Objective State-Protection Findings Must Still Be Individualised: IPAT Must Engage with the Applicant’s Lived Experience of Ineffective Protection 1) Introduction In S.V. v The International...
Jurisdictional Challenges Do Not Automatically Stay DSA Investigations High Court of Ireland: [2026] IEHC 549, Dunne J. An arguable challenge to regulatory jurisdiction does not displace the ordinary...
HG (Abduction): When Maternal Medical Unfitness to Fly Makes Compliance Impossible—Stay and Deferred Reconsideration of Set-Aside Court: England and Wales Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Neutral...
Waiver in In Absentia EAW Cases: “Consequences” Do Not Extend to Activation of an Earlier Suspended Sentence 1) Introduction Minister for Justice v Kaploniak (Approved) [2026] IESC 40 concerns the...
High Court directs an on-notice leave hearing where IPAT’s COI-based “prosecution not persecution/serious harm” conclusion may be under-explained 1) Introduction In O.M.M.I.A v The International...
Article 40.4.1 Civil Liberty Claims Qualify for Court-Fee Exemption Under S.I. 492/2014 1. Introduction In Davis v Ireland and Anor (Approved) [2026] IEHC 564, Mr Justice Cregan of the High Court...
Undertakings to the Winning Tenderer: A Material Factor in Lifting the Automatic Suspension in Irish Procurement Challenges Case: Q Park Ireland Ltd & Anor v Dublin City Council (Approved) Citation:...
Proper Provision May Require Resort to Inherited and Pre-Marital Assets: Provenance Does Not Guarantee Exclusion on Divorce Case: I.J. v K.J. (conduct, pre-matrimonial and inherited assets, depletion...
Eating-disorder cognitive distortion can negate “weighing” capacity: authorisation of urgent, invasive treatment (and ancillary detention) under the High Court’s inherent jurisdiction Case Health...
R v McDonagh [2026] EWCA Crim 1145 — Full activation of a suspended sentence remains the norm where breach is by multiple new offences and “compliance” is only non‑punitive 1. Introduction In R v...
Sentencing Historic Sexual Offences Committed in Early Childhood: resolving uncertainty in age and charge scope, and applying Ahmed to the custody “bar” Case: R v OIM (Attorney General’s Reference...
TCA Surrender to the UK: No Refusal for Mere Delay and No Article 3 Bar Without Objective, Updated Evidence of Real Risk Court: High Court of Ireland Neutral citation: [2026] IEHC 543 Date: 29 July...
Refusal of Surrender Under a TCA Warrant Requires Objective, Specific Evidence: Delay and Media-Based Prison Claims Are Insufficient Case: Minister For Justice, Home Affairs And Migration v Joyce...
No Contribution Against a Co-Occupier for a Transient Natural Hazard Absent Proof of Breach Case: O'Keefe [A Minor] v The Representative Church Body of Church of Ireland and Anor (Approved) [2026]...
Section 107(8) “Cause Shown” Requires a Good Reason Beyond Arguability, and Applications Must Specify the Refused Grounds Introduction In Application by Stephen Stewart under section 107(8) of the...
Non-invalidation Clauses Protect the Insured Despite Unknown Occupier Risk Increases, but Cannot Cure Pre-existing Absence of Cover 1) Introduction In Bellshill Property Limited v (First) Borland...
Holistic “Special Circumstances” Relief from Unless-Order Strike-Outs: Mandatory Service Under Order 27 r 18(4) and Proportionality Case: Coleman, Gilmartin v Depuy International Ltd and Ors...
“Industrial Quantities” in Cannabis Production: Capacity, Duration and Conspiracy Can Justify Sentences Above the Category 1 Range 1. Introduction In R v Breca [2026] EWCA Crim 1171, the Court of...
TCA Surrender: Delay and Prison-Conditions Objections Require Concrete, Updated Evidence and Are Not Made Out by Speculation 1) Introduction In Minister For Justice, Home Affairs and Migration v...
Housing Act 2004 appeals against improvement notices are determined at the date of service, not the hearing date 1) Introduction Case: Manaquel Company Ltd v London Borough of Lambeth [2026] EWCA Civ...