periodic-inspection Case Commentaries

Cahill (A Minor) v Health Service Executive [2025] IEHC 624: Strict Limits on Preliminary Issues and the Timing of Discount-Rate Determinations

Date: Nov 14, 2025

Cahill (A Minor) v Health Service Executive [2025] IEHC 624: Strict Limits on Preliminary Issues in Catastrophic Injury Cases and the Timing of Discount-Rate Determinations 1. Introduction This...

R v Corner [2025] EWCA Crim 1647: Mental Health, Voluntary Intoxication and Sentencing for Domestic Attempted Murder

Date: Nov 14, 2025

R v Corner [2025] EWCA Crim 1647: Mental Health, Voluntary Intoxication and Sentencing for Domestic Attempted Murder 1. Introduction This commentary analyses the decision of the England and Wales...

Ahmed, R. v — IPP Wrong in Principle Where Judge Fails to Consider Extended Sentence After 14 July 2008 Amendments

Date: Nov 14, 2025

IPP Wrong in Principle Where Judge Fails to Consider Extended Sentence After 14 July 2008 Amendments Case: Ahmed, R. v ([2025] EWCA Crim 1572) Court: England and Wales Court of Appeal (Criminal...

IPP as “Second-Last Resort”: Sentencers Must Expressly Consider and Explain Why an Extended Determinate Sentence Is Insufficient

Date: Nov 14, 2025

IPP as “Second-Last Resort”: Sentencers Must Expressly Consider and Explain Why an Extended Determinate Sentence Is Insufficient 1. Introduction R v Wilkinson ([2025] EWCA Crim 1573) concerned a very...

Delaney v An Coimisiún Pleanála [2025] IEHC 621: Failure to Prosecute, Defective Pleadings and the Strict Leave Threshold in Planning Judicial Review

Date: Nov 14, 2025

Delaney v An Coimisiún Pleanála [2025] IEHC 621: Failure to Prosecute, Defective Pleadings and the Strict Leave Threshold in Planning Judicial Review 1. Introduction Delaney v An Coimisiún Pleanála &...

Extreme Consequences of Pregnancy in Historic Rape as Category 1 Harm: Commentary on R v VDT [2025] EWCA Crim 1567

Date: Nov 14, 2025

Extreme Consequences of Pregnancy in Historic Rape as Category 1 Harm: Commentary on R v VDT [2025] EWCA Crim 1567 1. Introduction This commentary examines the decision of the England and Wales Court...

National Procedural Autonomy and Stays of GDPR Supervisory Decisions: Commentary on TikTok Technology Ltd v Data Protection Commission [2025] IEHC 619

Date: Nov 14, 2025

National Procedural Autonomy and Stays of GDPR Supervisory Decisions: Commentary on TikTok Technology Ltd & TikTok Information Technologies UK Ltd v Data Protection Commission [2025] IEHC 619 1....

DPP v Dermody [2025] IEHC 620 – District Court Power to Dismiss Where Court Infrastructure Prevents Trial

Date: Nov 14, 2025

District Court Power to Dismiss Criminal Charges Where Court Infrastructure Prevents Trial: Commentary on Director of Public Prosecutions v Dermody [2025] IEHC 620 Court: High Court (Ireland),...

Totality in Consecutive Sentencing for Linked Firearms and Class A Drug Conspiracies: Commentary on R v Speed & Ors [2025] EWCA Crim 1582

Date: Nov 14, 2025

Totality in Consecutive Sentencing for Linked Firearms and Class A Drug Conspiracies: Commentary on R v Speed & Ors [2025] EWCA Crim 1582 1. Introduction R v Speed & Ors [2025] EWCA Crim 1582 is a...

Remote Evidence by Defendants in Confiscation Proceedings: Commentary on R v Miah [2025] EWCA Crim 1569

Date: Nov 14, 2025

Remote Evidence by Defendants in Confiscation Proceedings: Commentary on R v Miah [2025] EWCA Crim 1569 1. Introduction This commentary examines the decision of the Court of Appeal (Criminal...

