Permissible Contradiction, Not Imperissible Impeachment: Section 3 of the Criminal Law Procedure Act 1865 Allows the Prosecution to Call Later Evidence Contradicting Its Own Witness Where the Purpose...
De Minimis Does Not Bar Leave Where an Arguable Procedural Defect Is Shown in Vehicle-Clamping Judicial Review Case: Joyce v National Transport Authority (Approved) Citation: [2025] IECA 290 Court:...
McEvoy v Dublin City Council (Rev1) — Cumulative Inactivity Can Justify Strike-Out Despite a Recent “Proceeding” Under O.122 r.11 1) Introduction McEvoy v-Dublin City Council (Rev1) [2025] IEHC 745...
Mortgagee’s Duties in Portfolio Sales and the Centrality of Proving Loss: Commentary on Shortt v Bank of Ireland (UK) PLC [2025] NICA 65 1. Introduction Shortt v Bank of Ireland (UK) PLC [2025] NICA...
Substance over Form in POCA Committals and Assessment of Benefit in Planning Enforcement Sentencing: Commentary on R v Salem & Robinson‑Dadoun [2025] EWCA Crim 1602 1. Introduction This commentary...
Coates v R [2025] EWCA Crim 1676: Sentencing for Criminal Damage Following Civil Contempt – Avoiding Double Punishment while Preserving Deterrence 1. Introduction The decision in Coates v R [2025]...
Defining the “Transaction” and Tightening the s.238 Defence: Commentary on TAQA Bratani Ltd & Ors v Fujairah Oil and Gas UK LLC & Ors [2025] EWCA Civ 1669 1. Introduction This Court of Appeal...
Motorola v Hytera [2025] EWCA Civ 1667: Total Bar on Enforcement of Foreign Multiple-Damages Judgments and CPR 40.8A as the Primary Route for Post‑Judgment Relief after Foreign Appeals 1....
Kone v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWCA Civ 1653: Paragraph 297(i)(f) Applies Where One Parent Is Settled Even If the Other Has Limited Leave, and “Exclusion” Is a Normative...
Economic Necessity, Re‑Trafficking Risk and the Refugee Convention Nexus: Commentary on EAV & GMP v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWCA Civ 1677 1. Introduction This Court of...
Exceptional Public Interest and Offence‑Creating Secondary Legislation: Coulthard & Anor v Secretary of State and the Limits of Section 31(2B) Senior Courts Act 1981 1. Introduction This Court of...
Correcting a Warrant-Specific Limitation Error Does Not Create Issue Estoppel in Successive EAW Proceedings Case: Minister For Justice v Cup (Approved) [2025] IEHC 753 (High Court, McGrath J, 19...
Correspondence for Breach of Interim Risk of Sexual Harm Orders and Article 8 Disproportionality After Prolonged Delay in TCA Warrant Surrender 1) Introduction In Minister For Justice v Lomas [2025]...
Judicial Review Is Not a Standalone Route to Obtain CCTV/Disclosure: Alternative Statutary Remedies and Inquest-Fairness as the Proper Public Law Focus 1. Introduction Redic v Commissioner of An...
Public-Interest Departure from the Default Costs Rule in Seanad Election Petitions Introduction Feeney v Groves and Ors [No. 2] (Approved) [2025] IEHC 770 is an ex tempore decision of the High Court...
Sentencing for SHPO Breach: Underlying Sexual Exploitation, Assessed Risk and Sustained Contact Can Properly Place a Single-Date Breach in Category 1A 1. Introduction McNamara, R. v ([2025] EWCA Crim...
Fugitives Cannot Leverage Their Flight to Obtain Eight-Year Extensions of Time: Renewed Leave to Appeal Refused in R. v Gifford & Anor [2025] EWCA Crim 1748 1. Introduction R. v Gifford & Anor...
Testamentary Capacity with Fluctuating Vascular Dementia: When Detailed Solicitor Attendances Can Sustain Probate Despite Retrospective Medical Doubts 1) Introduction In Re: The Estate of Teresa...
“Assess” vs “Take Account”: When IPAT Must Demonstrably Engage with an Appellant’s Case (and When a General Consideration Statement Suffices) 1. Introduction S.G. (Albania) sought judicial review of...
Jury Access to ABE Evidence-in-Chief in Retirement: Fundamental Irregularity Requiring Retrial and a Restrained Approach to Post‑Verdict Jury Inquiry 1. Introduction In JEH, R. v [2025] EWCA Crim...