Section 37(6) Leave Strictly Applied: Pre‑Remittal s.146 Assignments Not Fatal and “Best‑Practice” Pre‑Commencement Conditions Do Not Materially Alter Development – Morehart v An Bord Pleanála [2025]...
Recalling Scottish “Search” Orders for Material Non-Disclosure: Lord Lake’s Clarification of the Duty of Full and Frank Disclosure Introduction The decision of Lord Lake in Petition of PE Ltd and...
“The Intrinsic-Issue Principle”: Lord Sandison Clarifies the Scope of Serious Irregularity Appeals under Rule 68 1. Introduction Arbitration Appeal No 2 of 2024 concerns a farming partnership dispute...
Wallace v Wallace: Latent Dividend-Tax on Private-Company Wealth as a “Special Circumstance” – A Qualified Departure from Equal Sharing 1. Introduction The Outer House decision of Lady Carmichael in...
“The Maximum-Separation Principle” Outer House, Court of Session offers new guidance on the optimum length of continuous absence from each parent and on excluding non-germane abuse allegations in...
“Plain-English Judging” and the Threshold for Enhanced Costs Commentary on Propiteer Ireland Ltd v Castlehaven Property Finance DAC & Ors ([2025] IEHC 451) Introduction The High Court (Commercial...
The Madison Principle: Selective Strike-Out and Flexibility in Option Notice Compliance under Ireland’s Revised Order 19 Rule 28 1. Introduction Madison Retail Ltd v Carlow SRH Ltd & Musgrave Ltd...
Damages for Curable Title Defects: Substitute Performance, Proven Delay Losses, and Recoverability of Trustee Act Costs; Limited Distress Awards via Physical Inconvenience Introduction This High...
New Guidance on Appeal Time Limits: “Issued to the Parties” Means Deemed Delivery, Not Posting, for RTB Appeals Introduction In Friedman v Residential Tenancies Board & Ors [2025] IEHC 477, the High...
Binding Contracts by Mixed Digital Communications: The New Precedent from DAZN Ltd v Coupang Corp [2025] EWCA Civ 1083 1. Introduction The Court of Appeal’s decision in DAZN Ltd v Coupang Corp sets a...
Indecent‑Image Recidivism as Evidence of “Dangerousness” Justifying an Extended Determinate Sentence for a Single Contact Offence: Commentary on McGillivary [2025] EWCA Crim 1255 Introduction This...
R v Godlova [2025] EWCA Crim 1296: Reduced Culpability from Mental Disorder and Youth Must Inform the “Appropriate Punishment” Test and the Decision to Suspend Introduction In R v Godlova [2025] EWCA...
R v Foster [2025] EWCA Crim 1185: Oblique Death-Threat Communications Can Justify Immediate, Unsuspended Custody Even Without Express Citation of the Suspension Guideline; 10% Credit for a Day‑Two...
Gaffney & Anor v Gaffney & Anor – Establishing the “Conclusiveness-Proportionality Doctrine” for Conditional Sale of a Family Home under a Judgment Mortgage 1. Introduction Gaffney & Anor v Gaffney &...
The Reasonable-Diligence Standard: High Court Clarifies the Minister’s Duty to Provide Special-Needs School Transport Introduction L.C. (A Minor) v Minister for Education and Youth [2025] IEHC 456...
Proving Sexual Motivation in Attempted Kidnapping and Upholding Extended Sentences for Dangerousness: R v Enodolomwanyi [2025] EWCA Crim 1295 Introduction This commentary examines the Court of...
Case‑Management Stays Pending Foreign Proceedings: Irish High Court Sets “Strong Reasons” Threshold Where Policies Select Exclusive Irish Jurisdiction Introduction This commentary examines the...
R v Taylor [2025] EWCA Crim 1186: Sequencing Special Custodial Sentences under s278 Sentencing Act 2020 — Extended Licence Periods Must Not Overlap with Custody Introduction This commentary examines...
R v Gibson [2025] EWCA Crim 1256: Post‑sentence ADHD diagnosis insufficient to displace a dangerousness finding; pre‑sentence report not mandatory where unnecessary Court: England and Wales Court of...
R v Sohna [2025] EWCA Crim 1258: Liaison and Diversion reports may obviate the need for a PSR where immediate custody is inevitable; appellate deference to Newton findings and “significant role”...