Proving Sexual Motivation in Attempted Kidnapping and Upholding Extended Sentences for Dangerousness: R v Enodolomwanyi [2025] EWCA Crim 1295 Introduction This commentary examines the Court of...
Case‑Management Stays Pending Foreign Proceedings: Irish High Court Sets “Strong Reasons” Threshold Where Policies Select Exclusive Irish Jurisdiction Introduction This commentary examines the...
R v Taylor [2025] EWCA Crim 1186: Sequencing Special Custodial Sentences under s278 Sentencing Act 2020 — Extended Licence Periods Must Not Overlap with Custody Introduction This commentary examines...
R v Gibson [2025] EWCA Crim 1256: Post‑sentence ADHD diagnosis insufficient to displace a dangerousness finding; pre‑sentence report not mandatory where unnecessary Court: England and Wales Court of...
R v Sohna [2025] EWCA Crim 1258: Liaison and Diversion reports may obviate the need for a PSR where immediate custody is inevitable; appellate deference to Newton findings and “significant role”...
Reaffirming the Primacy of Statutory Rating-Appeal Remedies over Judicial Review in Non-Domestic Rates Avoidance A Detailed Commentary on Bridgeport Estates Ltd v Highland Council [2025] CSOH 69 1....
Cross‑Guideline Calibration and Category A Culpability for Prolonged Drowsy, Drug‑Impaired Driving Case: R v Asolo‑Ogugua [2025] EWCA Crim 1183 Court: England and Wales Court of Appeal (Criminal...
R v Wood [2025] EWCA Crim 1257: Narrowing the F1 Exception and Confirming Uplifts for Multiple Serious Injuries in Causing Death by Dangerous Driving Court: England and Wales Court of Appeal...
R v Woods [2025] EWCA Crim 1154: High‑Risk Evasion Can Attract Sentences Approaching the s.18 “Intent to Cause Serious Harm” Guideline Introduction This decision of the England and Wales Court of...
HMA v JSH – Re-asserting the Jury’s Role in Determining Mutual Corroboration in Domestic Sexual Abuse Cases Introduction The Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary has, in HMA v JSH ([2025]...
Honing the “Materiality” Test: Holland J Clarifies When Irrelevant Political Remarks Vitiate Zoning Decisions – A Commentary on Colbeam Ltd v Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council ([2025] IEHC 437)...
The “Hitu Threshold” – Specificity Required for EAW Objections on Retrial Rights and Prison Conditions 1. Introduction Minister for Justice v Hitu ([2025] IEHC 459) is a High Court decision delivered...
Bordea: Inferred Waiver of Presence in In-Absentia EAWs and No Penalty-Equivalence Requirement for Correspondence under s.38 Introduction In Minister for Justice v Bordea [2025] IEHC 559, the High...
Gan v HMA: The Refined Test for When a Section 28 Defence Must Go to the Jury in ‘Concerned in Supply’ Prosecutions 1. Introduction In Choon Seng Gan v HM Advocate ([2025] HCJAC 32) the Scottish High...
R v Dermott [2025] EWCA Crim 1172: Restoring One‑Third Guilty‑Plea Credit Where Misadvice Prevented an Early Plea; Legal Ombudsman Opinions Inadmissible; Practice Duties on Better Case Management...
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]...