Community Council Dissolution: Proper-Purpose Limits and the Court’s Refusal of a “Declarator in the Air” 1. Introduction Samantha Kane against Leslie Stewart Waugh and another (Court of Session)...
Whole Life Order as the Norm for a Second Murder: Structured Schedule 21 Analysis and Limited Mitigation for Late Pleas and Personality-Driven Violence 1. Introduction In R v March [2026] EWCA Crim...
Robbery Sentencing: “More than Minimal” Psychological Harm Must Be Evidenced, Not Assumed from an Immediate Victim Impact Statement Case: R v Davies Neutral citation: [2026] EWCA Crim 1085 Court:...
Intermediaries and Jury Requests to Revisit ABE Evidence: Arguable “Unsafety” as the Gatekeeper for Leave to Appeal Case: WG, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 1086 (CA (Crim Div)) Date: 26 March 2026 Court:...
Planning JR Appeals: No Certificate Where “Design Flexibility” Points Do Not Arise, Are Fact-Application Disguised as Law, and Are Contrary to Finality/Public Interest—Especially for Renewable Energy...
Refusing Adjournment Where an Expert Becomes Unavailable: Proceeding on Existing Reports with a Waiver of Cross‑Examination in Competition Litigation 1) Introduction ER Travel Limited v Dublin...
Certification to Appeal under s.50A(7): A High Threshold Not Met by Fact-Specific “Reasons” Challenges 1. Introduction Phelan Walsh v An Coimisiún Pleanála [2026] IEHC 177 is a High Court decision...
Lawyer-Only Inspection for Confidential Employment Termination Agreements Where Relevance Is Unproven Case People Centre, INC [D/B/A Rippling] and Anor v O'Brien and Ors [No. 3] (Approved) [2026]...
Publication of a Known False Narrative to an Alleged Co‑Conspirator Is Not Defamatory: Strike‑Out Under Amended Order 19 Rule 28 Case: People Centre, INC [D/B/A Rippling] and Anor v O'Brien and Ors...
Settlement Eliminates “Questions Involved”: Joinder Under O.15, r.13 RSC Cannot Add New Causes of Action Case: People Centre, INC [D/B/A Rippling] and Anor v O'Brien and Ors [No. 1] (Approved)...
Solar Farms Do Not Become EIA “Road” Projects Because They Contain Internal Access Tracks: Leave-to-Appeal Questions Must Arise from the Consented Project and Be Truly Legal, Exceptional, and in the...
No “Discoverability” in Defamation: The Two-Year Long-Stop, the Narrow s.11(3A) Extension, and the Limited Role of Fraudulent Concealment 1) Introduction McAndrew-Bergson v Hennelly and Ors...
Court-Ordered Sale/Transfer of Unpaid-For Horses: Mitigation Duties, Animal-Welfare Constraints, and Order 50 Rule 3 1) Introduction Linley Investments Limited (trading as Coolmore Castlehyde and...
Single-Certificate Legal Aid in Wardship Discharge Proceedings and Preference for Independent DMR Where Family Dynamics Risk Undue Influence 1. Introduction This ex tempore ruling of Mr. Justice...
Equitable Injunctions for Mistaken Disclosure of Third-Party Personal Data: Data Controller Standing, Return/Deletion Duties, and Public-Domain Carve-Outs 1. Introduction Grant Thornton [A Firm] and...
Dooley v Florentine Properties Ltd and Anor [2026] IEHC 170 — Exceptional-Circumstances Threshold Post-Kirwan: Personal Hardship Must Be Evidenced as Litigation-Inhibiting 1. Introduction This High...
Directive 2008/94 Does Not Compel Redundancy Fund Payments to Workers Employed Without Employment Permits in Ireland 1. Introduction De Morais v Minister For Social Protection and Ors (Approved)...
Upholding a Rent Judgment on the Defendant’s Own Pleaded Statutory Continuation Tenancy: No Prejudice, No Procedural Unfairness Case: Peakstone Commerce Ltd v Rahman Citation: [2026] EWCA Civ 347...
Orders for Lifelong Restriction and Young Offenders: “Medium Risk” on the RMA Scale Does Not Preclude OLR Where Section 210E Risk Criteria Are Met 1. Introduction Appeal against Sentence by Cahlum...
Public-Interest Costs After an Unsuccessful Mootness Appeal: Limited Reach of Little and Partial Costs Against “Pathfinder” Litigants 1. Introduction This Supreme Court ruling concerns costs only in...