not Mere Possibility: Interpreting “Could” in GEN 3.1 of Appendix FM Commentary on Secretary of State for the Home Department v Khera [2025] EWCA Civ 1571 1. Introduction This Court of...
Real Risk of Foreign Prosecution, Not Regulatory Confidentiality Alone, Justifies Withholding Disclosure: Commentary on Persons Identified in Schedule 1 to the Re‑Re‑Amended Particulars of Claim v...
OM v Secretary of State: Opportunistic Sur Place Activity, Kurdish “Hair‑Trigger” Risk and Fact‑Sensitive Risk Assessment on Return to Iran 1. Introduction The Court of Appeal’s decision in OM v...
SM (A Ward of Court) [2025] IEHC 717: Best Interests, Dignified Death and the Role of Medical Ethics in Withdrawing Life‑Sustaining Treatment This commentary analyses the ex tempore judgment of...
IPP as a “Last but One Resort”: Sentencers Must Address Alternatives Before Imposing Discretionary Imprisonment for Public Protection 1. Introduction In Rich (aka Whitelaw), R. v [2025] EWCA Crim...
Coherent Reasons, Comparators and the Burden of Proof in Sex Discrimination Claims: Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council v O'Neill [2025] NICA 61 1. Introduction This Court of Appeal...
Open Justice Prevails over Party Anonymity Where Article 2/8 Thresholds Are Not Met, Despite Withholding Sensitive Anonymity Submissions 1. Introduction Rana (t/a Dee Indian Ltd) v Bouliach (Re...
Cameron v Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust & Anor [2025] EWCA Civ 1574: Subsuming Pending Section 75(2) Tribunal Applications on Recall and the Scope of Judicial Oversight under the Mental Health...
MS v MM [2025] CSOH 113: Section 41 Family Law Act 1986 Has No Extra‑Territorial Effect 1. Introduction This decision of the Outer House of the Court of Session, MS v MM and another ([2025] CSOH 113,...
Fraud Sentencing Methodology: Value Within Category Does Not Fix the Bottom of the Range, and Aggravation/Mitigation Must Be Applied Before Guilty Plea Credit Introduction R. v Hutchinson ([2025]...
The Sufficiency of Legal Title for Summary Possession after Securitisation: Commentary on Pepper Finance Corporation (Ireland) DAC v Hayes [2025] IEHC 692 1. Introduction This High Court judgment,...
R v Ibrahim: Schedule 21 Minimum Terms—Uplift from the 15‑Year Starting Point Requires Clear Justification; Delay in Surrender Not an Aggravating Feature 1. Introduction Case: Ibrahim, R. v [2025]...
Parens Patriae Override of a Capacitated Under‑16’s Refusal of Blood: Adoption of the Three‑Stage “E” Framework in Scotland 1. Introduction In Petition of a Scottish Health Board for the court to...
Mandatory Ultrasound Referral for Fundal Height Discrepancies: Commentary on Claire Bayne or Wilkie v Tayside Health Board [2025] CSOH 111 1. Introduction This case concerns catastrophic birth injury...
Clarifying Interim and Permanent Homelessness Duties under the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987: Commentary on Petition by Y v Glasgow City Council [2025] CSIH 30 1. Introduction This Inner House decision...