Article 3 Medical Deportation Claims: “Intense Suffering” Is Mandatory and Speculative Post-Removal Offending/Imprisonment Is Too Remote Case: Secretary of State for the Home Department v OSB Neutral...
Deliberate Breach of a Freezing Order: “Harm” Includes Enforcement Burden and Immediate Custody Will Rarely Be Disturbed on Appeal Introduction In Khan v North of England Coachworks Ltd [2026] EWCA...
Attorney General’s Reference and “Unduly Lenient” Sentences: Flexible Use of Guidelines and Limited Appellate Intervention 1. Introduction In R v Griffiths-Davies [2026] EWCA Crim 737, the Court of...
Position statements in Court of Protection cases are court records but not presumptively disclosable: open justice requires demonstrated need and Article 8–sensitive safeguards Introduction Re:...
Article 6 Fairness Requires Calling an Available Witness: Limits on Police-Statement Hearsay in Children’s Hearings Grounds Proofs Court: Scottish Court of Session, Inner House (Extra Division)...
Clinical-Overdose as a “Kelly v Hennessy Accident”: Duty of Care to a Spouse Witnessing the Immediate Aftermath Case: Kinsella v Carter (Approved) Neutral citation: [2026] IEHC 319 Court: High Court...
Family Reunification under s.56: Minister May Reject Unreliable Somali Marriage Certificates and Require Corroboration of a Subsisting Marriage Case: N.K.S v The Minister For Justice (Approved)...
Article 6 Fairness in Children’s Hearings Referrals: Police-Statement Hearsay Cannot Substitute for Live Evidence Where the Witness Is Available Introduction This Inner House appeal (Appeal by AJ...
Complaint-Based GDPR Inquiries Permit System-Wide Corrective Measures and Fines 1) Introduction In Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd v Data Protection Commission (Approved) [2026] IEHC 323, the High Court...
“Stated Reasons” for s.31 Planning Directions: Reasons May Be Ascertained from OPR Recommendations on Reasonable Inquiry 1) Introduction Fox v Wicklow County Council & Ors [2026] IEHC 412 is a High...
Indefinite restraining orders for stalking: proportionality where risk is enduring and contact serves no legitimate purpose Introduction In R v Taylor [2026] EWCA Crim 727, the Court of Appeal...
Regulators Do Not Enjoy Baxendale-Walker Costs Protection on Appeals from the SDT: Normal CPR Costs-Shifting Applies Introduction Dentons UK And Middle East LLP v Solicitors Regulation Authority Ltd...
Section 35 Injunctions: Enforcing Barristers’ Professional Indemnity Insurance Despite EU Free-Movement Arguments Case: The Legal Services Regulatory Authority v Sallabi (Approved) [2026] IEHC 334...
Stage-Dependent Proof for Substituting a Loan-Book Assignee in Circuit Court Possession Proceedings Case: Pepper Finance Corporation (Ireland) Designated Activity Company v O'Brien and Anor...
Refusal of Administration With Will Annexed Where the Applicant “Appropriates and Reprobates” the Will and Alleges a Contract-Based Conflict 1) Introduction Re: The Estate of John Joseph O'Farrell...
Marriage of Convenience as “Good Character” Disqualifier: The Applicant’s Duty to Engage with Adverse Material in Naturalisation Decisions Case: Shahzad v The Minister For Justice and Equality...
Strict enforcement of the 7‑day Court of Appeal appeal deadline in NSIP DCO judicial reviews under PD 52D para 17.3 Case: Luton And District Association for the Control of Aircraft Noise, R (On the...
Near-Inevitability of Dismissal for Sexual Assault in the Armed Forces and Calibration of Service Detention Against Civilian Sentencing Ranges Case: Wachowiak, R. v Neutral citation: [2026] EWCA Crim...
Extreme Category A1 Section 18 Violence: Above-Guideline Sentences Without “Double Counting” Case: Knight, R. v Neutral citation: [2026] EWCA Crim 690 Court: England and Wales Court of Appeal...
Anticipatory judicial review can ground an Article 267 validity reference where directive transposition is imminent and the dispute is genuine 1) Introduction In Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare...