VAT Audit Challenges Are Premature Where the Alleged Illegality Concerns Only a Future Assessment Case: SportsDirect.com Retail Ltd v The Revenue Commissioners (Approved) Citation: [2026] IEHC 619...
Dangerous Driving: Cumulative Culpability Can Elevate Non-Prolonged Phone Use into Category A Court: Court of Appeal of England and Wales, Criminal Division Neutral citation: [2026] EWCA Crim 1321...
Section 58(1)(c): Actual Knowledge of Unlawfulness Must Exist When the Tax Assessment Is Made High Court of Ireland · [2026] IEHC 628 · Stack J. · 11 September 2026 1. Introduction This judgment...
SGO in Care Proceedings: Proportionality Required and Threshold Typically Determined Before Permanently Placing a Child with a Foster Carer Case: Re E (A Child) (Special Guardianship Order: Public...
Rape Sentencing: Particular Vulnerability Does Not Require Unconsciousness Court: England and Wales Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Neutral citation: [2026] EWCA Crim 1320 Date: 10 September 2026...
Unnecessary Hague Return Observations Cannot Become Findings in Later Welfare Proceedings Case: X & Y (Child Arrangements: Findings) [2026] EWCA Civ 1169 Court: Court of Appeal of England and Wales,...
Children’s Views Are Relevant but Not Decisive Across the Article 13(b) Grave-Risk Inquiry Case: In the Petition of DM Citation: [2026] UKSC 32 Court: United Kingdom Supreme Court Date: 9 September...
No Damages for Trade Mark Infringement Without Proved Loss: Iniuria Sine Damno Applied in Scots IP Litigation 1) Introduction In McCandlish Farmhouse Confectionery Ltd against Michael Malone and...
Schedule of Condition as a Non‑Exclusive Evidential Cap on Yielding-Up: Repair and Decoration Obligations in Long Commercial Sub-Leases Court: Scottish Court of Session, First Division (Inner House)...
Supervisory Complaints about Curators ad Litem: No Legitimate Expectation of Investigation and No Judicial Review Where the Complaint Seeks to Re-open Litigation Merits 1. Introduction In Petition of...
Interim aliment may include prospective legal fees in exceptional cases despite section 22 of the Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985 1. Introduction In JK against LAK [2026] CSOH 83 (Outer House, Court...
Defamation Injunctions: Minor Inaccuracy Does Not Establish Defamatory Meaning or Justify Suppressing Fact-Checking Journalism High Court of Ireland · [2026] IEHC 614 · 9 September 2026 · Kennedy J....
Unrepresented Bail Hearings: Denial of Core Participation Rights Can Require Immediate Release High Court of Ireland · [2026] IEHC 618 · 9 September 2026 · Ms Justice Cathleen Noctor 1. Introduction...
Repeated False Rape Allegations: Sentences Must Reflect Cumulative and Foreseeable Harm Citation: [2026] EWCA Crim 1315 Court: Court of Appeal of England and Wales, Criminal Division Date: 9...
Second Medical Uses Cannot Reset the SPC First-Authorisation Requirement for the Same Active Ingredient Court: High Court of Ireland Citation: [2026] IEHC 617 Judge: Mr. Justice Barry O'Donnell...
Procedural Fairness and Section 31(2A) in Sponsor Licence Revocations: “Genuine Vacancy” and “Threat to Immigration Control” under Home Office Sponsor Guidance Case: J's Supermarket Ltd, R (On the...
TUPE Regulation 4(2)(a) Does Not Transfer an Employer’s Vicarious Liability to Third Parties Case: ABC v Huntercombe (No.12) Ltd & Ors Citation: [2026] EWCA Civ 1161 Court: Court of Appeal (Civil...
Security-Only Arrest Proceedings Do Not Stop the Hague-Visby Time Bar; Partial Deck Cargo Exclusion Requires Specific Identification Where Items Differ in Value 1) Introduction In Batavia Eximp &...
Consecutive Sentences Must Be Adjusted Where Necessary to Achieve Overall Proportionality Decision: Evans, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 1208 Court: Court of Appeal (Criminal Division), England and Wales...
Guilty-Plea Credit Turns on Unequivocal Indication, Not Formal Entry Court: England and Wales Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Citation: [2026] EWCA Crim 1297 Judgment delivered: 8 September 2026...