Full and Frank Disclosure in Delay Motions and the Post‑Kirwan Framework: Commentary on Bank of Ireland Mortgage Bank v Lawlor [2025] IEHC 617

Date: Nov 13, 2025

Full and Frank Disclosure in Delay Motions and the Post‑Kirwan Framework: Commentary on Bank of Ireland Mortgage Bank Unlimited Company v Lawlor & Anor [2025] IEHC 617 1. Introduction This commentary...

Proof of Merger in Mortgage Enforcement and Commercial Adequacy of Damages – Commentary on Mulcaire & Ors v Capital Flow Group DAC [2025] IEHC 622

Date: Nov 13, 2025

Proof of Merger in Mortgage Enforcement and Commercial Adequacy of Damages: Commentary on Mulcaire & Ors v Capital Flow Group DAC & Gaynor [2025] IEHC 622 1. Introduction This High Court judgment of...

Scott, R v: Totality Uplifts for Concurrent Firearms and Drugs Offending—No “Parity Discount” for a Co-Accused’s Charging Luck

Date: Nov 13, 2025

Scott, R v: Totality Uplifts for Concurrent Firearms and Drugs Offending—No “Parity Discount” for a Co-Accused’s Charging Luck 1. Introduction In Scott, R v ([2025] EWCA Crim 1859), the Solicitor...

R v PBN & Ors: Court of Appeal Guidance on Warned Lists and Judicial Responsibility for Listing

Date: Nov 13, 2025

R v PBN & Ors: Court of Appeal Guidance on Warned Lists and Judicial Responsibility for Listing 1. Introduction This commentary examines the listing-related component of the judgment in R v PBN & Ors...

Contractual Waiver and Extinguishment of Mortgagee’s Title under the Statute of Limitations: Commentary on Mars Capital DAC v Walsh [2025] IESC 45

Date: Nov 13, 2025

Contractual Waiver and the Extinguishment of Mortgagee’s Title under the Statute of Limitations: Commentary on Mars Capital Finance Ireland DAC v Walsh [2025] IESC 45 1. Introduction The Supreme...

Reponing after Implement Is Incompetent and Reponing Notes Cannot Be Amended on Appeal: Sheriff Appeal Court in Mostafa & Ors v Abo Tamer Ltd

Date: Nov 12, 2025

Reponing after Implement Is Incompetent and Reponing Notes Cannot Be Amended on Appeal: Sheriff Appeal Court in Mostafa & Ors v Abo Tamer Ltd Citation: [2025] SAC (Civ) 37 (EDI-A378-25) Court:...

Chief Constables can be found in civil contempt without proof of wilful intent and despite absence of a penal notice: Commentary on Buzzard-Quashie v Chief Constable of Northamptonshire Police [2025] EWCA Civ 1397

Date: Nov 12, 2025

Chief Constables can be found in civil contempt without proof of wilful intent and despite absence of a penal notice Case commented on: Buzzard-Quashie v Chief Constable of Northamptonshire Police...

Valentine, R. v — Acquittal-Constrained Ancillary Orders: Device Deprivation and SHPO Search Powers Require Proven Necessity; Indefinite Orders Need Specific Justification

Date: Nov 12, 2025

Acquittal-Constrained Ancillary Orders: Device Deprivation and SHPO Search Powers Require Proven Necessity; Indefinite Orders Need Specific Justification 1. Introduction R v Valentine ([2025] EWCA...

Positioning “Near-Self-Defence” Killings within the Manslaughter Guideline: Commentary on R v Woodley [2025] EWCA Crim 1543

Date: Nov 12, 2025

Positioning “Near-Self-Defence” Killings within the Manslaughter Guideline: Commentary on R v Woodley [2025] EWCA Crim 1543 1. Introduction R v Woodley [2025] EWCA Crim 1543 is a significant Court of...

Applying the Personal Injuries Guidelines to Historical Psychiatric Injury Claims and Calibrating Aggravated and Exemplary Damages in Intentional Assaults: Commentary on Doherty v Friel [2025] IEHC 718

Date: Nov 12, 2025

Applying the Personal Injuries Guidelines to Historical Psychiatric Injury Claims and Calibrating Aggravated and Exemplary Damages in Intentional Assaults: Commentary on Doherty v Friel [2025] IEHC...