Ability-to-Pay Challenges to Fines and Costs: Defendants Must Provide Proper Financial Disclosure and Cannot “Save” Evidence for Appeal 1. Introduction In Freeland & Anor, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 1006,...
Fresh pathology after discovery of a body: “unascertained” cause of death does not, without more, render a murder conviction unsafe or require manslaughter to be left 1) Introduction Case: R. v...
Renewed Criminal Appeal Applications: Extension of Time Refused Where Delay Is Inordinate, Unexplained, and the Appeal Is Unarguable 1. Introduction In R v Wambugu [2026] EWCA Crim 1124, the Court of...
Joinder of a Connected “Phoenix” Company to Protect the Efficacy of the Court’s Process (Order 15, r.13; limitation only if clearly and manifestly barred) Court: High Court of Ireland Neutral...
Training-fee clawback schemes can engage restraint of trade and be unenforceable where they operate as a broad post-employment financial fetter 1. Introduction Geeks Ltd v Watts [2026] EWCA Civ 889...
Omnibus Hearings and Extension of Time in Immigration Judicial Review: Merits and Post-Leave Conduct as Certifiable Points of Exceptional Public Importance Introduction G (Angola) (Leave To Appeal) v...
Follow-on cartel damages: binding force of Commission recitals (including post-leniency “play-along”), adverse inferences, and counterfactual causation without naming the missing bidder 1)...
“Public Domain” in NDAs Means “Generally Accessible”: Narrowing the Public-Domain Carve-Out for Confidential Investment Concepts Case: IlliquidX Ltd v Altana Wealth & Ors Neutral citation: [2026]...
Inherent Jurisdiction to Compel Disclosure of Suspected Unlawful Litigation Funding (Maintenance/Champerty) Case: QPQ Ltd v Schute [Otherwise Known as Geert Schute] (Approved) Citation: [2026] IEHC...
Credibility First: Irish LGBTQI+ Participation and Malawi COI Cannot Cure Core Inconsistencies at Leave Stage in SOGI Protection JR Case: K.L. v The International Protection Appeals Tribunal and Anor...
Section 49 IHTA 1984 Does Not Attribute Trustees’ Debts to the Life Tenant: No FA 1986 s103 Abatement for Home Loan Scheme Notes 1. Introduction In Elborne & Ors v The Commissioners for HMRC [2026]...
Real-risk standard governs access to state protection: correcting AB (Protection, criminal gangs, internal relocation) Jamaica CG [2007] UKAIT 00018 witness protection guidance 1) Introduction In...
Imminent Medico‑Legal Evidence and the Legality of Removal: Liberal Amendment and a Tightly‑Controlled Injunction Pending Trial Case: S.H.E. v The International Protection Appeals Tribunal and Ors...
Common Law Duty to Consult Small, Identifiable Vulnerable Service Users Before Closure; Limits on Using Senior Courts Act 1981 s 31(2A) to Withhold Relief for Non‑Consultation Case: BUJ, R (On the...
Intentional-Damage Particulars in a European Arrest Warrant Satisfy Irish “Correspondence” Without Further Proof of Mens Rea or Absence of Lawful Excuse 1) Introduction Minister For Justice, Home...
Credibility Findings Must Be Grounded in Country-of-Origin Context and Not Speculation 1) Introduction In A.H.O. v The International Protection Appeals Tribunal and Anor (Approved) [2026] IEHC 469,...
Net Value First: No “Netting-Off” Beyond s 10(2) in Matrimonial Property Division (Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985) 1. Introduction This Inner House decision ([2026] CSIH 38, Extra Division, Lady...
Maintenance Variation Requires Material Change and Full, Frank Disclosure: Applicant’s Failure of Transparency Defeats Section 18 Relief Case: P.Q. v R.Q. (maintenance variation; section 16(2) and...
Life-threatening Harm under the Section 18 Guideline: “Immediate Intervention” Injuries and Section 63 Intended/Foreseeable Harm Can Justify Category 1 1) Introduction R v Green [2026] EWCA Crim 1003...
Stays Pending Judicial Review in International Protection: A Stay Will Be Refused Where IPAT Can Cure Alleged IPO Defects by Full Ex Nunc Appeal Case: O.A.S.A. v The Chief International Protection...