Non-Party Discovery of a Garda Complaint in Defamation Proceedings: Discovery Distinguished from Privilege and SLAPP Defences Case: Keegan and Anor v Cummins (Approved) [2026] IEHC 239 (High Court)...
Finality in Possession Litigation: Plenary Proceedings Cannot Collaterally Attack a Concluded Summary Possession Order Case: Connaughton v Start Mortgages Designated Activity Company (Approved)...
Pathological Dependence and the “Weighing” Limb of Capacity: Inherent-Jurisdiction Detention Continued Only to Enable a Least-Restrictive Step-Down Transfer Case: Health Service Executive v A.M....
Outdated Financial Comparators Do Not Render a Cabinet Decision Irrational Unless Officer Advice Is Materially Misleading in Context Case: Hughes, R (On the Application Of) v Kirklees Council...
Foreign Anti-Suit Relief as Criminal Contempt: Only “Exceptional” Cases Can Qualify Where Foreign Jurisdiction Is Invoked in Good Faith Case: BHP Group (UK) Ltd & Anor v Municipio de Mariana & Ors...
Limitation Time in Estate Possession Claims Runs from Administrator’s Appointment and Post-Removal Trespass, Not from Death Case: Gilvarry v Maher (Approved) [2026] IEHC 157 Court: High Court of...
Implied Incidental Power to Correct an Obviously Mistaken ILR Notification: Prompt Withdrawal and Replacement with Intended LLR 1) Introduction Case: YC, R (on the application of) v Secretary of...
Domestic Violence in International Protection Claims: Death Threats Treated Within the Domestic Violence Spectrum and “Women in Georgia” Not Automatically a Particular Social Group Case: N.K. v The...
Section 5 Extensions Are a Broad, Proportionate Discretion (Not a Punishment): and IPAT “General Credibility” Findings Must Be Factually Accurate, Context-Sensitive, and COI-Correct Case: G. (Angola)...
Section 50 “Unreasonable Interference” Test: Discharging a Freehold Restrictive Covenant Where It Sterilises Servient Land Despite Planning Permission and No Practical Benefit Case: GUIA Properties...
Doyle (No. 3): Climate Act s.15 “spectrum of options”, incorporation of CPPAs via conditions, and “probability not possibility” for bat derogation sequencing Court: High Court (Humphreys J.)...
Domestic Robbery Sentencing: Knowledge of a Handgun and Significant Planning Fix Category A Culpability Despite a “Driver” Role (and Newton Hearing Reduces Plea Credit) Case: Ronan, R. v Court:...
Fraud Act sentencing: “greater harm” and immediate custody for driving theory test cheating despite guideline mismatch Case: Rex v Ali Samadi Rasul Neutral citation: [2026] EWCA Crim 453 Court: Court...
Totality in Historic Intra‑Familial Child Rape: Appellate Correction Where Consecutive Sentences Yield a Disproportionate Overall Term 1. Introduction In R. v VFT [2026] EWCA Crim 536, the Court of...
FSPO Decisions as Res Judicata: No Fresh Court Proceedings on the Same Complaint Absent Statutory Appeal 1) Introduction Pysz v New Ireland Assurance Company PLC (Approved) [2026] IEHC 165 concerns...
One-step fundamental-rights assessment for UK TCAW surrender: no Aranyosi & Caldaru two-step post-Alchester; “truly exceptional” threshold for family-life objections 1) Introduction In Minister for...
“Building” in LTA 1987 Part I Means a Functionally Integrated Built Envelope (Not a Multi-Block Estate Sharing Appurtenances) 1. Introduction SGL 1 Ltd v FSV Freeholders Ltd [2026] EWCA Civ 267 is a...
Pringle v Nervo: Costs in Children Act Proceedings—No Departure from the “No Order” Norm Without Truly Reprehensible/Unreasonable Litigation Conduct Assessed Bilaterally 1. Introduction Pringle v...
Right to Silence Preserved in Regulatory Proceedings: No Adverse Inference from an After‑Caution “No Comment” Interview 1. Introduction Belvoir Logistics Ltd & Anor v Driver and Vehicle Agency [2026]...
Reserved Matters Remain Anchored to the Identified Outline Permission: “As Varied by” a Section 73 Permission Does Not Switch the Parent Consent 1. Introduction Wildfish, R (On the Application Of) v...