The Hegarty Doctrine: Supreme Court Affirms Commissioner’s Power to Invoke Section 14(2) After Completion of Garda Disciplinary Proceedings Introduction In Hegarty v The Commissioner of an Garda...
Broadened Standing to Oppose Common-Law Recognition of Foreign Insolvencies Commentary on Vesnin v Queeld Ventures Ltd & Ors [2025] EWCA Civ 951 1. Introduction Vesnin v Queeld Ventures Ltd & Ors is...
Galvin v DPP: Distinguishing Ex-Facie and Fact-Sensitive Constitutional Challenges – The Supreme Court Re-Defines the Prematurity Doctrine 1. Introduction Case citation: Galvin v The Director of...
“The Parmar Principles” – Evidential Comparators, Adverse Disclosure Inferences & Appellate Restraint in Race Discrimination Claims 1. Introduction Leicester City Council v Parmar ([2025] EWCA Civ...
“Prematurity Re-Defined” – Galvin v. DPP & ors: The Supreme Court’s New Framework for Early Constitutional Challenges 1. Introduction Galvin v The Director of Public Prosecutions & ors ([2025] IESC...
R v Claes [2025] EWCA Crim 1284: Twenty-year terms are justified for massive Class A importations at the top of “significant role”; using a legitimate business as cover is a leading‑role indicator...
R v Rai [2025] EWCA Crim 1224: Particular Vulnerability is a Step‑1 Harm Factor (Independent of Targeting) and Multiple Step‑1 Harm Features Preclude Downward Movement from the Guideline Starting...
R v Sweetland [2025] EWCA Crim 1156: Double‑Counting Constraints and the Category 2 Ceiling in Assault by Penetration; Overall Guilty‑Plea Credit Fixed by First Admission of Guilt Court: England and...
Authoritative Weight of Service Sentencing Guidance and A1 Categorisation for Deliberate Breach of Ukraine Standing Order: Commentary on BPR, R v [2025] EWCA Crim 1147 Introduction This commentary...
Kilshane Energy v EirGrid (No. 2): Exceptional Solicitor–Client Costs in Judicial Review Require Proven Serious Non‑Disclosure and Demonstrable Prejudice 1. Introduction This ex tempore judgment of...
Inferring “High Impairment” and Aligning Disqualifications with Custodial Terms: Commentary on R v Henderson [2025] EWCA Crim 1180 Introduction This commentary analyzes the decision of the England...
“Final Means Final” — Lord Sandison’s Definitive Construction of s 11A(4)(a) TCEA 2007 on Late Upper Tribunal Applications Introduction The Outer House of the Court of Session, in Petition of Mohamed...
“Pay-More Trigger” Doctrine: When Cause of Action Accrues Under NHBC Insolvency Cover Commentary on National House Building Council v Peabody Trust ([2025] EWCA Civ 932) 1. Introduction National...
Material Prejudice as the Touchstone of Procedural Fairness Comprehensive Commentary on Moakes (R, on the application of) v Canterbury City Council [2025] EWCA Civ 927 1. Introduction This Court of...
Holding the Ring Pending Permission: Court of Appeal’s Power to Grant Short “Status-Quo” Injunctions After Finding No Real Prospect of Success Introduction AstraZeneca AB & Anor v Generics (UK) Ltd &...
Adams v HMA: The “Materiality Threshold” for Late Disclosure & Desertion in Scottish Criminal Trials Introduction The Scottish High Court of Justiciary in Adams v HMA ([2025] HCJAC 30) has delivered...
“Pre-Incident Duty of Care to Vulnerable Service Users” Commentary on NM v (1) Henderson & (2) Scottish Ambulance Service [2025] CSIH 22 1. Introduction In NM v Henderson & Scottish Ambulance Service...
Green v R: Misapplication of the 2003 Consent Standard to Pre-2003 Offences and the Boundaries of Cross-Admissibility Directions 1. Introduction The Court of Appeal’s decision in R v Green ([2025]...
“Beyond the Threshold Schedule” – The Court of Appeal’s Refined Guidance on Judicial Reason-Giving and Perpetrator Findings in Care Proceedings 1. Introduction The Court of Appeal decision in K & G...