“From Medium-Risk to Lifelong Restriction” – Judicial Discretion to Impose an OLR on Young Offenders Affirmed Introduction In Appeal against Sentence by NS v. HMA ([2025] HCJAC 24) the Scottish High...
Limiting Post-Liability Evidence and Tailoring Nuisance Injunctions in Modular Trials: Principles from Webster & Anor v Meenacloghspar (Wind) Ltd 1. Introduction This commentary examines the High...
Discretionary, Low-Threshold Tests for Authorisation and Permission in Scottish Group Proceedings Introduction This commentary examines the decision in Milligan v Jaguar Land Rover Automotive Plc and...
“Beyond Finality” – A New Threshold for Exceptional Public Importance under s.50A(7) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 Introduction Grall v Meath County Council ([2025] IEHC 318) is a sequel...
Strict Conception of the Public Policy Exception under the Brussels Regulation: Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Despite Domestic Champerty Prohibitions 1. Introduction In Scully v Coucal Ltd [2025]...
Assignment Validity under Foreign Law Restricts Public Policy Exception in Brussels I (Recast) Introduction This commentary examines the Supreme Court of Ireland’s landmark decision in Scully v...
Invalidity of Post-Execution Alterations under Section 86 of the Succession Act 1965 Introduction The Estate of Michael Joseph McNally [Deceased], Re ([2025] IEHC 299) is a High Court probate...
No Discharge Proviso Required: Adequate Protection of Property Rights under Section 155 Water Industry Act Introduction This case concerns an appeal by the Manchester Ship Canal Company Ltd (“MSC”)...
Expert Determination and Judicial Non-Interference: Sunward Holdings Ltd v Teqnion AB ([2025] IEHC 296) Introduction This case concerns a dispute between Sunward Holdings Limited (“Sunward”), the...
“Adjudication Awards Do Not Extinguish Subsequent Creditor Claims in Insolvency Voting” Introduction Bhundia v Dhar (Re Five Delta Ltd – Insolvency Act 1986) [2025] EWHC 1227 (Ch) is a Court of...
Establishing the Autonomy of CAT Follow-On Claims: Transferred Proceedings Trigger CAT Limitation Rules Introduction This case, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care & Ors v Lundbeck Ltd &...
Tailored Trial Adaptations for Neurodiverse Defendants: Fitness to Plead and Diminished Responsibility Clarified in De Zoysa v R Introduction De Zoysa v R ([2025] EWCA Crim 668) is a landmark Court...
“May Not” Is Not Enough: Burden of Disproving Self‑Defence for Secondary Parties and the Decisive Role of Route‑to‑Verdict Directions — Cunningham & Ors v R [2025] EWCA Crim 662 Note on reporting...
Drug Conspiracy Sentencing: Appellate Restraint and Individualised Mental-Health Mitigation Court: England and Wales Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Neutral citation: [2025] EWCA Crim 739 Date:...
Defining the Boundaries of Unduly Lenient Sentence References in Sexual Offences: R v Beckett [2025] NICA 29 1. Introduction R v Beckett [2025] NICA 29 concerns a reference brought by the Director of...
“Humphreys” Guideline: Immediate Custody for Coercive-Control Offences Involving Strangulation & Prior Domestic Violence 1. Introduction R v Humphreys ([2025] EWCA Crim 743) is the latest...
Clarifying the Durable Partner Requirement under the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) Introduction Mustaj v Secretary of State for the Home Department ([2025] EWCA Civ 663) is a Court of Appeal decision...
De Novo Review and Oral-Hearing Discretion in International Protection Appeals Introduction M.M.S. v International Protection Appeals Tribunal & Ors [2025] IEHC 294 is a High Court judgment of Mr...
Private Nature of Political Party Leadership Elections: Exclusion from Public Functions under the Human Rights Act 1998 Introduction This commentary examines the Court of Appeal decision in Tortoise...
Limitation on Credit for Post-Sentence Bail under Qualifying Curfew Conditions Introduction Layden v R [2025] EWCA Crim 659 is a decision of the England and Wales Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)...