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Criminal law [2026] NICA 15

Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland v Brown

Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland v Brown [2026] NICA 15 (14 April 2026)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland considered whether a late transmission of a case stated under Article 61(3) barred the appeal or could be excused.

  • Public order offences
  • Freedom of expression
  • Statutory time limits
  • Proportionality
  • Jurisdiction
  • Case stated procedure
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Criminal law [2024] NICA 29

Hovarth v Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service (Re Decision of District Judge to Refuse to State a Case)

Hovarth v Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service (Re Decision of District Judge to Refuse to State a Case) [2024] NICA 29 (16 April 2024)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland refused to compel a case stated, upholding a magistrates’ court amendment of child-abduction charges outside six months.

  • Amendment of charges
  • Summary offences
  • Case stated procedure
  • Limitation periods
  • Parental responsibility
  • Police protection orders
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Criminal law [2024] NICA 17

The Public Prosecution Service v Boyd

The Public Prosecution Service v Boyd [2024] NICA 17 (29 February 2024)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland held that the PPS application to compel a case stated was not frivolous, allowing the challenge to a post-sentence compensation order to proceed.

  • Compensation order
  • Variation of sentence
  • Powers of magistrates’ court
  • Rectification of orders
  • Compensation-order
  • Variation-of-sentence
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Criminal law [2023] NIMag 1

Public Prosecution Service v Boyd (Re Ruling on an Application to State a Case)

Public Prosecution Service v Boyd (Re Ruling on an Application to State a Case) [2023] NIMag 1 (30 November 2023)

The magistrates’ court refused a case-stated application, holding that Article 158A allowed a later compensation order and that the challenge was frivolous.

  • Compensation orders
  • Variation of sentence
  • Slip rule
  • Case stated procedure
  • Compensation-orders
  • Variation-of-sentence
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Employment law [2023] NICA 50

Galo v Bombardier Aerospace UK

Galo v Bombardier Aerospace UK [2023] NICA 50 (03 July 2023)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland allowed an appeal about litigation capacity, holding the tribunal erred in failing to decide capacity, appoint a litigation friend, and in striking out the claims.

  • Litigation capacity
  • Appointment of litigation friend
  • Fair hearing
  • Strike out powers
  • Adjournment applications
  • Litigation-capacity
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Criminal law [2023] NICA 39

Public Prosecution Service v Walsh

Public Prosecution Service v Walsh [2023] NICA 39 (15 June 2023)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland refused an out-of-time application to compel a county court judge to state a case, finding no good reason to extend time.

  • Extension of time
  • Case stated procedure
  • Use of evidence notes
  • Article 6 echr (fair trial)
  • Extension-of-time
  • Case-stated-procedure
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Employment law [2023] NICA 26

Andrews and Bryson Charitable Group

Andrews and Bryson Charitable Group [2023] NICA 26 (10 May 2023)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland allowed an employee’s appeal from an Industrial Tribunal, finding cumulative procedural unfairness in the hearing.

  • Procedural fairness
  • Tribunal procedure
  • Right to mckenzie friend
  • Grievance process
  • Protected disclosures
  • Procedural-fairness
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Employment law [2022] NICA 58

Andrews v Bryson Charitable Group

Andrews v Bryson Charitable Group [2022] NICA 58 (07 October 2022)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland refused to dismiss an unrepresented appellant’s appeal for want of prosecution and issued further case management directions.

  • Fair hearing
  • Tribunal procedure
  • Grievance process
  • Representation
  • Case management
  • Employment-law
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Employment law [2022] NIIT 05722_18IT

McFarland v Morelli Ice Cream Limited Remo Di Vito (Discrimination - Sex)

McFarland v Morelli Ice Cream Limited Remo Di Vito (Discrimination - Sex) [2022] NIIT 05722_18IT (19 May 2022)

The Tribunal approved a redacted version of its earlier decision and limited the anonymity order accordingly, while leaving the unredacted original decision unchanged.

  • Anonymity orders
  • Reconsideration of judgments
  • Anonymity-orders
  • Reconsideration-of-judgments
  • Employment-tribunal-procedure
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Employment law [2022] NIit 00700_14IT

Galo v Bombardier Aerospace UK Bombardier (Discrimination - Disability Discrimination - Race Breach of Contract Unauthorised Deduction of Wages Unfair Dismissal)

Galo v Bombardier Aerospace UK Bombardier (Discrimination - Disability Discrimination - Race Breach of Contract Unauthorised Deduction of Wages Unfair Dismissal) [2022] NIit 00700_14IT (18 February 2022)

Preliminary hearing on capacity to litigate and fairness. The President held the tribunal could decide capacity and ordered a further hearing before any strike-out decision.

  • Disability discrimination
  • Race discrimination
  • Unfair dismissal
  • Victimisation
  • Harassment
  • Capacity to litigate
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