Comprehensive Masterplans Must Cover the Entire Institutional Landholding: INST Designation Determined by Ownership and Use, Not Map Pinpointing Introduction In Churchfields Management Company CLG v...
Disrepair Is Not Abandonment: Use, Reasons, and s.37(2)(b) in Retention Permissions Case: O Murthuile v An Bord Pleanála & Anor Citation: [2025] IEHC 498 (High Court of Ireland, 19 September 2025)...
Order 113 Possession for Purchasers from Mortgagees in Possession Despite Pending Registration 1. Introduction Ker Property Management Ltd v McKeever & Anor [2025] NICA 43 is a Northern Ireland Court...
Unauthorised Surveillance by a Grazing Licensee Constitutes Actionable Harassment; 40‑Day Notice Held Reasonable to Terminate Agistment — McGinn & Ors v Davis [2025] IEHC 509 Introduction The High...
R v HBF [2025] EWCA Crim 1282: Court of Appeal endorses adult‑equivalent cross‑check and permits a sub‑half youth benchmark where custody is inevitable Court: England and Wales Court of Appeal...
Minimal Privett Reduction and the Unsuspendable Floor for Category 1A Incitement in Decoy Cases: Commentary on R v Robson‑Durrance [2025] EWCA Crim 1280 Introduction In R v Robson‑Durrance [2025]...
Palatine DAC v An Bord Pleanála [2025] IEHC 499: Enhanced Duty to Give Reasons When Rejecting an Inspector’s Assessment of Daylight and Sunlight Impacts 1. Introduction This judgment of Farrell J in...
Non-renewal of ELC Partnership Agreements as a Contractual Act: Limits of Judicial Review, Standing, and Strict JR Time Limits 1. Introduction St Margarets Nursery Limited sought judicial review...
Mahmood: Whole‑Course Culpability Governs Causing Death by Dangerous Driving; Category A Starting Points Apply Even to Pre‑2022 Offences, and Disqualification Must Be Recalibrated on Appeal Case: R v...
Decoupling the Statutory Minimum in Firearms Cases: R v Barrett [2025] EWCA Crim 1275 and the Duty to Discount Guideline Starting Points Where Exceptional Circumstances Apply 1. Introduction The...
No Automatic Abuse of Process from Repeated Possession Suits: Res judicata requires a merits decision and costs compliance preserves the right to re‑commence Introduction This commentary examines the...
McAleenon v LCCC (NICA): No Duty to Set Lifetime H2S Standards and a Discretionary, Rationality‑Reviewed Duty to Investigate Statutory Nuisance Introduction This Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland...
Woods‑Springer: Calibrating the Upper Bound of Extended Sentences in Multi‑Victim Child Sexual Offences and Reaffirming the Bar on Concurrent “Offender of Particular Concern” Sentences Citation: R v...
Apply the Totality Uplift Before the Guilty Plea Discount: Sentencing Sequence Clarified in R v Gaidamavicias & Anor [2025] EWCA Crim 1416 Introduction In R v Gaidamavicias & Anor [2025] EWCA Crim...
Non‑Opposition Is Not Concession: Negative Declarations, SLAPP Allegations and the ‘Clear Case’ Strike‑Out Threshold under Order 19 rule 28 Introduction This High Court decision, Celio Properties Ltd...
Exclusivity, Authority, and Electronic “Writing” in Land Deals New clarifications from the High Court of Ireland: (i) mere internal awareness and discussion of a rival bid during an exclusivity...
Proof, Not Interrogation: Contested SRO Breaches Require an Evidential Hearing and Strict Fairness Protections — Shields v HMA [2025] HCJAC 44 Citation: [2025] HCJAC 44 (Appeal Court, High Court of...
Inherent Jurisdiction to Compel Special Criminal Court Transcripts for Use in Criminal Appeals: “Necessary to Do Justice” and “No Relevant Legal Prejudice” Clarified Case: Keogh v Special Criminal...
Sentencing in Domestic Murder: Court of Appeal Confirms Discretionary Plea Discount (cap at one‑sixth) and Non‑Arithmetical Methodology post‑Whitla Introduction This commentary examines the Court of...
Inter Partes Discovery under O.31 r.12 confined to opposing parties: notice parties in private law must use non‑party discovery (O.31 r.29) Case: O’Sullivan & Anor v Allied Irish Bank plc & Anor;...