Contextual Interpretation of Ex Tempore Circuit Court Rulings: No Quashing Where an Error on Admissibility Did Not Affect the Outcome 1) Introduction Conway v Director Of Public Prosecutions...
GDPR Cannot Be Weaponised to Derail Conveyancing: Solicitors’ Routine Processing is Lawful Under Article 6 and Collateral Attacks Are Strike-Out Abuses 1. Introduction Burns v John J. Quinn and Co....
Assignee Substitution on De Novo Circuit Appeals: Current Entitlement Must Be Proved; Substitution (Not Joinder) Is the Default Absent a Non‑Assignable Counterclaim Case: Bank Of Ireland Mortgage...
Hostility under Sentencing Act 2020 s.66 and Sentencing Guidelines: Avoiding Double Counting Where Hostility Is Integral to Culpability 1. Introduction Omar, R. v ([2026] EWCA Crim 92) concerns a...
R v NFL: “Very Significant Force” in Child Cruelty Sentencing Turns on Infant Vulnerability and the Nature of Force; “Deliberate Disregard” Must Be a Separate Feature to Escalate Culpability 1....
Primacy of Compliance with Consent Court Orders: Mandatory Injunction Compelling Execution Despite Unilateral Mistake 1) Introduction Moloney v Sheehy ([2026] IEHC 91) concerns an urgent High Court...
Section 75 Children Act 2001: “Aged-Out” Accused Have No Constitutional Entitlement to Child-Only Summary Jurisdiction 1) Introduction In Brophy-v-The Director of Public Prosecutions, Ireland, and...
Article 40.1 Requires Children Act 2001 s. 75 Protections to Extend to “Aged-Out” Minors Where Venue Choice Affects Sentencing Exposure 1. Introduction Brophy v The Director of Public Prosecutions,...
Totality Cannot Be Used to Correct an Allegedly “Unduly Lenient” Earlier Sentence Absent a s.36 Reference 1. Introduction Riberio, R. v ([2026] EWCA Crim 87) concerns the correct application of the...
Functional “Institution” Test under s.49(1) of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Act 2023: multi-facility purpose, not single-site maternity services Case: Kiernan [Otherwise John...
Schedules of Findings in Public Law Must Match the Judgment: Fairness Limits on “Off‑Piste” Pool Findings 1) Introduction S, Re (Care and Placement: Schedule of Findings of Fact) [2026] EWCA Civ 85...
“Wholly Successful Means Full Costs”: Where Settlement Delivers the Practical Remedy, Costs Follow—Even if Relief Is Granted “Outside the Rules” and Without Conceding Unlawfulness 1. Introduction In...
Contractual Enforcement of MHPS-Consistent Policies: “Medical Director Will Act” as Non‑Delegable Case Manager for Consultant Investigations (Absent Exceptional Circumstances) 1. Introduction MN v...
Category 3 Harm at the Top End Can Still Justify a Sentence Above the Category 3C Guideline Range (Unlawful Wounding) 1. Introduction Lukaszewicz, R. v ([2026] EWCA Crim 225) concerned an appeal...
Assessment of Damages Under the 2021 Personal Injuries Guidelines: Dominant-Injury Proportionality and Partial Recovery of Unpleaded Therapeutic Costs Case: Shortt v Leonard and Anor (Approved)...
Non-disclosure of internal credit-committee material is not, without more, a misrepresentation vitiating a conditional consent-to-judgment settlement CourtHigh Court of Ireland Citation[2026] IEHC 82...
Opportunistic Rape and the “Significant Degree of Planning” Threshold: Reclassification from Category 1A to Category 1B 1. Introduction Jancevskis, R. v concerns an appeal against sentence following...
Extended Sentences Must Not Exceed the Offence Maximum: Correcting an Unlawful Section 20 GBH Extension 1) Introduction R v Walker ([2026] EWCA Crim 226) concerns a sentencing error where the Crown...
Preventing Double Counting Where Dangerous Driving Is the Mechanism of Affray, and Ensuring Proper Recording of YOI Sentences and Extended-Test Disqualifications 1) Introduction McCann, R. v [2026]...
Substitute Consent for Life-Saving Transfusion for a 16-Year-Old: AHDs Inoperative Under 18 and JJ “Parental Failure” Threshold Applied to Refusal of Treatment 1. Introduction This ex tempore ruling...