TT v RR [2025] IEHC 545: Authentic Child’s Voice, Domestic-Relocation Balancing, and the Primacy of Stability over Automatic Review Court: High Court of Ireland (Circuit Appeal) | Judgment of Ms...
Independent Disciplinary Expulsion Moots Status-Based Claims to Reception Accommodation: High Court Clarifies Mootness in International Protection Housing Disputes Introduction In Dashevsky v...
“Complementary not Conflict” – High Court Upholds Coimisiún na Meán’s Content-Restriction Code and Clarifies the Interaction between the Digital Services Act and AVMSD 1. Introduction In X Internet...
“Beyond the Seal” – Ratinskis v. DPP [2025] IEHC 428 and the New Requirement to Prove Chain of Custody in Intoxicated-Driving Prosecutions 1. Introduction Andejs Ratinskis sought judicial review of a...
Kirwan v O’Leary – The High Court Re-defines the “Low but Real” Prima-Facie Threshold for SDT Inquiries and the Duty Not to Misrepresent Legal Executives Introduction Kirwan v O’Leary & Ors ([2025]...
“No Counsel of Perfection”: High Court Re-affirms the Strict Duty to Serve Third-Party Notices “As Soon As Reasonably Possible” – Comment on Judge v Health Service Executive ([2025] IEHC 438) 1....
Egan v Pepper Finance: High Court Re-affirms the Bar on Judicial Review of Superior Court Decisions Exercised in Appellate Jurisdiction 1. Introduction Egan v Pepper Finance Corporation [Ireland] DAC...
“Exceptional Circumstances” Re-Defined: Caraglass Ltd t/a Zeeko v Minister for Education — High Court Clarifies Corporate Self-Representation and Procurement Time-Bar 1. Introduction Caraglass Ltd...
Cahill v. Residential Tenancies Board – Re-affirming the “Entirely Successful” Rule on Costs and the Threshold for Remote-Hearing Complaints 1. Introduction In Cahill v. Residential Tenancies Board...
“Severe Mental-Health Risk Trumps Open Justice” – A Commentary on SA v Secretary of State for the Home Department ([2025] EWCA Civ 1065) Court: Court of Appeal (Civil Division) – England & Wales...
S (Children): The Court of Appeal’s Directive to Identify Transnational Marriage Abandonment as Domestic Abuse 1. Introduction The decision in S (Children: Transnational Marriage Abandonment) ([2025]...
“The Burden-Shift & Holistic-Evidence Rule” in Domicile: A Commentary on Ramana v Kist-Ramana [2025] EWCA Civ 1022 Introduction In Ramana v Kist-Ramana the Court of Appeal revisited one of the most...
“Individualised Disclosure” Re-defined: The Court of Appeal’s Clarification on List-Based Prior Art in Modernatx Inc v Pfizer Ltd & Ors [2025] EWCA Civ 1032 1. Introduction The mRNA-vaccine wars...
Le Patourel v BT Group PLC (No 2): The Court of Appeal clarifies the evidential burden in excessive-pricing cases and the limits of appellate intervention 1. Introduction This commentary examines the...
Hedges v R – Clarifying the Admissibility Threshold for Forensic Bite-Mark Evidence 1. Introduction In Hedges, R. v ([2025] EWCA Crim 1051) the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division), presided over by...
Eronat v CNPC: The “Rendered-Date” Rule and the Enforceability of Contractual Exclusions of Time-Extension Powers under the Arbitration Act 1996 1. Introduction Eronat v CNPC International (Chad) Ltd...
“No Automatic Equality Rights for Pre-Settled Status Holders” A Detailed Commentary on Fertre v Vale of White Horse District Council ([2025] EWCA Civ 1057) 1. Introduction The Court of Appeal (Civil...
A Clear Divide – UK Supreme Court Restricts the Tort of Bribery to Fiduciary Relationships and Rejects Implied Dealer Loyalty in Motor-Finance Transactions Introduction The decision in Hopcraft and...
Beyond the DBS: When Sentencers May Extend Employment Prohibitions through SHPOs – A Commentary on Thorpe v R [2025] EWCA Crim 1007 Introduction Thorpe v R concerns the scope of a Sexual Harm...
Fraudulent Non-Disclosure as a Vitiating Factor in Prenuptial Agreements – Helliwell v Entwistle ([2025] EWCA Civ 1055) 1. Introduction The Court of Appeal’s decision in Helliwell v Entwistle...