Allegations of “Parental Alienation Syndrome” Do Not Legally Mandate a Specialist Expert Under s.32 (and Disagreement with Evidential Weight Is Not for Judicial Review) Case: L.H. (Custody And Access...
No “Compelling Reasons” Threshold for Strike-Out After Grovit Abuse: Discretion Governed by the CPR Overriding Objective 1) Introduction In Blackberry Ltd v Optiemus Infracom Ltd [2026] EWCA Civ...
Section 259 Hearsay: No Mandatory Psychiatric Report and Deference to the Trial Judge’s Finding of Witness Unfitness Introduction This appeal in the Scottish High Court of Justiciary (Appeal Court)...
Estoppel by Conduct: Privilege Cannot Shield a Litigation Volte-Face Justified Only by “Changed Legal Advice” Court: England and Wales Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Neutral citation: [2026] EWCA...
Refusal of European Arrest Warrant Surrender Where the Issuing State Cannot Assure Minimum 3m² Personal Space and Fails to Provide Specific Mitigation Against Overcrowding 1. Introduction The...
Appellate restraint in Article 8 “family life” findings: Upper Tribunal cannot set aside an FTT decision absent a material error of law Case: Entry Clearance Officer v BB & Ors Citation: [2026] EWCA...
SIAC Costs Jurisdiction in Section 2D Reviews Requires Lord Chancellor Rules, Not Section 2D(4) Case: Secretary of State for the Home Department, R (On the Application Of) v Special Immigration...
Pool Findings Are a Last Resort Where Only Two Possible Perpetrators Exist: “Binary” Attribution, Wider-Canvas Evaluation, and Forensic Imbalance 1) Introduction In Re B (A Child: Uncertain...
Misreading a Planning Decision Date and Relying on Mistaken Legal Advice Will Not Satisfy s.50(8): Delay Is Attributable to Applicant and Its Lawyers 1. Introduction Coumnagappul Wind Farm Ltd v An...
Judicial Review Threshold and the Scope of “Inspection” of Evidenzer Breath-Testing Apparatus Case: The Director of Public Prosecutions v Flanagan (Approved) [2026] IEHC 531 Court: High Court of...
Okunade stays in EU-citizen removals: long residence and child contact will not displace the default where serious violent offending heightens the public-interest risk Case: MR v The Minister For...
Section 37(6) Leave to Appeal: A Remedial/Contingency Condition Does Not “Materially Differ” the Development Case: Breedon Cement Ireland Ltd v An Coimisiún Pleanála and Ors (Approved) [2026] IEHC...
Misappropriation of Client Money by Directors: Compensation Limited to Restoring the Client Money Hole, Not Trading Losses 1) Introduction Next Generation Holdings Ltd & Anor v Finch & Anor [2026]...
Section 259 CPSA 1995: GP and Community Mental Health Nurse Evidence Can Suffice to Prove Witness “Unfit” Despite Special Measures 1. Introduction In [2026] HCJAC 33 (an opinion superseding [2026]...
Endorsement-Sheet Signatures and “Foot or End”: Valid Execution of Pre-Printed Wills under s.78 Succession Act 1965 1) Introduction In The estate of Catherine Rigney Deceased, Re [2026] IEHC 582, the...
Fraudulent Inducement to Forbear: Damage Occurs Where the Debt Should Have Been Paid (Service Out under PD 6B) Case: Sucden Financial Ltd v TMT Metals AG & Ors [2026] EWCA Civ 986 Court: Court of...
Technical Contempt for Breach of Special Care Orders and the McD Discretionary Framework 1) Introduction In LN (A Minor Suing By His Mother And Next Friend H) v Child And Family Agency and Ors; CN (A...
Exhaustion of Regulation 33 Garda Discipline Appeals Before Judicial Review: Leave May Be Set Aside Where No “Fundamental Denial of Justice” Is Arguable 1) Introduction Mulligan v Commissioner Of An...
CPR 27.14(2)(g) in Small Claims: Costs Neutrality, Narrow “Unreasonable Behaviour”, and No Denton-Style Gloss 1. Introduction Orton v Barclays Bank UK Plc [2026] EWCA Civ 1025 is a Court of Appeal...
Improper-purpose “loan-to-own” appointments: out-of-court administrators may be void ab initio 1) Introduction Case: Glint Pay Ltd & Ors v Baker & Anor [2026] EWCA Civ 1023 (Arnold LJ, Falk LJ,...