clarifying-'commercially-reasonable'-consent-in-financial-guarantees:-barclays-bank-plc-v.-unicredit-bank-ag Case Commentaries

Sidelining a Managing Director by Restructuring: Contractual Limits and Injunctive Relief in Kelly v Store All Logistics Ltd [2025] IEHC 653

Date: Dec 3, 2025

Sidelining a Managing Director by Restructuring: Contractual Limits and Injunctive Relief in Kelly v Store All Logistics Ltd [2025] IEHC 653 1. Introduction The High Court decision in Kelly v Store...

Bare Trustees, Limitation and Security for Costs: Commentary on Good Hope Investments Ltd v New Ireland Assurance Company plc [2025] IEHC 667

Date: Dec 3, 2025

Bare Trustees, Limitation and Security for Costs: Commentary on Good Hope Investments Ltd v New Ireland Assurance Company plc [2025] IEHC 667 1. Introduction The decision of Nolan J. in Good Hope...

“Reduction Is Not Abolition”: Private Amenity Space, Daylight Standards and Statutory Consultees in Fernleigh RA v An Coimisiún Pleanála

Date: Dec 3, 2025

“Reduction Is Not Abolition”: Private Amenity Space, Daylight Standards and Statutory Consultees in Fernleigh Residents Association CLG v An Coimisiún Pleanála [2025] IEHC 655 1. Introduction This...

Weak Evidence, Not No Evidence: E.B. v DPP [2025] IEHC 658 and the Limits of Judicial Review of District Court Convictions

Date: Dec 3, 2025

Weak Evidence, Not No Evidence: E.B. v DPP [2025] IEHC 658 and the Limits of Judicial Review of District Court Convictions 1. Introduction E.B. v Director of Public Prosecutions [2025] IEHC 658 is a...

Mental Health, Suicide Risk and Dublin III Transfers: The “Real and Proven Risk” Standard in D.S. v IPAT [2025] IEHC 654

Date: Dec 3, 2025

Mental Health, Suicide Risk and Dublin III Transfers: The “Real and Proven Risk” Standard in D.S. v International Protection Appeals Tribunal [2025] IEHC 654 1. Introduction 1.1 Background to the...

Quasi‑Partnership as “External Title” to Directorship and the Exceptional Restraint of Statutory Removal Powers: Commentary on DAF Truck Services (Cork) Ltd [2025] IEHC 664

Date: Dec 3, 2025

Quasi‑Partnership as “External Title” to Directorship and the Exceptional Restraint of Statutory Removal Powers: Commentary on DAF Truck Services (Cork) Ltd [2025] IEHC 664 1. Introduction This...

Legal Owner Consent, Wayleaves and Workability in Planning Judicial Review: Commentary on Cummins & Ors v An Coimisiún Pleanála (No. 2) [2025] IEHC 662

Date: Dec 3, 2025

Legal Owner Consent, Wayleaves and Workability in Planning Judicial Review: Commentary on Cummins & Ors v An Coimisiún Pleanála (No. 2) [2025] IEHC 662 1. Introduction This judgment of Humphreys J....

Croft v Dublin City Council: Mandatory Removal and Replacement of Site Notices after Invalid Planning Applications

Date: Dec 3, 2025

Croft v Dublin City Council [2025] IEHC 656: Mandatory Removal and Replacement of Site Notices after Invalid Planning Applications 1. Introduction Croft v Dublin City Council [2025] IEHC 656 is a...

Non‑Consumer Mortgage Borrowers, EU Unfair Terms Law and Interlocutory Injunctions: Commentary on Coyle v Everyday Finance DAC [2025] IEHC 666

Date: Dec 3, 2025

When Mortgage Borrowers Are Not Consumers: Non‑Consumer Warranties, EU Unfair Terms Law and Interlocutory Relief in Coyle v Everyday Finance DAC [2025] IEHC 666 1. Introduction This commentary...

PB v HM Advocate [2025] HCJAC 53: Timeous Objection, Volunteered Prejudicial Evidence and Judicial Discretion in Re‑examination

Date: Dec 3, 2025

PB v HM Advocate [2025] HCJAC 53: Timeous Objection, Volunteered Prejudicial Evidence and Judicial Discretion in Re‑examination Court: Appeal Court, High Court of Justiciary (Scotland) Neutral...

