Delay-Enabled Rehabilitation as Mitigation and the Limits of Unduly Lenient Sentence Review in Controlling or Coercive Behaviour Cases Introduction In Wilson, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 427, the Court of...
Prison Mail Seized for Drug Contamination: Article 8 Does Not Require Disclosure of Sender or Contents Where Seizure Is Necessary for Security and Evidence Handling Court: Outer House, Court of...
Leave for Judicial Review to Halt a Criminal Prosecution: Refused Where Appeal Is the Proper Remedy and Delay Is Unexplained Court: High Court (Judicial Review), Ireland Neutral citation: [2026] IEHC...
Credit-Limit Requests Do Not Cap an Unqualified “All Sums Due” Guarantee: Summary Judgment Where the Guarantee Is Clear and No Collateral Contract Is Shown 1) Introduction In SIG Trading [Ireland]...
Discovery in Cohabitation and Child Maintenance Proceedings: Financial Support from a New Partner to be Proved via Updated Affidavit of Means, Not Broad Messaging Discovery 1) Introduction In O.P. v...
Mandatory Interlocutory Access Orders Require Proper Pleading and Proof: Planning Permissions Do Not Create Private Rights of Way 1. Introduction Olive Green IMS Holdings Ltd v Carter and Anor...
Case Stated Appeals in Northern Ireland: Article 61(3) Transmission Deadline Is Not Automatically Jurisdictional, But May Become Irremediable 1. Introduction Public Prosecution Service for Northern...
Withdrawal Agreement Article 10: “Facilitation” Protection Requires an Article 3(2) Directive Application (Not a Chen-Derivative Route) 1) Introduction Shaikh v The Secretary of State for the Home...
Self-defence must be withdrawn where there is no evidential basis for “no reasonable means of escape” — [2026] HCJAC 13 1. Introduction In [2026] HCJAC 13 the Appeal Court of the High Court of...
Category A Reviews: Oral Hearings Are Not Triggered by Disagreement with a Downgrade Recommendation 1. Introduction R (on the application of Derek Murcott) v The Secretary of State for Justice [2026]...
“Not later than 21 days” means no extension: absolute appeal time-limits under s.75 of the Medical Practitioners Act 2007 Case: Ahmed v The Medical Council (Approved) Neutral citation: [2026] IEHC...
Planning appeals: no duty to invite further submissions on conditions foreshadowed by planning history; reasons may be implicit from the record 1) Introduction In Liffeyfield Ltd v An Coimisiun...
Out-of-Time Appeals in Care Order Litigation: Child Welfare, Finality, and Prior Merits Review 1. Introduction In Southern Health and Social Care Trust v J [2026] NICA 18, the Court of Appeal in...
State Protection Under s.31 of the International Protection Act 2015: COI Citations Must Be Analytically Linked to “Effective” Protection Even for Safe Countries of Origin Case: N v The International...
Deferring a Teacher’s Suspension for “Good Reason”: Minimising Disruption to Pupils under s.44(5) Teaching Council Act 2001 1) Introduction Teaching Council v CD (Approved) [2026] IEHC 244 is an ex...
Automatic Revesting of a Mortgagor-Landlord’s Right to Sue for Rent Arrears After a Receiver’s Discharge Case: Duggan v Supermacs Ireland Ltd (Approved) [2026] IEHC 218 Court: High Court of Ireland...
Confirmation under s.76(3) Medical Practitioners Act 2007: cancellation is inevitable where conviction shows permanent unfitness and gross abuse of trust Case: Medical Council v Yunos (Approved)...
Expired Interim Compulsory Supervision Orders Do Not Automatically Render Stated-Case Appeals “Academic” Scottish Court of Session, Inner House (Extra Division) — [2026] CSIH 18 (10 April 2026) 1....
District Court Jurisdiction After Defective Service: Issue of a 1986 Act Summons Invokes Jurisdiction; Attendance Usually Cures Service Defects Unless Rights Are Deliberately Violated 1) Introduction...
Section 108 LCLRA 2009 Does Not Confine a Receiver to “Income Only” Where the Mortgage Delegates a Power of Sale — and Delay May Disentitle an Applicant to Injunctive Relief 1) Introduction In Rogers...