Remand Time Cannot Be Used to “Engineer” a Suspended Sentence; “Moderate” Custody Can Extend to Four Years in Exceptional Mitigation Case: Kiernan & Ors, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 492 Court: England and...
Deliberate Non-Disclosure of Likely Third-Party Gifts Presumed Material in Financial Remedy Set-Asides; Outright Gifts Not Reclaimable Absent Condition or Operative Mistake Case: De La Sala & Anor v...
Leave to Appeal Granted Where “Threat” to Invoke Equality/Human Rights Law May Be Incapable of Amounting to Professional Misconduct (SLCC Eligibility Decisions) 1. Introduction Case: Patrick Henry...
SLCC Eligibility Appeals: No “Standing” Requirement, No Monetary-Value Threshold, and Delegation Permitted for Remit Decisions 1. Introduction In [2026] CSIH 12, the Extra Division of the Inner House...
Exploiting an NHS Support Scheme “Within the Rules” Can Still Evidence Lack of Integrity and Professional Unsuitability Justifying Unconditional Disqualification Court Scottish Court of Session...
Civil Contemnors as “Prisoners”: Executive Power to Transfer Despite a Named Committal Prison 1. Introduction The Board of Management of Wilson's Hospital School v Burke [No. 5] [2026] IEHC 171 is...
FOIA s.51 Information Notices: s.51(1)(a) Is Disjunctive from s.51(1)(b) and the Commissioner May Require Sight of Legally Privileged Material to Decide a s.50 Complaint 1. Introduction Police...
Section 56 Terrorism Act 2000: Proving an Organisation is “Concerned in Acts of Terrorism” Through Non‑Defendant Conduct and Broad Statutory Definitions (with Co‑Defendant Hearsay Admissible with...
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)...
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....
Finality in Possession Litigation: Plenary Proceedings Cannot Collaterally Attack a Concluded Summary Possession Order Case: Connaughton v Start Mortgages Designated Activity Company (Approved)...
Childhood Scarring: Lifelong Effects Can Justify Above-Band Damages and High Court Costs High Court of Ireland: [2026] IEHC 199 Judge: Mr Justice Tony O’Connor Judgment delivered: 18 March 2026 1....
Outdated Financial Comparators Do Not Render a Cabinet Decision Irrational Unless Officer Advice Is Materially Misleading in Context Case: Hughes, R (On the Application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.)...