Open justice and civil jurisdiction, in the Courts Bill 2013
The Department of Justice yesterday published the Courts Bill, 2013, which has two main aims. The first is to increase the monetary limit of the jurisdiction of the District and Circuit Courts in Continue Reading
The slayer’s bounty, the homicidal heir, and accelerated inheritance from Crippen to Nevin
Hawley Harvey Crippen (pictured far left) was the first criminal to be captured in Britain with the aid of wireless communication. He was an American homeopath who fetched up in London at the turn of Continue Reading
The spirit of Madison, and not his ghost
Rights matter when their exercise is unpopular. It is easy to exercise a right when no-one else objects. It is when some-one else objects, and seeks to prevent its exercise, that the right to do so Continue Reading
Unconstitutional expenditures – VII – The judgments in McCrystal, Part 2
In McCrystal v The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs IESC 53 (8 November 2012), the Supreme Court's per curiam established that the respondents had expended public moneys on a booklet, Continue Reading
Unconstitutional expenditures – VI – The judgments in McCrystal, Part 1
Regular readers of this blog will be familiar with my series of five posts so far (I, II, III, IV, V) on the per curiam in McCrystal v The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs IESC 53 (8 November Continue Reading
Unconstitutional expenditures – V – An update on remedies for breach of the McKenna prohibition
In four previous posts, I looked at the Supreme Court's per curiam in McCrystal v The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs IESC 53 (8 November 2012) (also here), which held that the defendants Continue Reading
Unconstitutional expenditures – IV – remedies for breach of the McKenna prohibition
This is my fourth and final post on the per curiam in McCrystal v The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs IESC 53 (8 November 2012) (also here), which held that the defendants had acted Continue Reading
Unconstitutional expenditures – III – the basis of the McKenna prohibition
In previous posts, I noted that the Supreme Court in McCrystal v The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs IESC 53 (8 November 2012) (also here) held that the defendants had acted wrongfully in Continue Reading
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