POCA s303Z18 Compensation: “Exceptional Circumstances” as a High Threshold Protecting Properly-Made Account Freezing Orders 1. Introduction The Advocate General for Scotland v Alexander Watt...
R v Cosier: When Loss of Control Need Not Be Left to the Jury and How “Imperfect” Self-Defence/Provocation Should Mitigate Schedule 21 Minimum Terms Introduction R. v Cosier ([2026] EWCA Crim 2) is a...
Fresh Evidence and “Unsafe” Convictions: Central Credibility Lies on Consent Justify Quashing Sexual Offence Verdicts Reporting restriction: The Court noted the application of the Sexual Offences...
Supervisory-only FTT Jurisdiction over HMRC Regulation 29(2) VAT Evidence Decisions: No Reliance on “Fresh Invoices” First Produced on Appeal 1. Introduction FS Commercial Ltd v Commissioners for His...
Force Vetting After “No Case to Answer”: Misconduct Outcomes Do Not Negate Reasonable Suspicion 1. Introduction Di Maria, R (On the Application Of) v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [2026]...
High Court Reaffirms the “Irremediable Flaw” Threshold for Injuncting Early-Stage University Disciplinary Processes Case: Khimji v University College Dublin [2026] IEHC 55 Court/Date: High Court...
Capacity/Consent as Jury Issues and Consecutive Extended Sentences Upheld Where Total Sentence Is Just and Proportionate 1. Introduction R. v Mullen ([2026] EWCA Crim 120) is a decision of the Court...
Cumulative Delay Can Justify Strike-Out Even Without Two Years’ Immediate Inactivity (Order 122, r. 11 RSC) 1. Introduction This High Court judgment (O’Donnell J., 22 December 2025) concerns a...
Mandamus and Resource Pleas: Courts Must Give Real Effect to Unqualified Statutory Duties 1. Introduction Protect East Meath Ltd v Meath County Council concerns whether the High Court ought to have...
In Personam Nationwide Isaac Wunder Orders in the Circuit/District Courts, but No In Rem (General) Nationwide Restraints 1. Introduction M v M (Approved) (Supreme Court of Ireland, 23 January 2026;...
Isaac Wunder Orders in Family Law: Proportionate Restraint of Vexatious “Lawfare” and Supervisory Control Over Lower-Court Proceedings 1. Introduction M v M (Approved) [2026] IESC 2 concerns the...
Practice Direction CA 14 as a Gateway to the Greendale Jurisdiction: Finality, Recusal, and the High Threshold for Reopening Court of Appeal Orders Case: A G v The Director of Public Prosecutions...
Mandamus to Enforce Statutory Planning Duties: Resource Constraints Excuse Only Impossibility (Brady Exceptional) Case: Protect East Meath Ltd v Meath County Council Court: Supreme Court of Ireland...
Serial Judicial Review as Abuse of Process: Res Judicata, Non‑Reviewability of High Court Decisions, and “Arguability” as the Gateway to Legal Aid (Custody Issues Scheme) 1. Introduction Rogers v The...
Late PIA Invocation Will Not Deflect Bankruptcy: Full Disclosure and Credible Evidence Required Under s.14(2) 1. Introduction Gradual Investments Limited v Conor Clarkson (Re: Clarkson [A Bankrupt]...
Challenge to Receiver Appointment Is Not “a Claim to an Estate or Interest in Land” for Lis Pendens Purposes (s.121(2)(a) LCLRA 2009) Case: Goldstein Property ICAV v RELM Loan Opportunities 2...
POCA s.3 “Mixed Asset” Rule: Entire Property May Be Frozen Where Partly Crime-Funded, With Equity Managed at Disposal Case: Criminal Assets Bureau v Humphreys (Approved) [2026] IEHC 20 Court: High...
Legally Aided Parents in Special Care Proceedings: Costs Must Be Determined “As If” No Legal Aid (s.33 Civil Legal Aid Act 1995) Case: The Child and Family Agency v D and Ors (Approved) | Citation:...
Nationwide Reach of District/Circuit Isaac Wunder Orders and the High Court’s Inherent Anti‑Vexation Injunction (Not a “Protective” Jurisdiction) Case: M v M (Approved) | Court: Supreme Court of...
Isaac Wunder Orders in Child Access and Maintenance Cases: Proportionate “Filtering” and the (Limited) Power of the District and Circuit Courts Case: M v M (Approved) | Court: Supreme Court of...