consent-reaffirmed-as-no-defence-in-assault-occasioning-actual-bodily-harm:-hobday-v-r.-2025-ewca-crim-46 Case Commentaries

Reaffirming the Primacy of Statutory Rating-Appeal Remedies over Judicial Review in Non-Domestic Rates Avoidance: A Commentary on Bridgeport Estates Ltd v Highland Council [2025] CSOH 69

Date: Aug 7, 2025

Reaffirming the Primacy of Statutory Rating-Appeal Remedies over Judicial Review in Non-Domestic Rates Avoidance A Detailed Commentary on Bridgeport Estates Ltd v Highland Council [2025] CSOH 69 1....

R v Asolo‑Ogugua [2025] EWCA Crim 1183: Cross‑Guideline Calibration and Category A Culpability for Prolonged Drowsy, Drug‑Impaired Driving

Date: Aug 7, 2025

Cross‑Guideline Calibration and Category A Culpability for Prolonged Drowsy, Drug‑Impaired Driving Case: R v Asolo‑Ogugua [2025] EWCA Crim 1183 Court: England and Wales Court of Appeal (Criminal...

R v Wood [2025] EWCA Crim 1257: Narrowing the F1 Exception and Confirming Uplifts for Multiple Serious Injuries in Causing Death by Dangerous Driving

Date: Aug 7, 2025

R v Wood [2025] EWCA Crim 1257: Narrowing the F1 Exception and Confirming Uplifts for Multiple Serious Injuries in Causing Death by Dangerous Driving Court: England and Wales Court of Appeal...

R v Woods [2025] EWCA Crim 1154: High‑Risk Evasion Can Attract Sentences Approaching the s.18 “Intent to Cause Serious Harm” Guideline

Date: Aug 7, 2025

R v Woods [2025] EWCA Crim 1154: High‑Risk Evasion Can Attract Sentences Approaching the s.18 “Intent to Cause Serious Harm” Guideline Introduction This decision of the England and Wales Court of...

HMA v JSH – Re-asserting the Jury’s Role in Determining Mutual Corroboration in Domestic Sexual Abuse Cases

Date: Aug 7, 2025

HMA v JSH – Re-asserting the Jury’s Role in Determining Mutual Corroboration in Domestic Sexual Abuse Cases Introduction The Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary has, in HMA v JSH ([2025]...

“Honing the Materiality Test: Holland J clarifies when Irrelevant Political Considerations Vitiate Zoning Decisions – A Comment on Colbeam Ltd v Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown CC [2025] IEHC 437”

Date: Aug 7, 2025

Honing the “Materiality” Test: Holland J Clarifies When Irrelevant Political Remarks Vitiate Zoning Decisions – A Commentary on Colbeam Ltd v Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council ([2025] IEHC 437)...

The “Hitu Threshold” – Specificity Required for EAW Objections on Retrial Rights and Prison Conditions

Date: Aug 7, 2025

The “Hitu Threshold” – Specificity Required for EAW Objections on Retrial Rights and Prison Conditions 1. Introduction Minister for Justice v Hitu ([2025] IEHC 459) is a High Court decision delivered...

Bordea: Inferred Waiver of Presence in In-Absentia EAWs and No Penalty-Equivalence Requirement for Correspondence under s.38

Date: Aug 7, 2025

Bordea: Inferred Waiver of Presence in In-Absentia EAWs and No Penalty-Equivalence Requirement for Correspondence under s.38 Introduction In Minister for Justice v Bordea [2025] IEHC 559, the High...

“Gan v HMA: The Refined Test for When a Section 28 Defence Must Go to the Jury in ‘Concerned in Supply’ Prosecutions”

Date: Aug 6, 2025

Gan v HMA: The Refined Test for When a Section 28 Defence Must Go to the Jury in ‘Concerned in Supply’ Prosecutions 1. Introduction In Choon Seng Gan v HM Advocate ([2025] HCJAC 32) the Scottish High...

R v Dermott [2025] EWCA Crim 1172: Restoring One‑Third Guilty‑Plea Credit Where Misadvice Prevented an Early Plea; Legal Ombudsman Opinions Inadmissible; Practice Duties on Better Case Management Forms

Date: Aug 6, 2025

R v Dermott [2025] EWCA Crim 1172: Restoring One‑Third Guilty‑Plea Credit Where Misadvice Prevented an Early Plea; Legal Ombudsman Opinions Inadmissible; Practice Duties on Better Case Management...

TT v RR [2025] IEHC 545: Authentic Child’s Voice, Domestic-Relocation Balancing, and the Primacy of Stability over Automatic Review

Date: Aug 6, 2025

TT v RR [2025] IEHC 545: Authentic Child’s Voice, Domestic-Relocation Balancing, and the Primacy of Stability over Automatic Review Court: High Court of Ireland (Circuit Appeal) | Judgment of Ms...

Independent Disciplinary Expulsion Moots Status-Based Claims to Reception Accommodation: High Court Clarifies Mootness in International Protection Housing Disputes

Date: Aug 6, 2025

Independent Disciplinary Expulsion Moots Status-Based Claims to Reception Accommodation: High Court Clarifies Mootness in International Protection Housing Disputes Introduction In Dashevsky v...

“Complementary not Conflict” – High Court Upholds Coimisiún na Meán’s Content-Restriction Code and Clarifies the Interaction between the Digital Services Act and AVMSD

Date: Aug 5, 2025

“Complementary not Conflict” – High Court Upholds Coimisiún na Meán’s Content-Restriction Code and Clarifies the Interaction between the Digital Services Act and AVMSD 1. Introduction In X Internet...

“Beyond the Seal” – Ratinskis v. DPP [2025] IEHC 428 and the New Requirement to Prove Chain of Custody in Intoxicated-Driving Prosecutions

Date: Aug 5, 2025

“Beyond the Seal” – Ratinskis v. DPP [2025] IEHC 428 and the New Requirement to Prove Chain of Custody in Intoxicated-Driving Prosecutions 1. Introduction Andejs Ratinskis sought judicial review of a...

Kirwan v O’Leary – The High Court Re-defines the “Low but Real” Prima-Facie Threshold for SDT Inquiries and the Duty Not to Misrepresent Legal Executives

Date: Aug 5, 2025

Kirwan v O’Leary – The High Court Re-defines the “Low but Real” Prima-Facie Threshold for SDT Inquiries and the Duty Not to Misrepresent Legal Executives Introduction Kirwan v O’Leary & Ors ([2025]...

Judge v. HSE – “No Counsel of Perfection”: High Court Re-affirms the Strict Duty to Serve Third-Party Notices “As Soon As Reasonably Possible”

Date: Aug 5, 2025

“No Counsel of Perfection”: High Court Re-affirms the Strict Duty to Serve Third-Party Notices “As Soon As Reasonably Possible” – Comment on Judge v Health Service Executive ([2025] IEHC 438) 1....

Egan v Pepper Finance: High Court Re-affirms the Bar on Judicial Review of Superior Court Decisions Exercised in Appellate Jurisdiction

Date: Aug 5, 2025

Egan v Pepper Finance: High Court Re-affirms the Bar on Judicial Review of Superior Court Decisions Exercised in Appellate Jurisdiction 1. Introduction Egan v Pepper Finance Corporation [Ireland] DAC...

“Exceptional Circumstances” Re-Defined: Caraglass v Minister for Education and the Limits of Corporate Self-Representation

Date: Aug 5, 2025

“Exceptional Circumstances” Re-Defined: Caraglass Ltd t/a Zeeko v Minister for Education — High Court Clarifies Corporate Self-Representation and Procurement Time-Bar 1. Introduction Caraglass Ltd...

Cahill v. Residential Tenancies Board – Re-affirming the “Entirely Successful” Rule on Costs and the Threshold for Remote-Hearing Complaints

Date: Aug 5, 2025

Cahill v. Residential Tenancies Board – Re-affirming the “Entirely Successful” Rule on Costs and the Threshold for Remote-Hearing Complaints 1. Introduction In Cahill v. Residential Tenancies Board...

“Severe Mental-Health Risk Trumps Open Justice” – A Commentary on SA v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWCA Civ 1065

Date: Aug 5, 2025

“Severe Mental-Health Risk Trumps Open Justice” – A Commentary on SA v Secretary of State for the Home Department ([2025] EWCA Civ 1065) Court: Court of Appeal (Civil Division) – England & Wales...