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Public law [2025] NIKB 71

The Children's Law Centre, Re Application for Judicial Review

The Children's Law Centre, Re Application for Judicial Review [2025] NIKB 71 (23 December 2025)

The High Court in Northern Ireland held that section 75 did not require the Department of Finance to conduct a cumulative equality impact assessment at the budget-advice stage.

  • Public sector equality duty
  • Budgetary process
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Equality impact assessment
  • Northern ireland act 1998
  • Section 75 duties
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Administrative law [2025] NIKB 67

JR338 & Ors, Application for Judicial Review

JR338 & Ors, Application for Judicial Review [2025] NIKB 67 (12 December 2025)

The High Court rejected a challenge to the RAISE funding methodology, holding that the selection process was lawful, rational, and not directly discriminatory.

  • Judicial review of government funding methodology
  • Discrimination under northern ireland act 1998 s76
  • Echr article 2 protocol 1 and article 14
  • Policy frustration (padfield principle)
  • Selection criteria for educational funding
  • Judicial-review
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Public law [2025] NIKB 39

Disability Action Northern Ireland, Re Application for Judicial Review

Disability Action Northern Ireland, Re Application for Judicial Review [2025] NIKB 39 (18 June 2025)

Leave to seek judicial review of a reduced 2023/24 core grant was dismissed as academic. The court also held the section 75 complaint had an alternative remedy and the remaining grounds were unarguable.

  • Judicial review
  • Budgetary decisions
  • Section 75 northern ireland act 1998
  • Equality impact assessment
  • Procedural fairness
  • Legitimate expectation
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Employment law [2025] NICA 24

Deman v Queen's University Belfast

Deman v Queen's University Belfast [2025] NICA 24 (28 May 2025)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland dismissed Mr Deman’s appeal against findings that Queen’s University Belfast did not discriminate, victimize, or act unfairly in shortlisting him.

  • Race discrimination
  • Religious discrimination
  • Victimisation
  • Indirect discrimination
  • Procedural fairness
  • Recusal
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Employment law [2025] NICA 2

B (Trading as C) v A

B (Trading as C) v A [2025] NICA 2 (07 January 2025)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland extended time and dismissed an appeal against an Industrial Tribunal finding of sexual harassment, holding there was no error of law.

  • Sexual harassment
  • Sex discrimination
  • Appeals from industrial tribunal
  • Extension of time
  • Employment-law
  • Equality-law
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Public law [2024] NICA 31

JR176(2), Application for Judicial Review

JR176(2), Application for Judicial Review [2024] NICA 31 (26 April 2024)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland issued directions in a judicial review challenge about publicly funded IVF and alleged discrimination against a same-sex male couple.

  • Discrimination
  • Publicly funded ivf
  • Surrogacy
  • Same sex couples
  • Judicial-review
  • Equality-discrimination
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Employment law [2023] NICA 2

Geraghty v Forose

Geraghty v Forose [2023] NICA 2 (26 January 2023)

Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland upheld liability findings for sexual harassment but reduced the compensation award after finding double counting and excessiveness.

  • Sexual harassment
  • Anonymity orders
  • Damages assessment
  • Procedural fairness
  • Admissibility of similar fact evidence
  • Sexual-harassment
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Administrative law [2022] NIKB 21

JR176(2), Re Application for Judicial Review

JR176(2), Re Application for Judicial Review [2022] NIKB 21 (28 October 2022)

The High Court refused judicial review of NI IVF eligibility criteria, holding they did not unlawfully discriminate against a same-sex male couple and were justified.

  • Discrimination
  • Sexual orientation
  • Ivf eligibility
  • Surrogacy
  • Public funding
  • Article 8 echr
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Employment law [2022] NIFET 00023_17FET

1 v Chief Constable of the Police (Discrimination - Religious Belief/ Political opinion Unfair Dismissal)

1 v Chief Constable of the Police (Discrimination - Religious Belief/ Political opinion Unfair Dismissal) [2022] NIFET 00023_17FET (16 August 2022)

The tribunal dismissed claims of religious discrimination, victimisation, and constructive dismissal brought by a PSNI officer after reviews of his firearms command work.

  • Religious discrimination
  • Victimisation
  • Constructive dismissal
  • Burden of proof
  • Anonymisation orders
  • Religious-discrimination
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Employment law [2022] NIIT 08162

Tigani v Huhtamaki Foodservice Delta Lt... (Discrimination - Race Unfair Dismissal)

Tigani v Huhtamaki Foodservice Delta Lt... (Discrimination - Race Unfair Dismissal) [2022] NIIT 08162_20it (19 July 2022)

The tribunal dismissed claims of race discrimination, harassment, and constructive discriminatory dismissal, finding the hygiene complaints were not racially motivated.

  • Race discrimination
  • Racial harassment
  • Constructive dismissal
  • Burden of proof
  • Detriment
  • Direct discrimination
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