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Defamation [2025] NIKB 50

Tweed v Krieg

Tweed v Krieg [2025] NIKB 50 (12 September 2025)

The Northern Ireland High Court held that two publications about lawyer Paul Tweed bore a single defamatory meaning alleging unprofessional conduct, but not that he was a covert UAE agent.

  • Meaning in defamation
  • Single meaning rule
  • Social media publications
  • Professional misconduct allegations
  • Data protection rights
  • Defamation
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Civil procedure [2025] NIKB 24

CDP v Snap Group Ltd & Anor (Rev1)

CDP v Snap Group Ltd & Anor (Rev1) [2025] NIKB 24 (11 April 2025)

The High Court in Northern Ireland refused a stay of civil proceedings pending a possible criminal case, finding no real prejudice to the second defendant at this stage.

  • Stay of proceedings
  • Concurrent civil and criminal proceedings
  • Right to fair trial
  • Article 6 echr
  • Anonymity orders
  • Reporting restrictions
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Tort [2025] NIMaster 2

AB v Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd

AB v Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd [2025] NIMaster 2 (22 January 2025)

The court granted leave to amend the writ and to serve Meta out of the jurisdiction in a privacy and data protection claim arising from a Facebook video.

  • Misuse of private information
  • Data protection (uk gdpr, dpa 2018)
  • Service out of jurisdiction
  • Notification and liability of online platforms
  • Abuse of process
  • Misuse-of-private-information
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Public law [2023] NICA 29

O'Murchu & Anor, Application for Judicial Review

O'Murchu & Anor, Application for Judicial Review [2023] NICA 29 (16 May 2023)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland dismissed an appeal in judicial review proceedings, holding that the appellant lacked standing and the data-protection challenge was academic.

  • Standing in judicial review
  • Gdpr compliance
  • Covid-19 regulations
  • Data protection impact assessment
  • Public interest litigation
  • Judicial-review-standing
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Defamation [2023] NIKB 45

Winters & Ors v News Group Newspapers Ltd

Winters & Ors v News Group Newspapers Ltd [2023] NIKB 45 (19 April 2023)

The court ordered targeted discovery of financial and accounting records in a defamation case to test the pleaded honest comment defence about legacy work, turnover, profits, and WIP.

  • Discovery of documents
  • Honest comment defence
  • Pleadings in defamation
  • Work in progress (wip) in legal accounts
  • Proportionality in discovery
  • Relevance of financial records
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Public law [2022] NIQB 55

JR188, Re Application for Judicial Review

JR188, Re Application for Judicial Review [2022] NIQB 55 (15 July 2022)

The High Court in Northern Ireland held that child protection records noting an initial incorrect categorisation could be retained, finding the Trust’s response proportionate and lawful.

  • Article 8 echr (right to private and family life)
  • Data protection act 2018
  • General data protection regulation (gdpr)
  • Retention of social care records
  • Child protection
  • Proportionality
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Media law [2022] NIQB 43

Sterritt v Telegraph Media Group Ltd & Ors

Sterritt v Telegraph Media Group Ltd & Ors [2022] NIQB 43 (09 June 2022)

The High Court in Northern Ireland refused to dismiss misuse-of-private-information claims for delay or abuse of process, but struck out a negligence claim.

  • Misuse of private information
  • Negligence
  • Defamation
  • Breach of confidence
  • Data protection act 1998
  • Human rights act 1998
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Public law [2022] NIQB 12

Williams, Re Application for Judicial Review

Williams, Re Application for Judicial Review [2022] NIQB 12 (16 February 2022)

Leave for judicial review was refused in a challenge to Northern Ireland Covid-status certification regulations and related app-based data processing.

  • Standing in judicial review
  • Data processing under gdpr
  • Necessity of data processing
  • Data protection impact assessment (dpia)
  • Consultation obligations
  • Covid-19 regulations
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Criminal law [2021] NIQB 73

PQ and RS, Re Application for Judicial Review

PQ and RS, Re Application for Judicial Review [2021] NIQB 73 (27 August 2021)

The court held that the judicial review challenge to PSNI and PPS disclosure decisions was not a “criminal cause or matter” and would be heard by a single judge.

  • Disclosure obligations
  • Criminal cause or matter
  • Appeal rights
  • Data retention
  • Reputation in criminal proceedings
  • Judicial-review
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Immigration [2021] NIQB 57

JR141, Re Application for Judicial Review

JR141, Re Application for Judicial Review [2021] NIQB 57 (25 May 2021)

The court refused leave for judicial review, holding that the Home Office’s Article 34 Dublin III requests for information were lawful, relevant, and non-excessive.

  • Asylum
  • Age assessment
  • Eu regulation 604/2013
  • Data processing
  • Children's welfare
  • Article 8 echr
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