No Second Bite at the Cherry – The Supreme Court Re-Defines the Interplay Between Sections 3 and 4 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 1996 Introduction In Criminal Asset Bureau v Routeback Media AB t/a...
Desai & Anor v Wood & Anor ([2025] EWCA Civ 906) “No Implied or Constructive Trust over Liability Insurance Proceeds Absent Express Agreement or Segregation” 1. Introduction This Court of Appeal...
“No Estoppel in Proceeds-of-Crime Reviews” – Supreme Court Clarifies Unlimited Re-Opening of Section 3(3) and Section 4 Proceedings Introduction The Supreme Court of Ireland, in Criminal Assets...
The “Zeman Threshold” – Supreme Court Clarifies Cross-Examination Rights and Fresh-Evidence Requirements in Proceeds of Crime Act Reviews Introduction Criminal Asset Bureau v Routeback Media & Harry...
Restricting GAL Cost Entitlements and Joinder in Plenary Proceedings – A Commentary on B v Child & Family Agency [2025] IESC 33 1. Introduction B v Child & Family Agency (Approved) ([2025] IESC 33)...
Relevance-Linked Admissibility of Autism Evidence and Limits on Mid‑Trial Adjournments: R v Smilginis [2025] EWCA Crim 1261 Introduction This commentary examines the Court of Appeal’s decision in R v...
MU v Secretary of State for the Home Department: Mandatory Assessment of State Protection & Internal Relocation in Article 3 ECHR Deportation Appeals Introduction The Court of Appeal’s decision in MU...
Equalisation as Proper Provision and Evidence‑Based Valuation of Private Companies in Divorce: H v K [2025] IEHC 612 Introduction This High Court appeal in H v K [2025] IEHC 612 (Jordan J, 15 July...
Discovery Before Pleadings & the Statutory Supremacy of the Legal Costs Adjudicator Commentary on Flatley & Anor v Novellus Finance Ltd & Ors [2025] IEHC 404 1. Introduction Flatley & Anor v Novellus...
Stevens v R – Correcting Confiscation Orders when Defined-Benefit Pensions Have No Market Value: Fairness over Finality 1. Introduction In Stevens, R. v ([2025] EWCA Crim 1123) the Court of Appeal...
“Severability of Flawed Short-Form Reasons” – A Comment on Vaid v Minister for Justice & Anor [2025] IEHC 389 1. Introduction The High Court’s decision in Vaid v Minister for Justice & Anor ([2025]...
Strict Adherence to Statutory Judicial Review under the Planning and Development Act 2000 for Challenges to Derelict-Site Vesting Orders Commentary on Telstar Investments Ltd v Dublin City Council...
Perez v Coombe: High Court Clarifies the Status of Clinical Guidelines and the “Two-Schools-of-Thought” Defence in Irish Medical-Negligence Law 1. Introduction Citation: Perez v Coombe Women &...
Pepper Finance v. Cuffe – Conclusive Land Registry Entries & Admissibility of Litigation-Generated Business Records in Summary Possession Actions 1. Introduction Court: High Court of Ireland | ...
“Entitlement-to-Rent” as the Sole Test of Landlord Status under the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 – A Comprehensive Commentary on Ó Laoire v. Residential Tenancies Board [2025] IEHC 384 1....
Refusal to Engage with Recommended Supports as Ground for Interim Suspension under Section 60 – A Commentary on Medical Council v PQ [2025] IEHC 390 1. Introduction This commentary analyses the...
“Statutory Enforcement v. Judicial Review” – Procedural Limits Clarified in Malone v GCHL Ltd & Ors [No. 3] ([2025] IEHC 397) 1. Introduction This third judgment in the long-running environmental...
“Proportional ‘Wasted-Costs’ Orders for Late Amendments” – Commentary on Lobov v McGregor [2025] IEHC 398 1. Introduction Lobov v McGregor is a High Court of Ireland decision delivered electronically...
From Rent to Trade: The Exclusive-Possession Test for Emergency Accommodation Income after Hade v Revenue Commissioners 1. Introduction The High Court decision in Hade v Revenue Commissioners ([2025]...
Todd v Rex ([2025] EWCA Crim 883): Re-affirming the “Relevant Similarity & Temporal Nexus” Test under s.41(3)(c) Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 1. Introduction Court of Appeal (Criminal...