No-Order Costs in Unsuccessful Public-Interest Judicial Review: Applying Little (No. 2) to Prison-Remission Litigation 1) Introduction Kelleher v The Irish Prison Service and Ors (No. 3) (Costs)...
Part-Time Status Need Only Be an Effective Cause of Less Favourable Treatment Case: Augustine v Data Cars Limited Citation: [2026] UKSC 30 Court: United Kingdom Supreme Court Date: 12 August 2026...
Strict expedition after registering a lis pendens and “special circumstances” limiting security for costs where an individual co-plaintiff remains on risk 1) Introduction In Kavanagh and Anor v...
Consent-to-judgment settlement clauses: summary judgment refused where implementation disputes (VAT allocation) raise a bona fide defence 1) Introduction In Kavanagh and Anor v O'Neill and Anor...
Mixed WRC Proceedings: Private Industrial Relations Disputes Do Not Displace the Public Hearing Default for Statutory Complaints—“Special Circumstances” Must Be Explained and Kept to What Is...
Permissible Judicial Intervention: Recalling a Defendant to Address a Live Evidential Inference Without Entering the Arena Case: R v Vaux Neutral citation: [2026] EWCA Crim 1129 Court: Court of...
OLR Competence for Pre‑2006 Offending: “Case Commenced” Means Procurator Fiscal Receipt of a Prosecution Report, and Earlier Conduct May Still Prove a “Pattern of Behaviour” 1. Introduction In Appeal...
Unfair Dismissal and the “Curing” Effect of Internal Appeals: When an ET Need Not Spell It Out Case: Argence-Lafon v Ark Syndicate Management Ltd [2026] EWCA Civ 1039 Court: England and Wales Court...
ANPS “Material Impact” Net Zero Test Is Distinct from IEMA GHG Significance Ratings: Reliance on Jet Zero Strategy, Qualitative Non‑CO₂ EIA, and Constrained “Otherwise Agreed” DCO Requirements 1)...
Section 50 Non-Refoulement: “No New Information” Is a Reviewable Material Error Where Additional Evidence Was Submitted Case: K (Georgia)(Non-Refoulement) v Minister For Justice Home Affairs and...
Substitution of Mortgagee-Plaintiff in Summary Possession: Prima Facie Transmission of Interest Suffices; Discovery and “Notices for Particulars” Are Premature 1. Introduction In Start Mortgages...
Fundamental-Process Threshold in Child Access Cases: Child’s Contemporary Views, Proper Expert Role, Effective Cross-Examination, and Avoidance of Premature Judgment Case: M (Child Access...
Pleading and Notice of Failure to Mitigate in Garda Compensation Claims under s.23 of the 2022 Act 1. Introduction Gray v Commissioner Of An Garda Siochana (Approved) [2026] IEHC 557 is a High Court...
Article 40 Is Not the Remedy for Bail-Hearing Non-Representation Arising from Solicitors’ Fee-Driven Non-Attendance: Recourse Lies to High Court Bail Review 1. Introduction In Kiely v The Governor Of...
Fresh mitigation on appeal: suspending an otherwise proper immediate custodial sentence where new evidence shows stark harm to dependent children 1. Introduction In R v TIR [2026] EWCA Crim 1106, the...
Public Justice, Adequate Reasons on Internal Appeal, and No Free-Standing ECHR Damages Where Nominate Torts Provide a Complete Remedy 1) Introduction In Walsh v The Legal Aid Board [2026] IEHC 571,...
Delusions May Have a Foothold in Reality: When Later Re-diagnosis Does Not Undermine a 1998 Hospital Order Court: Appeal Court, High Court of Justiciary Citation: [2026] HCJAC 34 (HCA/2025/13/XM)...
Article 40 Habeas Corpus Is Not the Remedy Where Unrepresented Bail Detention Results from a Deliberate Choice Not to Act Introduction In Ennis v The Governor Of Cloverhill Prison [2026] IEHC 575,...
Totality and “Uplift” on a Lead Controlling/Coercive Behaviour Sentence Despite Concurrent Terms Introduction In Rex v Procyk [2026] EWCA Crim 1104, the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) (Lady...
Litigation Misconduct in Divorce Maintenance Variation: Doctored Documents and False Evidence as a Basis for Lump-Sum “Proper Provision” 1. Introduction C v R (Approved) [2026] IEHC 581 is a High...