The Primacy of Procedural Compliance over EU-Law Defences: Dougall v HMA and the Necessity of a Compatibility-Issue Minute Introduction In Dougall v HMA ([2025] HCJAC 35) the Scottish Appeal Court...
Subjective Intention Inferred from Objective Facts & the Sufficiency of Brevity: Heptagon Portfolio Arbroath Ltd v Angus Council [2025] CSOH 75 1. Introduction This Outer House decision, delivered by...
Refining the Efficiency Criterion: Lord Young Clarifies the Threshold for Group Proceedings under the Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act 2018 1. Introduction In Michelle...
“Privilege No Bar” – The Outer Limits of the SLCC’s Sifting Function after Levy & McRae Solicitors LLP v Scottish Legal Complaints Commission [2025] CSIH 23 1. Introduction This Inner House decision,...
The “Dual-Track” Test for Anti-Rates-Avoidance: Dunston Dunfermline Nominees Ltd v Fife Council 1. Introduction In Dunston Dunfermline Nominees Ltd for Judicial Review of a decision of Fife Council...
Gallagher: Post‑Injury Complications Count as “Harm”, Attacks on Public Officials Aggravate, and Late s.76 Pleas Attract Reduced Discounts — A New Sentencing Benchmark for Life‑Endangering Knife...
Judicial Primacy over Medical Consensus in s41 Restriction Orders: Clarification in R v Gordon [2025] EWCA Crim 1194 Introduction This commentary analyses the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)...
Smalling-Small v Home Office West Midlands: Clarifying Section 9 Human Rights Act Claims and the Threshold for Limited Civil Restraint Orders 1. Introduction In Smalling-Small v Home Office West...
The “Petrofac Costs Principle” – Rigorous Scrutiny and Detailed Justification for Interim Payments on Account in Restructuring-Plan Litigation 1. Introduction In Petrofac Ltd (Costs), Re ([2025] EWCA...
“When a Trial Is Peremptory, Certiorari Ends the Matter”: The High Court Clarifies the Discretion to Refuse Remittal and Damages after a Void District Court Conviction 1. Introduction Burke v...
Beyond Reasonable Doubt Applies to Conviction, Not to the Jury’s Application of Mutual Corroboration — and Sexual/Non‑Sexual Charges Must Be Evaluated Separately Case: Appeal against Conviction by...
“Recalibrating Culpability” – The WF Principle on Sentencing Adults for Sexual Offences Committed as Children 1. Introduction In WF, R. v ([2025] NICA 39) the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland...
Section 37(6) Leave Strictly Applied: Pre‑Remittal s.146 Assignments Not Fatal and “Best‑Practice” Pre‑Commencement Conditions Do Not Materially Alter Development – Morehart v An Bord Pleanála [2025]...
Recalling Scottish “Search” Orders for Material Non-Disclosure: Lord Lake’s Clarification of the Duty of Full and Frank Disclosure Introduction The decision of Lord Lake in Petition of PE Ltd and...
“The Intrinsic-Issue Principle”: Lord Sandison Clarifies the Scope of Serious Irregularity Appeals under Rule 68 1. Introduction Arbitration Appeal No 2 of 2024 concerns a farming partnership dispute...
Wallace v Wallace: Latent Dividend-Tax on Private-Company Wealth as a “Special Circumstance” – A Qualified Departure from Equal Sharing 1. Introduction The Outer House decision of Lady Carmichael in...
“The Maximum-Separation Principle” Outer House, Court of Session offers new guidance on the optimum length of continuous absence from each parent and on excluding non-germane abuse allegations in...
“Plain-English Judging” and the Threshold for Enhanced Costs Commentary on Propiteer Ireland Ltd v Castlehaven Property Finance DAC & Ors ([2025] IEHC 451) Introduction The High Court (Commercial...
The Madison Principle: Selective Strike-Out and Flexibility in Option Notice Compliance under Ireland’s Revised Order 19 Rule 28 1. Introduction Madison Retail Ltd v Carlow SRH Ltd & Musgrave Ltd...
Damages for Curable Title Defects: Substitute Performance, Proven Delay Losses, and Recoverability of Trustee Act Costs; Limited Distress Awards via Physical Inconvenience Introduction This High...