Real Risk of Foreign Prosecution, Not Regulatory Confidentiality Alone, Justifies Withholding Disclosure: Commentary on Persons Identified in Schedule 1 to the Re‑Re‑Amended Particulars of Claim v...
OM v Secretary of State: Opportunistic Sur Place Activity, Kurdish “Hair‑Trigger” Risk and Fact‑Sensitive Risk Assessment on Return to Iran 1. Introduction The Court of Appeal’s decision in OM v...
SM (A Ward of Court) [2025] IEHC 717: Best Interests, Dignified Death and the Role of Medical Ethics in Withdrawing Life‑Sustaining Treatment This commentary analyses the ex tempore judgment of...
IPP as a “Last but One Resort”: Sentencers Must Address Alternatives Before Imposing Discretionary Imprisonment for Public Protection 1. Introduction In Rich (aka Whitelaw), R. v [2025] EWCA Crim...
Coherent Reasons, Comparators and the Burden of Proof in Sex Discrimination Claims: Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council v O'Neill [2025] NICA 61 1. Introduction This Court of Appeal...
Open Justice Prevails over Party Anonymity Where Article 2/8 Thresholds Are Not Met, Despite Withholding Sensitive Anonymity Submissions 1. Introduction Rana (t/a Dee Indian Ltd) v Bouliach (Re...
Cameron v Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust & Anor [2025] EWCA Civ 1574: Subsuming Pending Section 75(2) Tribunal Applications on Recall and the Scope of Judicial Oversight under the Mental Health...
MS v MM [2025] CSOH 113: Section 41 Family Law Act 1986 Has No Extra‑Territorial Effect 1. Introduction This decision of the Outer House of the Court of Session, MS v MM and another ([2025] CSOH 113,...
Fraud Sentencing Methodology: Value Within Category Does Not Fix the Bottom of the Range, and Aggravation/Mitigation Must Be Applied Before Guilty Plea Credit Introduction R. v Hutchinson ([2025]...
The Sufficiency of Legal Title for Summary Possession after Securitisation: Commentary on Pepper Finance Corporation (Ireland) DAC v Hayes [2025] IEHC 692 1. Introduction This High Court judgment,...
R v Ibrahim: Schedule 21 Minimum Terms—Uplift from the 15‑Year Starting Point Requires Clear Justification; Delay in Surrender Not an Aggravating Feature 1. Introduction Case: Ibrahim, R. v [2025]...
Parens Patriae Override of a Capacitated Under‑16’s Refusal of Blood: Adoption of the Three‑Stage “E” Framework in Scotland 1. Introduction In Petition of a Scottish Health Board for the court to...
Mandatory Ultrasound Referral for Fundal Height Discrepancies: Commentary on Claire Bayne or Wilkie v Tayside Health Board [2025] CSOH 111 1. Introduction This case concerns catastrophic birth injury...
Clarifying Interim and Permanent Homelessness Duties under the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987: Commentary on Petition by Y v Glasgow City Council [2025] CSIH 30 1. Introduction This Inner House decision...
Indirect Discrimination, Discretionary Exemptions and the Public Sector Equality Duty in Prison Mail Policies Commentary on Petition of William Frederick Ian Beggs for Judicial Review [2025] CSOH 112...
Autrefois Acquit Bars Remittal Where a District Court Trial Becomes Fundamentally Unfair Within Jurisdiction Case: McCarthy v The Director Of Public Prosecutions (Approved) [2025] IEHC 764 Court:...
Clarifying “Particular Vulnerability” and Deliberate Targeting in Kidnapping Sentencing: Commentary on R v Greenaway [2025] EWCA Crim 1568 1. Introduction This Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)...
Unreasonable Conduct, Expert Evidence and Costs in Called‑In Planning Inquiries: Commentary on Halton BC v Secretary of State [2025] EWCA Civ 1566 1. Introduction This Court of Appeal decision...
Evans v Care Quality Commission [2025] EWCA Civ 1556: Ideological Views, Mandatory Relevant Considerations and the Regulation of Gender-Affirming Treatment for Minors 1. Introduction The decision in...
M.K. v B.K. [2025] IEHC 683: Clarifying the Threshold for Transferring Divorce Proceedings to the High Court in Cases Involving Corporate Assets and Alleged Beneficial Ownership High Court of Ireland...