Singh v Bains & Anor: Appellate Deference on Findings of Fact and the “Compelling Evidence” Threshold Despite Misplaced Reliance on Burden-of-Proof Last-Resort Principles 1. Introduction Singh v...
Merits-Style Complaints Against Judges Are Inadmissible Under s.53(3) Judicial Council Act 2019: No Right to an Oral Hearing or to Minutes of CRC Deliberations at Admissibility Stage 1. Introduction...
Competition Damages: No “Err on the Side of Under-Compensation” When Using the Broad Axe (and Appellate Correction Where It Is Applied) 1. Introduction Granville Technology Group Ltd & Ors v LG...
Battery Needs No “Hostile Intent”: School Restraint and Seclusion Judged by Statutory Reasonableness (s.93 Education and Inspections Act 2006) 1) Introduction FXS (Through His Father And Litigation...
Appeal “Brought” on Delivery of Appellant’s Notice Despite Non‑Payment of Fee (External Statutory Appeals) Case: Eskander v General Medical Council Citation: [2026] EWCA Civ 372 Court: England and...
Legal Title Holder May Enforce Securitised Mortgages; Delay and Acquiescence Defeat Interlocutory Sale Injunction 1) Introduction O'Callaghan v Pepper Finance Corporation (Ireland) Designated...
Imputed Motive in Defamation: “Antisemitic” May Imply “Because They Were Jewish” Yet Remain Opinion in Meaning 1) Introduction Currie v Soho Theatre Company Ltd [2026] EWCA Civ 400 is a Court of...
Delegation of “Conduct of Litigation” Tasks: “Carry On” Requires Responsibility, Not Mere Performance Case: Chartered Institute of Legal Executive (CILEX) & Ors v Mazur & Ors Citation: [2026] EWCA...
Procedural Rigour in the FtT: Parties Must Identify the “Principal Controversial Issues” (Endorsing Lata; Narrowing “Serious Injustice” Escape) Case: AL v Secretary of State for the Home Department...
Executor’s Costs Recoverable from a Beneficiary’s Share Where Unfounded Fraud Allegations and Obstruction Necessitate Court Approval of Accounts Case: Dillon v Connolly [No.2] (Approved) [2026] IEHC...
Companies Cannot Invoke the Residential Occupier Exception under the Construction Contracts Act 2013 Case: BMC Renovation Ltd v Gael Property Investments Ltd (Approved) [2026] IEHC 195 Court: High...
EU Directives and Irish-Language Trial Rights: Proper Parties and Limits on “Official Translation” Relief in Judicial Review 1) Introduction In O Cadhla v An tAire Dli Agus Cirt Agus Comhionannais...
Regulated Grid-Connection MEC Bonds: Not Penalties, and No Unfair Discrimination Absent True Comparators Case: Liberty Insurance Ltd and Anor v EirGrid PLC (Approved) [2026] IEHC 210 Court: High...
Judicial Review Is Not a Second Chance: Unraised Climate/EIA Methodology Objections Will Not Quash Planning Permission; s.15 “Consistency” Operates as a Spectrum and EU Taxonomy Does Not Rewrite...
Fraud Sentencing: Misrepresented Mooring Rights, “Nil Value” Assets, and Totality for Bail Offending Case: Djurberg, R. v Neutral citation: [2026] EWCA Crim 566 Court: England and Wales Court of...
Immediate custody for repeated perverting-the-course-of-justice offending causing wrongful detention: high appellate restraint on suspension decisions Case: Taylor, R. v Neutral citation: [2026] EWCA...
Vulnerability in Fraud Sentencing Counts for Both Culpability and Harm; Prior Similar Convictions Aggravate; Unrelated Drug and Fraud Offences Ordinarily Require Consecutive Terms Court: England and...
Indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Orders Are Not a Default: Reasons and Proportionality Required, Distinct from Sex Offender Notification Duration Case: R v Broadstock [2026] EWCA Crim 555 (CA (Crim...
Telecoms Masts, “Urban Development” and Finality in Planning JR: Leave to Appeal Refused Absent a Pleaded, Truly Doubtful EU-Law Point 1) Introduction McGowan and Anor v An Coimisiun Pleanala and Ors...
EIA “Urban Development” as an Evaluative EU-Law Standard (Not a Vehicle to Capture Unlisted Projects): Refusing Leave to Appeal Based on Abstract, “Roving” Questions 1. Introduction Doyle v An...