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Criminal-law [2026] NICA 20

Rodgers, R. v (Rev2)

Rodgers, R. v (Rev2) [2026] NICA 20 (08 May 2026)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland allowed Sean Rodgers’ appeal against a murder conviction, holding that cumulative procedural failings made the trial unfair and unsafe.

  • Fair-trial-rights
  • Self-representation
  • Vulnerable-defendants
  • Jury-directions
  • Murder
  • Loss-of-control
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Criminal-law [2026] NIMag 1

Director of Public Prosecutions v Johnston

Director of Public Prosecutions v Johnston [2026] NIMag 1 (07 May 2026)

The magistrates’ court found Mr Johnston guilty of offences under Northern Ireland’s safe access zones law after he preached in a hospital zone and refused to leave when directed by police.

  • Abortion-services
  • Safe-access-zones
  • Freedom-of-expression
  • Freedom-of-religion
  • Public-order-offences
  • Legislative-competence
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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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Family-law [2026] NIFam 4

PC v A Health & Social Care Trust & Anor

PC v A Health & Social Care Trust & Anor [2026] NIFam 4 (09 March 2026)

The court held that repeated delays in Looked After Children reviews breached the mother’s Article 8 rights, but refused damages and granted declaratory relief only.

  • Article-8-echr
  • Care-orders
  • Procedural-fairness
  • Delay-in-care-planning
  • Declaratory-relief
  • Looked-after-children-reviews
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Administrative-law [2025] NIKB 74

Walsh, Application for Judicial Review (Rev2)

Walsh, Application for Judicial Review (Rev2) [2025] NIKB 74 (16 December 2025)

Leave for judicial review was granted on irrationality and ultra vires grounds concerning a victims’ payment refusal, but refused on bias and Article 3 ECHR grounds.

  • Judicial-review
  • Bias
  • Ultra-vires
  • Interpretation-of-regulations
  • Article-3-echr
  • Statutory-interpretation
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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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Housing-law [2025] NICh 10

Northern Ireland Housing Executive v Carson

Northern Ireland Housing Executive v Carson [2025] NICh 10 (08 December 2025)

The High Court upheld a possession order against an occupier seeking discretionary succession, finding NIHE’s review lawful and eviction proportionate under Article 8.

  • Succession-of-tenancy
  • Article-8-echr
  • Proportionality
  • Judicial-review-grounds
  • Allocation-of-social-housing
  • Article-8-ehcr
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Criminal-law [2025] NIKB 61

JR344, Application for Judicial Review

JR344, Application for Judicial Review [2025] NIKB 61 (18 November 2025)

The court refused leave on an Article 22 child-publicity ground, but granted leave on an arguable Article 8 privacy claim involving alleged jigsaw identification from a PSNI press release.

  • Jigsaw-identification
  • Article-22-criminal-justice-(children)-(northern-ireland)-order-1998
  • Article-8-echr
  • Privacy-of-minors-in-criminal-proceedings
  • Press-releases-and-identification
  • Judicial-review-procedure
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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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Administrative-law [2025] NIKB 55

Morgan, Application for Judicial Review

Morgan, Application for Judicial Review [2025] NIKB 55 (01 October 2025)

Judicial review by a minor claimant over untraced-driver compensation procedures. The court held the 2004 Agreement was compatible with EU law and the ECHR.

  • Judicial-review-of-administrative-action
  • Implementation-of-eu-directives
  • Compensation-for-victims-of-untraced-drivers
  • Rights-of-minors-in-compensation-claims
  • Principles-of-equivalence-and-effectiveness
  • Access-to-court
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