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...
Commercial Receiver-Sale Injunctions: Even Where a Receiver’s Contractual Power of Sale Is Arguably Absent, Damages and the “Least Risk of Injustice” May Defeat Interlocutory Relief 1) Introduction...
Article 21 Hague Access in Scotland: Welfare-Based Recasting of a Foreign Contact Regime, Limits on Open-Ended “Extra Days”, and Resident-Parent Passport Retention 1. Introduction GNO (Petitioner) v...
Early Learning & Childcare Agreements as “Public Contracts” Only on Uptake, but Procurement Time Limits Run from Sufficient Knowledge (Not Disclosure of Contract Terms) Case: St Margarets Nursery LTD...
Reid v MCM Building & Civil Engineering Construction Ltd: Apportionment in Mesothelioma by “Fibre/ml-Years” Where Exposure Intensity Differs 1. Introduction John Reid sued two former employers—MCM...
Jones & Anor v R: No “Masih” Jury Direction Requirement and No Probative Weight in Absence of Police Intelligence 1. Introduction Jones & Anor v R concerned two appellants, Jordan Jones (driver) and...
British Citizens Returning to Scotland for Safety Are Not “Excepted Students” Comparable to Refugees for Home-Fee Eligibility 1. Introduction Leo Bruce Huisman against University of the Highlands and...
Section 6(4) Induced Error Requires Proof of Actual Reliance; Silence Unknown to the Creditor Cannot Suspend Prescription 1. Introduction Greater Glasgow Health Board (“GGHB”) reclaimed (appealed) a...
Foreign-property litigation can bar later Scottish damages claims where the same alleged agreement is the “foundation” of both cases (res judicata by substance, not remedy) 1) Introduction Case:...
Metcalf v R [2026] EWCA Crim 412 — Solicitor Presence and Admissibility of Vulnerable-Suspect Interviews; Limits on Psychiatric Fresh Evidence Court: England and Wales Court of Appeal (Criminal...
Triable-Issue Threshold in Police Misfeasance Claims: Alleged Falsification and Failure to Seek Witness Evidence Makes Summary Judgment Inappropriate 1. Introduction Van Buuren v Cambridgeshire...
Restraining Orders on Acquittal Must Comply with CrimPR 31 Evidence/Hearsay Notice Requirements (and Procedural Unfairness Will Quash the Order) 1) Introduction DFB, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 399 is a...
Section 8(3) Disability Act 2005: NCSE Must Retain Case-by-Case Nomination Discretion; HSE Bears the Non‑Delegable “Gold Standard” Assessment Duty 1) Introduction This combined judgment of the High...