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Coronial law [2026] NICA 17

Drake, Application for Judicial Review

Drake, Application for Judicial Review [2026] NICA 17 (24 April 2026)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland allowed an appeal over disclosure of an expert report in an inquest, quashing the coroner’s refusal to revoke the notice.

  • Disclosure of expert reports in inquests
  • Litigation privilege
  • Public interest immunity
  • Interpretation of coroners act (northern ireland) 1959
  • Article 2 echr investigative obligations
  • Inquest-disclosure
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Coronial law [2026] NICoroner 1

Wilson, In the Matter of an Inquest Touching Upon the Death Of

Wilson, In the Matter of an Inquest Touching Upon the Death Of [2026] NICoroner 1 (23 April 2026)

Inquest into Jamie Wilson’s death found a natural-cause stroke after police custody restraint and medical review, with some failures in communication and examination.

  • Death in custody
  • Use of force by police
  • Restraint techniques
  • Medical care in detention
  • Standard of proof in inquests
  • Death-in-custody
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Public law [2026] NICA 16

Nugent, Application for Judicial Review (Re a Decision by the Coroner)

Nugent, Application for Judicial Review (Re a Decision by the Coroner) [2026] NICA 16 (16 April 2026)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland refused leave and dismissed the appeal in a judicial review challenge to a coroner’s article 2 findings on lethal force.

  • Article 2 echr (right to life)
  • Use of lethal force by state agents
  • Standards for inquest findings
  • Judicial review leave threshold
  • Yellow card rules of engagement
  • Proportionality and necessity in self-defence
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Coronial law [2025] NICoroner 8

Healey, Inquest Touching Upon the Death Of

Healey, Inquest Touching Upon the Death Of [2025] NICoroner 8 (18 December 2025)

Coroner Dougan held Article 2 was not engaged, but still examined the case fully and found Desmond Healey was shot dead by a soldier in 1971, with lethal force unjustified.

  • Inquest procedure
  • Use of lethal force
  • Scope of legacy inquests
  • Article 2 echr applicability
  • Public interest inquest function
  • Inquest-procedure
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Coronial law [2025] NICoroner 9

Hughes, Inquest Touching Upon the Death Of

Hughes, Inquest Touching Upon the Death Of [2025] NICoroner 9 (17 December 2025)

Inquest into Rory Hughes’ death finds suicide after failures in documentation, leave authorisation, AWOL response, and bridge safety measures.

  • Inquest procedure
  • Suicide
  • Mental health detention
  • Duty of care
  • Risk assessment
  • Awol policy
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Administrative law [2025] NIKB 70

Drake, Application for Judicial Review

Drake, Application for Judicial Review [2025] NIKB 70 (12 December 2025)

The High Court upheld a coroner’s notice requiring production of a next of kin’s expert report, holding that production and disclosure to PIPs are distinct stages.

  • Judicial review of coronial decisions
  • Disclosure of expert reports
  • Public interest balancing
  • Litigation privilege
  • Article 2 echr inquests
  • Judicial-review
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Coronial law [2025] NICoroner 7

McNabb, Inquest Touching Upon the Death Of

McNabb, Inquest Touching Upon the Death Of [2025] NICoroner 7 (05 November 2025)

The coroner found that Triona Rose McNabb died from small bowel obstruction caused by NSAID enteropathy, with hospital delays, handover failures and poor monitoring contributing.

  • Inquest procedure
  • Hospital care standards
  • Medical misadventure
  • Cause of death determination
  • Inquest-procedure
  • Hospital-care-standards
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Public law [2025] NIKB 54

Nugent, Re Application for Judicial Review

Nugent, Re Application for Judicial Review [2025] NIKB 54 (08 October 2025)

The High Court refused leave for judicial review of coronial findings arising from the Coagh shooting, holding the coroner’s Article 2 analysis was lawful and adequately reasoned.

  • Article 2 echr
  • Use of lethal force
  • Inquest findings
  • Proportionality
  • Yellow card rules of engagement
  • Wednesbury irrationality
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Coronial law [2025] NICoroner 6

McLean, Inquest Touching Upon the Death Of

McLean, Inquest Touching Upon the Death Of [2025] NICoroner 6 (01 July 2025)

Inquest findings held that Mr McLean’s death followed missed opportunities in care, supervision, care planning, and hospital discharge, with delays in enhanced care.

  • Inquest into death
  • Care home standards
  • Duty of care
  • Hospital discharge
  • Deprivation of liberty
  • Falls in care settings
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Human rights [2025] NICA 30

Bradley & Anor v The Ministry Of Defence (Rev1)

Bradley & Anor v The Ministry Of Defence (Rev1) [2025] NICA 30 (06 June 2025)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland dismissed appeals about legacy inquests, holding Article 2 ECHR did not apply to these deaths and rejecting an irrationality challenge to MoD disclosure delays.

  • Article 2 echr procedural obligations
  • Temporal scope of human rights act 1998
  • Legacy inquests
  • Irrationality in public authority conduct
  • Disclosure obligations
  • Article-2-echr
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