Search judgments by proposition, citation, court, judge or legal topic, then move directly into the source-grounded case analysis.
Results update automatically as you type.
Northern Ireland decisions
Decisions matching the current search
McGuigan, Inquest into the Death Of (Re Process Hearing on Issue of PII) [2025] NICoroner 2 (31 January 2025)
The court held that PSNI does not legally need a Ministerial Certificate for a PII claim in this inquest, though it would prefer one given the national security issues.
The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland v Fee Re And Inquest into the death of Liam Paul Thompson [2024] NICA 39 (30 April 2024)
The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland dismissed an appeal over a coroner’s decision to release a partial gist of sensitive material in a legacy inquest.
Dougal & Ors, Inquest into the Deaths Of (The Springhill Inquest) (Ruling No. 11 on Public Interest Immunity) [2024] NICoroner 33 (15 April 2024)
The coroner upheld most public interest immunity claims over sensitive security and intelligence material in the Springhill Inquest, while allowing redactions, roll-backs, and gists.
Quinn & Ors, Inquest into the Deaths Of (Ruling on Claim for Public Interest Immunity in Relation to the Kinnego Report) [2024] NICoroner 25 (11 April 2024)
The redacted portions of the Kinnego Report are highly relevant to the inquests but disclosure would cause a real risk of serious harm to national security. The information is not sufficiently in the public domain to negate this risk, and gisting or partial disclosure is not feasible. The public interest in non-disclosure outweighs the public interest in disclosure. The application for public interest immunity is upheld.
Source excerpt
Doherty & Anor, Inquest into the deaths of [2023] NICoroner 13 (16 October 2023)
In an interlocutory inquest ruling, the coroner refused Soldier F access to unredacted documents, holding the existing redacted PII material was sufficient.
Doherty & Anor, Inquest into the Deaths Of (Re Open Ruling on the Claim for Public Interest Immunity) [2023] NICoroner 4 (12 May 2023)
The coroner upheld public interest immunity claims in this inquest, granted anonymity and screening for military witnesses, and held the inquest could still proceed.
AN INQUEST INTO THE DEATHS OF LAWRENCE JOSEPH McNALLY, ANTHONY PATRICK DORIS AND MICHAEL JAMES RYAN, Re [2022] NICoroner 8 (29 September 2022)
Coroner’s Court in Northern Ireland granted anonymity, live-link evidence, and screening for military witnesses in a legacy inquest, citing national security.
Donohoe, An Inquest Into the Death of [2022] NICoroner 3 (08 September 2022)
The coroner upheld public interest immunity redactions in the Noah Donohoe inquest, finding disclosure would risk serious harm to national security.
McNally & Ors, Inquest into the Deaths of (Open Ruling on the Claim for Public Interest Immunity) [2022] NICoroner 4 (29 June 2022)
The coroner upheld most of the Ministry of Defence and PSNI public interest immunity claims in this inquest, but ordered disclosure of material about Soldier H’s location.
Morley v Ministry of Defence & Ors [2017] NIQB 8 (24 January 2017)
The High Court in Northern Ireland granted a section 6 declaration allowing a closed material procedure in a claim about an alleged state agent and a 1990 killing.
Explore more
