PB v HM Advocate [2025] HCJAC 53: Timeous Objection, Volunteered Prejudicial Evidence and Judicial Discretion in Re‑examination Court: Appeal Court, High Court of Justiciary (Scotland) Neutral...
CAF v Iarnród Éireann: Automatic Procurement Suspensions, Time‑Limited EU Funding and the “Balance of Justice” Test 1. Introduction The decision of Twomey J. in Construcciones y Auxiliar de...
Damages for Late Payment of Insurance Indemnities Beyond Courts Act Interest in Agreed‑Value Aviation Policies Commentary on CDB Aviation Lease Finance DAC & Ors v Lloyd's Insurance Company S.A. &...
B.N. (Georgia) v International Protection Appeals Tribunal & Minister for Justice [2025] IEHC 665: The Duty to Engage with Core Legal Claims in International Protection Appeals 1. Introduction This...
Proportionate Costs for Partial Procedural Success and the Neutrality of the Supreme Court Legal Assistance Scheme: Commentary on Smith v Director of Public Prosecutions [2025] IESC 52 1....
Exhaustion of Remedies and Public‑Policy Objections under Brussels I Recast: Commentary on Scully v Coucal [2025] IESC 51 1. Introduction The Supreme Court of Ireland’s decision in Scully v Coucal...
Judicial Secondments, Rule of Law Concerns and the Public Policy Exception: Commentary on Scully v Coucal (No. 2) [2025] IESC 51 1. Introduction The Supreme Court’s decision in Scully v Coucal (No....
Mandatory Remittal to An Coimisiún Pleanála and Application of the Current Development Plan on Appeal Commentary on Millbourne Residents Association v An Coimisiún Pleanála & Rybo Partnership [2025]...
Re E (A Child): Limited Rights of Non‑Party Witnesses to Appeal and Seek Anonymity in Family Court Judgments 1. Introduction The decision in Re E (A Child) [2025] EWCA Civ 1563 is a significant Court...
Chawdhury, R. v — Abuse of Process Bars Retrial Where Acquittal Negates the Prosecution’s Factual Basis for a Hung Count 1) Introduction This decision of the England and Wales Court of Appeal...
Marginal Non‑Disclosure and the “Evidential Landscape” in Historic Child Sexual Offence Appeals: Commentary on R v UDS [2025] EWCA Crim 1540 1. Introduction This judgment of the Court of Appeal...
R v Bush [2025] EWCA Crim 1674 — Totality Uplift Within Guideline for Dangerous Driving (and Correction of YOI Mislabel for Adults) 1. Introduction In Bush, R. v ([2025] EWCA Crim 1674), the Court of...
Holford, R. v [2025] EWCA Crim 1836 — Sentencing: Limited Mitigation for “No Intent to Kill” in Violent Infant Murder; No Sentencing Uplift for Uncharged Sexual Motive 1) Introduction Holford, R. v...
R v Lowe: No Automatic Anonymity for Modern Slavery Claimants and No “Second Bite” After a Guilty Plea Absent a Proven, Trial-Ready Section 45 Defence 1. Introduction R v Lowe ([2025] EWCA Crim 1673)...
High Court Case-Management Principles on Tandem Trials and Interlocutory Restraint in Long-Running Public Law/Corruption Litigation 1. Introduction This ruling of Ms Justice Egan in Comcast...
Misnaming a Deceased Plaintiff Does Not Void Estate Proceedings: Commentary on In the Matter of the Estate of Hugh Fitzpatrick (Deceased) [2025] NICA 59 Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland, Keegan...
Judicial Proceedings Immunity and Whistleblowing Detriment: Commentary on Rogerson v Erhard‑Jensen Ontological/phenomenological Initiative Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 1547 1. Introduction This Court of...
Domestic Accident Risk, Cultural Context and Adoption: Proportionality in N (A Child: Placement Order: Proportionality) [2025] EWCA Civ 1541 1. Introduction N (A Child: Placement Order:...
Strangulation, Home Invasion and the Limits of Community Sentencing: Commentary on HM Advocate v Helen Heather Moran or Macdonald [2025] HCJAC 52 1. Introduction This commentary analyses the decision...
A Duty to Act Swiftly: Delay, Dangerous Buildings and Expenses in Academic Judicial Review under Section 29 of the Building (Scotland) Act 2003 1. Introduction This commentary examines the Opinion of...