Lis Pendens Vacatur Upon Determination: Interpreting Section 123(a)(i) in Martin v O’Keeffe Introduction The High Court judgment in Martin v O’Keeffe & Anor ([2025] IEHC 272) addresses the...
The BXQ Framework: Clarifying Joint-Enterprise Liability for Continuing Assaults After Initial Grievous Injury 1. Introduction The Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) decision in R v BXQ ([2025] EWCA...
Flexible Joinder of Corporate Directors Under Order 15: Establishing Personal Liability in Duffy v MSCL Ltd Introduction This commentary examines the High Court of Ireland’s decision in Duffy v MSCL...
The Continuity of IPEC Cost Caps and Security for Costs on Appeal: Establishing Commensurate Limits to Facilitate SME Access to Justice Introduction This commentary examines the Court of Appeal’s...
“Pending but Not Yet Law” – The High Court Charts the Limits of Judicial Reliance on Draft Personal Injury Guidelines 1. Introduction Case: Somers v Commissioner of An Garda Síochána & Ors [2025]...
Delay in Youth Sexual Offence Prosecutions: When CPS Process Failings Do (and Do Not) Amount to Second-Limb Abuse 1. Introduction Okoroji v Crown Prosecution Service [2025] EWCA Crim 1869 concerned a...
Privity of Interest and Abuse of Process: Harrington v SRF Ltd & Ors Introduction Harrington v SRF Ltd & Ors [2025] IEHC 252 concerned John Harrington’s attempt to vacate or nullify a default...
Coroner’s Duty to Review Witness Anonymity Before Inquest Closure and the Scope of Functus Officio Introduction This appeal arises from William Thompson’s application for judicial review challenging...
Clarifying “Person” in the Courts (No.3) Act: Authorising Unincorporated Solicitor Firms to Apply for District Court Summonses Introduction This commentary examines the landmark Supreme Court...
Environmental Purpose Requirement for National Law under Article 9(3) of the Aarhus Convention 1. Introduction This commentary examines the England & Wales Court of Appeal’s decision in HM Treasury &...
Requirement for Detailed Reasoning in Credibility Assessments Under the Lower Standard of Proof in Asylum Claims Introduction QY (Vietnam) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWCA Civ...
“Extreme Youth Equals Category 1 Harm” – Edun v R and the Re-Calibration of Sentencing for Inchoate Child-Sex Offences Introduction Edun, R. v ([2025] EWCA Crim 735) is a seminal Court of Appeal...
Inclusive Interpretation of “Person” under s.1(6)(a) of the Courts (No. 3) Act 1986: Unincorporated Associations’ Right to Apply for Summons Affirmed 1. Introduction This landmark decision arises...
Duty to Provide Adequate Reasons for Refusal of Enhanced Remission and Mootness of Post-Release Challenges Introduction H.S. v. Minister for Justice ([2025] IEHC 271) is a High Court Judicial Review...
Section 234 Insolvency Act 1986: Exclusion of Mortgaged Land with Appointed Receivers from Administrators’ Possession Orders Introduction In Carvill-Biggs & Anor v Reading [2025] EWCA Civ 619, the...
Discovery in Summary Appeal Proceedings: Limitation of Pre-Hearing Documentary Applications Introduction The High Court of Ireland’s decision in Tanager DAC & Anor v Doyle & Anor ([2025] IEHC 275)...
The “Unknown Male DNA” Rule: Post‑conviction DNA identifying a non‑defendant donor in a sexual homicide renders a historic conviction unsafe Introduction This commentary examines the Court of...
Ahmed & Others: Court of Appeal Clarifies Up-Rating of Category 2B Rape Sentences and Aggregate Harm in Multi-Offender Child Exploitation Cases Introduction In Ahmed & Ors, R v ([2025] EWCA Crim 732)...
Equitable Duty of Diligence: Discharge of Prolonged Interlocutory Injunction Against Receiver’s Inaction Introduction Tweedswood Ltd & anor v Power (Approved) [2025] IESC 18 is a Supreme Court of...
Interlocutory Injunctions: Duty to Expedite Proceedings and Appellate Oversight Introduction Tweedswood Ltd & anor v Power [2025] IESC 18 is a landmark Supreme Court of Ireland decision that...