CAF v Iarnród Éireann: Automatic Procurement Suspensions, Time‑Limited EU Funding and the “Balance of Justice” Test

Date: Dec 3, 2025

CAF v Iarnród Éireann: Automatic Procurement Suspensions, Time‑Limited EU Funding and the “Balance of Justice” Test 1. Introduction The decision of Twomey J. in Construcciones y Auxiliar de...

Damages for Late Payment of Insurance Indemnities Beyond Courts Act Interest in Agreed‑Value Aviation Policies: Commentary on CDB Aviation Lease Finance DAC v PICC Property and Casualty Co Ltd [2025] IEHC 657

Date: Dec 3, 2025

Damages for Late Payment of Insurance Indemnities Beyond Courts Act Interest in Agreed‑Value Aviation Policies Commentary on CDB Aviation Lease Finance DAC & Ors v Lloyd's Insurance Company S.A. &...

B.N. (Georgia) v IPAT: The Duty to Engage with Core Legal Claims in International Protection Appeals

Date: Dec 3, 2025

B.N. (Georgia) v International Protection Appeals Tribunal & Minister for Justice [2025] IEHC 665: The Duty to Engage with Core Legal Claims in International Protection Appeals 1. Introduction This...

Proportionate Costs for Partial Procedural Success and the Neutrality of the Supreme Court Legal Assistance Scheme – Commentary on Smith v DPP [2025] IESC 52

Date: Dec 3, 2025

Proportionate Costs for Partial Procedural Success and the Neutrality of the Supreme Court Legal Assistance Scheme: Commentary on Smith v Director of Public Prosecutions [2025] IESC 52 1....

Exhaustion of Remedies and Public‑Policy Objections under Brussels I Recast: Commentary on Scully v Coucal [2025] IESC 51

Date: Dec 3, 2025

Exhaustion of Remedies and Public‑Policy Objections under Brussels I Recast: Commentary on Scully v Coucal [2025] IESC 51 1. Introduction The Supreme Court of Ireland’s decision in Scully v Coucal...

Judicial Secondments, Rule of Law Concerns and the Public Policy Exception: Commentary on Scully v Coucal (No. 2) [2025] IESC 51

Date: Dec 3, 2025

Judicial Secondments, Rule of Law Concerns and the Public Policy Exception: Commentary on Scully v Coucal (No. 2) [2025] IESC 51 1. Introduction The Supreme Court’s decision in Scully v Coucal (No....

Mandatory Remittal to An Coimisiún Pleanála and Application of the Current Development Plan on Appeal: Commentary on Millbourne Residents Association v An Coimisiún Pleanála [2025] IESC 50

Date: Dec 3, 2025

Mandatory Remittal to An Coimisiún Pleanála and Application of the Current Development Plan on Appeal Commentary on Millbourne Residents Association v An Coimisiún Pleanála & Rybo Partnership [2025]...

Re E (A Child): Limited Rights of Non‑Party Witnesses to Appeal and Seek Anonymity in Family Court Judgments

Date: Dec 3, 2025

Re E (A Child): Limited Rights of Non‑Party Witnesses to Appeal and Seek Anonymity in Family Court Judgments 1. Introduction The decision in Re E (A Child) [2025] EWCA Civ 1563 is a significant Court...

Chawdhury, R. v — Abuse of Process Bars Retrial Where Acquittal Negates the Prosecution’s Factual Basis for a Hung Count

Date: Dec 3, 2025

Chawdhury, R. v — Abuse of Process Bars Retrial Where Acquittal Negates the Prosecution’s Factual Basis for a Hung Count 1) Introduction This decision of the England and Wales Court of Appeal...

Marginal Non‑Disclosure and the “Evidential Landscape” in Historic Child Sexual Offence Appeals: Commentary on R v UDS [2025] EWCA Crim 1540

Date: Dec 3, 2025

Marginal Non‑Disclosure and the “Evidential Landscape” in Historic Child Sexual Offence Appeals: Commentary on R v UDS [2025] EWCA Crim 1540 1. Introduction This judgment of the Court of Appeal...