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This judgment should cause both McKenzie friends and those who use them to stop and think. An unqualified legal adviser has been ordered to pay more than £260,000 in compensation after he caused a man to miss out on damages and incur huge costs in a medical negligence case. A High Court judge said that […]

JUDGMENT In the matter of an application by Geraldine Finucane for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland) before Lady Hale, President Lord Kerr Lord Carnwath Lord Hodge Lady Black JUDGMENT GIVEN ON 27 February 2019Heard on 26 and 27 June 2018 Hilary Term [2019] UKSC 7On appeal from: [2017] NICA 7 Appellant Barry Macdonald QC Fiona Doherty […]

Supreme Court Published: February 25, 2019 In re Gallagher Regina (P and others) v secretary of state for the home department and another Before Baroness Hale of Richmond, Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore, Lord Sumption, Lord Carnwath and Lord Hughes [2019] UKSC 3 Judgment: January 30, 2019 The existing statutory scheme for disclosure of certain convictions […]

Despite warm words from the Chief Constable some time ago, there appears to be no change in the approach by him to take every point. See the end of this summary for Judicial disapproval of his stance. 18 January 2019 COURT ALLOWS APPEAL BY RAYMOND McCORD Summary of Judgment The Court of Appeal today set […]

                        Statutory demands- the present position       Summary   The burden of setting aside a statutory demand is on the debtor Check that the creditor’s paperwork is in order Reply to the demand in time and with a summary of your reasons for resisting the demand Turn up on time for the master’s […]

High Court: Woman who claims guarantees were made under undue influence is granted injunction against receivers High Court A woman who claims that she was under duress and undue influence when she acted as guarantor for loans taken by her son, has been granted an interlocutory injunction restraining receivers from selling, possessing, trespassing upon or […]

An interesting report on Irish mortgage actions

Lee v Ashers Baking Company Ltd [2018] UKSC 49 (‘gay cake’ case) has probably not escaped the attention of any public lawyer. As Anurag Deb & Conor McCormick have usefully pointed out in a recent blog post, however, what may have been overlooked is that this case is not only important from a human rights […] […]

The victims caught between two worlds

Prosecuting in a banana republic In a way , it seems that the NI public are fatigued with ‘Legacy Cases’- they go on so long and consume so much energy. This is what the sharp OxBridge boys and girls of the Establishment want. Don’t give up! Read this article and reflect that, twelve years ago, […]