Perez v Coombe: High Court Clarifies the Status of Clinical Guidelines and the “Two-Schools-of-Thought” Defence in Irish Medical-Negligence Law 1. Introduction Citation: Perez v Coombe Women &...
Pepper Finance v. Cuffe – Conclusive Land Registry Entries & Admissibility of Litigation-Generated Business Records in Summary Possession Actions 1. Introduction Court: High Court of Ireland | ...
“Entitlement-to-Rent” as the Sole Test of Landlord Status under the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 – A Comprehensive Commentary on Ó Laoire v. Residential Tenancies Board [2025] IEHC 384 1....
Refusal to Engage with Recommended Supports as Ground for Interim Suspension under Section 60 – A Commentary on Medical Council v PQ [2025] IEHC 390 1. Introduction This commentary analyses the...
“Statutory Enforcement v. Judicial Review” – Procedural Limits Clarified in Malone v GCHL Ltd & Ors [No. 3] ([2025] IEHC 397) 1. Introduction This third judgment in the long-running environmental...
“Proportional ‘Wasted-Costs’ Orders for Late Amendments” – Commentary on Lobov v McGregor [2025] IEHC 398 1. Introduction Lobov v McGregor is a High Court of Ireland decision delivered electronically...
From Rent to Trade: The Exclusive-Possession Test for Emergency Accommodation Income after Hade v Revenue Commissioners 1. Introduction The High Court decision in Hade v Revenue Commissioners ([2025]...
Todd v Rex ([2025] EWCA Crim 883): Re-affirming the “Relevant Similarity & Temporal Nexus” Test under s.41(3)(c) Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 1. Introduction Court of Appeal (Criminal...
The Tallentire Principle: Judicial Comment on a Defendant’s Failure to Call a Witness Introduction Tallentire & Anor v Rex ([2025] EWCA Crim 885) presented the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)...
“Good and Sufficient Reason” Re-Defined: When Public Interest in Systemic Bias Outweighs Planning Certainty – A Commentary on Thomson & anor v. An Bord Pleanála [2025] IESC 31 1. Introduction The...
Limiting Qualified Privilege Under Section 18(2): Bird v Iconic Newspapers ([2025] IESC 30) Introduction Bird v Iconic Newspapers is the Supreme Court of Ireland’s leading decision on the scope of...
Integrated Proportionality & Domestic-Abuse Risk in International Relocation A Commentary on O (Domestic Abuse: International Relocation) [2025] EWCA Civ 888 1. Introduction The Court of Appeal’s...
“Constraint Benefits” Re-defined: PPA Payments for Credited Energy Treated as Rent-Linked Income under Scottish Windfarm Leases 1. Introduction In Glenfiddich Wind Ltd v Dorenell Windfarm Ltd ([2025]...
Shared Framework Supremacy: Scottish Court Affirms Framework Terms Override Competing Standard Conditions in “Battle-of-Forms” Cases Introduction The Inner House of the Court of Session in Caledonia...
Phones 4U v EE & Others ([2025] EWCA Civ 869) The Court of Appeal’s “Holistic Review” Standard for Delayed Judgments and the Limits of Adverse-Inference Doctrine 1. Introduction This appeal arose...
“From Worldwide to Domestic” – Court of Appeal Clarifies Partial Continuation of Freezing Orders and the Priority of Non-Proprietary Assets for Legal Funding (Gable Insurance AG v Dewsall & Ors,...
No Care Order Without a Live s.31A Plan Commentary on A & Ors (Care Orders at Home) [2025] EWCA Civ 901 1. Introduction The Court of Appeal’s decision in A & Ors (Care Orders at Home) rewinds a...
Intra-Conspiracy Supplies Must Run Concurrently – A Commentary on Takawira & Williams v R [2025] EWCA Crim 1037 1. Introduction The Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) in Takawira & Williams v R has...
“Appropriate & Necessary”: A Tailored-Disclosure Standard for Maintenance Variation Applications (Commentary on D.D v N.B.T. [2025] IEHC 402) 1. Introduction D.D v N.B.T. is a High Court (Family Law)...
Prosecution Appeals and the “Interests-of-Justice” Threshold After Jury Acquittal – Director of Public Prosecutions v JS [2025] IESC 32 Introduction Case reference: The People (DPP) v JS, Supreme...