Granting Leave to Amend as a Procedural Safeguard before Strike‑Out; Collateral Attacks Will Be Dismissed; Tailored Isaac Wunder Orders to Protect Court Administration — Nowak v Courts Service of...
Returning “Home” in International Child Relocation: E v L [2025] IEHC 687 on Welfare Assessment, Prior Assurances and Post‑Brexit Enforcement 1. Introduction The decision of Jordan J in E v L [2025]...
The “Niland Principle” – Why a Subsequent Acquittal is Insufficient, by itself, to Upset a Prior Guilty-Plea Conviction 1. Introduction Niland v R ([2025] EWCA Crim 945) is a decision of the Court of...
“Due Regard” under the Environment Act 2021 and Statutory Limits on Local Energy-Efficiency Standards: Commentary on Rights: Community: Action Ltd (RCA) v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities...
Kapikanya v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWCA Civ 987 Re-affirming the “Something-More” Threshold for Serious Foreign Offenders under s.117C NIAA 2002 1. Introduction This Court...
DP v London Borough of Lambeth ([2025] EWCA Civ 985) A New Precedent on Procedural Fairness, Mental Capacity, and the Tribunal’s “Flexible Duty” Introduction In DP v London Borough of Lambeth the...
Home-to-Assignment Travel Is Not “Time Work”: Commissioners for HMRC v Taylors Services Ltd & Ors ([2025] EWCA Civ 956) England and Wales Court of Appeal (Civil Division), 24 July 2025 – Bean LJ...
A Rolling-Break without a Term Certain: Court of Appeal Confirms Licences, Not Implied Periodic Tenancies, Where Fixed-Minimum Terms Are Followed by Open-Ended Notice Rights Commentary on AP Wireless...
Arrest Warrants, Child Settlement & Objections: The New Tripartite Test for Refusing Return under the Hague Convention – Commentary on DBH [2025] CSOH 67 1. Introduction In DBH for orders under the...
McGrath v R: Court of Appeal Affirms the Strict Tests for Extensions of Time, Varying Grounds of Appeal, and Admission of Fresh Evidence 1. Introduction In McGrath, R. v ([2025] EWCA Crim 1103) the...
L v T [2025] IEHC 573: Sham Separation Agreements Cannot Oust the Court—High Court Prioritises “Proper Provision” and Authorises Property Orders over Beneficial Interests Citation: [2025] IEHC 573 |...
Hicsonmez v Minister for Justice: The High Court Confirms the Mandatory Nature of the 70 + 30-Day Absence Rule in s.15C Irish Nationality & Citizenship Act 1956 1. Introduction This commentary...
Feigning Psychosis as a Serious Aggravating Factor and Its Effect on Guilty‑Plea Credit in Murder Sentencing — R v Van‑Pooss [2025] EWCA Crim 1240 Court: England and Wales Court of Appeal (Criminal...
“Article V as Shield, Not Sword” – The Court of Appeal Bars Pre-emptive New-York-Convention Challenges Star Hydro Power Ltd v National Transmission & Despatch Company Ltd ([2025] EWCA Civ 928) 1....
“Adequate Reasons & Proportionate Conditions” – The Court of Appeal’s Re-statement of CPR 3.1(3) Principles in GLAS SAS (London Branch) v European Topsoho SARL ([2025] EWCA Civ 933) 1. Introduction...
Defining Advertising-Service Sub-Categories: The “Printed-Publications” Test after easyGroup Ltd v Easy Live (Services) Ltd ([2025] EWCA Civ 946) Introduction The Court of Appeal’s decision in...
A Single Standard for “Conducive to the Public Good” Deprivation Appeals: The Court of Appeal in D5 & Ors v SSHD ([2025] EWCA Civ 957) Broadens the U3 Principle to Serious Organised Crime Cases 1....
R v Al Maamoury [2025] EWCA Crim 1114: The “Culpability Cusp” and Significant Totality Uplifts in Multi‑Victim Dangerous‑Driving Sentencing Court: England and Wales Court of Appeal (Criminal...
Clarifying the “Starting Point” in Sentencing Guidelines: Commentary on R v Nixon [2025] EWCA Crim 1090 1. Introduction R v Nixon is a 2025 decision of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) that...
R v Danilowski [2025] EWCA Crim 1279: Body‑worn video res gestae may be the primary evidence in domestic abuse prosecutions even where the complainant is not called Introduction This appeal from the...