Cahill (A Minor) v Health Service Executive [2025] IEHC 624: Strict Limits on Preliminary Issues in Catastrophic Injury Cases and the Timing of Discount-Rate Determinations 1. Introduction This...
R v Corner [2025] EWCA Crim 1647: Mental Health, Voluntary Intoxication and Sentencing for Domestic Attempted Murder 1. Introduction This commentary analyses the decision of the England and Wales...
IPP Wrong in Principle Where Judge Fails to Consider Extended Sentence After 14 July 2008 Amendments Case: Ahmed, R. v ([2025] EWCA Crim 1572) Court: England and Wales Court of Appeal (Criminal...
Age Is Not a Sentencing Cliff Edge, but Youth Does Not Override Role and Seriousness in Murder Minimum Terms Case: R v Cashin and Others [2025] EWCA Crim 1419 Court: Court of Appeal (Criminal...
IPP as “Second-Last Resort”: Sentencers Must Expressly Consider and Explain Why an Extended Determinate Sentence Is Insufficient 1. Introduction R v Wilkinson ([2025] EWCA Crim 1573) concerned a very...
Delaney v An Coimisiún Pleanála [2025] IEHC 621: Failure to Prosecute, Defective Pleadings and the Strict Leave Threshold in Planning Judicial Review 1. Introduction Delaney v An Coimisiún Pleanála &...
Extreme Consequences of Pregnancy in Historic Rape as Category 1 Harm: Commentary on R v VDT [2025] EWCA Crim 1567 1. Introduction This commentary examines the decision of the England and Wales Court...
National Procedural Autonomy and Stays of GDPR Supervisory Decisions: Commentary on TikTok Technology Ltd & TikTok Information Technologies UK Ltd v Data Protection Commission [2025] IEHC 619 1....
District Court Power to Dismiss Criminal Charges Where Court Infrastructure Prevents Trial: Commentary on Director of Public Prosecutions v Dermody [2025] IEHC 620 Court: High Court (Ireland),...
Remote Evidence by Defendants in Confiscation Proceedings: Commentary on R v Miah [2025] EWCA Crim 1569 1. Introduction This commentary examines the decision of the Court of Appeal (Criminal...
Totality in Consecutive Sentencing for Linked Firearms and Class A Drug Conspiracies: Commentary on R v Speed & Ors [2025] EWCA Crim 1582 1. Introduction R v Speed & Ors [2025] EWCA Crim 1582 is a...
Bad Character Evidence Cannot Be Used to Bolster a Weak Circumstantial Case Case: R v Cashin and Others [2025] EWCA Crim 1418 Court: Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Date: 13 November 2025 1....
Full and Frank Disclosure in Delay Motions and the Post‑Kirwan Framework: Commentary on Bank of Ireland Mortgage Bank Unlimited Company v Lawlor & Anor [2025] IEHC 617 1. Introduction This commentary...
Proof of Merger in Mortgage Enforcement and Commercial Adequacy of Damages: Commentary on Mulcaire & Ors v Capital Flow Group DAC & Gaynor [2025] IEHC 622 1. Introduction This High Court judgment of...
Scott, R v: Totality Uplifts for Concurrent Firearms and Drugs Offending—No “Parity Discount” for a Co-Accused’s Charging Luck 1. Introduction In Scott, R v ([2025] EWCA Crim 1859), the Solicitor...
R v PBN & Ors: Court of Appeal Guidance on Warned Lists and Judicial Responsibility for Listing 1. Introduction This commentary examines the listing-related component of the judgment in R v PBN & Ors...
Contractual Waiver and the Extinguishment of Mortgagee’s Title under the Statute of Limitations: Commentary on Mars Capital Finance Ireland DAC v Walsh [2025] IESC 45 1. Introduction The Supreme...
Reponing after Implement Is Incompetent and Reponing Notes Cannot Be Amended on Appeal: Sheriff Appeal Court in Mostafa & Ors v Abo Tamer Ltd Citation: [2025] SAC (Civ) 37 (EDI-A378-25) Court:...
Chief Constables can be found in civil contempt without proof of wilful intent and despite absence of a penal notice Case commented on: Buzzard-Quashie v Chief Constable of Northamptonshire Police...
Acquittal-Constrained Ancillary Orders: Device Deprivation and SHPO Search Powers Require Proven Necessity; Indefinite Orders Need Specific Justification 1. Introduction R v Valentine ([2025] EWCA...