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Criminal law [2025] NICC 27

Soldier F, R. v (Re Admissibility)

Soldier F, R. v (Re Admissibility) [2025] NICC 27 (24 September 2025)

The Crown Court admitted hearsay statements attributed to Soldiers G and H in the Bloody Sunday prosecution of Soldier F, subject to later review.

  • Admissibility of hearsay
  • Exclusion of evidence
  • Fairness of proceedings
  • Hearsay-admissibility
  • Exclusion-of-evidence
  • Fairness-of-proceedings
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Criminal law [2025] NICA 5

Kirkpatrick & Ors, R. v

Kirkpatrick & Ors, R. v [2025] NICA 5 (17 January 2025)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland held that the convictions were unsafe and quashed murder, kidnapping and false imprisonment convictions arising from disputed confession evidence.

  • Unsafe conviction
  • Confession evidence
  • Police misconduct
  • Admissibility of evidence
  • Fresh evidence
  • Bad character evidence
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Criminal law [2024] NICC 39

Farrell & Anor, R. v (Re Admissibility of AGS Evidence)

Farrell & Anor, R. v (Re Admissibility of AGS Evidence) [2024] NICC 39 (02 December 2024)

Pre-trial ruling admitting An Garda Síochána evidence. The court held the arrests, searches, seizures, and forensic evidence were lawful and not unfairly obtained.

  • Admissibility of foreign evidence
  • Unlawful organisation
  • Extraterritoriality
  • Fairness of proceedings
  • Burden of proof
  • International letters of request
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Criminal law [2024] NICC 24

Dunford & Ors, R. v

Dunford & Ors, R. v [2024] NICC 24 (06 Spetember 2024)

The Crown Court for Northern Ireland refused a section 8 CPIA disclosure application in an EncroChat case, holding the statutory disclosure test was not met.

  • Disclosure of prosecution material
  • Admissibility of encrochat evidence
  • Application of cpia 1996
  • Impact of eu directive 2014/41/eu
  • Windsor framework and good friday agreement
  • Criminal-disclosure
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Coronial law [2024] NICoroner 34

Dougal & Ors, Inquest into the Deaths Of (The Springhill Inquest) (Ruling No. 12 on Deployment of Intelligence Material)

Dougal & Ors, Inquest into the Deaths Of (The Springhill Inquest) (Ruling No. 12 on Deployment of Intelligence Material) [2024] NICoroner 34 (15 April 2024)

Interlocutory inquest ruling on when intelligence material may be deployed, alongside guidance on article 2 and 8 redactions and fair questioning of witnesses.

  • Admissibility of intelligence material
  • Public interest immunity
  • Article 2 and 8 echr redactions
  • Disclosure in inquests
  • Control stage of evidence
  • Inquest-procedure
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Coronial law [2024] NICoroner 11

Dougal & Ors, The Springhill Inquest into the deaths of

Dougal & Ors, The Springhill Inquest into the deaths of [2024] NICoroner 11 (12 February 2024)

The coroner allowed Brian Pettigrew to give inquest evidence remotely and with breaks, but refused a registered intermediary, allowing support from suitable independent persons instead.

  • Special measures for witnesses
  • Remote evidence
  • Ptsd and vulnerable witnesses
  • Case management powers
  • Remote-evidence
  • Special-measures
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Coronial law [2024] NICoroner 10

Doherty and William Fleming, inquest into the deaths of (Ruling on Application by Soldier T to Give Evidence Remotely)

Doherty and William Fleming, inquest into the deaths of (Ruling on Application by Soldier T to Give Evidence Remotely) [2024] NICoroner 10 (12 February 2024)

The coroner allowed Soldier T to testify remotely in the inquest into the deaths of Daniel Doherty and William Fleming, with screening and other protective conditions.

  • Remote testimony
  • Witness protection
  • Medical fitness to testify
  • Remote-testimony
  • Witness-protection
  • Medical-fitness-to-testify
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Criminal law [2024] NICC 14

Baird, R. v

Baird, R. v [2024] NICC 14 (30 January 2024)

The Crown Court excluded a prosecution psychiatrist’s evidence under Article 76, holding that the defence could not fairly challenge it without exposing the jury to highly prejudicial material.

  • Admissibility of expert evidence
  • Diminished responsibility
  • Prejudicial evidence
  • Article 76 pace (ni) 1989
  • Jury discharge
  • Admissibility-of-expert-evidence
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Criminal law [2023] NICA 74

Perry, R. v (Appeal Against Conviction)

Perry, R. v (Appeal Against Conviction) [2023] NICA 74 (10 November 2023)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland dismissed Perry’s appeal against conviction for collecting or making a record of information likely to be useful to terrorists.

  • Unlawful search
  • Admissibility of evidence
  • Interpretation of statutes
  • Reasonable excuse defence
  • Inference from silence
  • Criminal-appeal
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Coronial law [2023] NICoroner 16

Doherty & Anor, Inquest Touching Upon the Deaths of (Ruling on Application by Certain Witnesses to Give Evidence Remotely)

Doherty & Anor, Inquest Touching Upon the Deaths of (Ruling on Application by Certain Witnesses to Give Evidence Remotely) [2023] NICoroner 16 (20 October 2023)

The coroner allowed five military witnesses to give evidence remotely in the inquest, finding that security risks and practicality made live link evidence just and proportionate.

  • Remote evidence
  • Special measures
  • Anonymity
  • Screening
  • Public interest immunity
  • Open justice
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