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Civil procedure [2025] NICA 68

Cavan v Bunting

Cavan v Bunting [2025] NICA 68 (19 December 2025)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland upheld an injunction against conduct found to be harassment, holding that targeted social media posts crossed the line of lawful protest.

  • Harassment
  • Freedom of expression
  • Injunctions
  • Contempt of court
  • Proportionality
  • Protection from harassment (northern ireland) 1997
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Civil procedure [2025] NICA 62

Rana (t/a Dee Indian Ltd) v Bouliach (Re Anonymity) (Rev1)

Rana (t/a Dee Indian Ltd) v Bouliach (Re Anonymity) (Rev1) [2025] NICA 62 (05 December 2025)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland refused the appellant’s request to anonymise the parties, holding that open justice outweighed the asserted safety and privacy concerns.

  • Anonymity orders
  • Open justice
  • Article 2 echr
  • Article 8 echr
  • Article 10 echr
  • Sexual harassment
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Criminal law [2024] NICC 37

Soldier F, R. v (Application For Anonymity)

Soldier F, R. v (Application For Anonymity) [2024] NICC 37 (06 December 2024)

The Crown Court for Northern Ireland granted Soldier F anonymity, finding a real and immediate risk if his identity were publicised during proceedings.

  • Anonymity orders
  • Open justice
  • Threat assessment
  • Reporting restrictions
  • Article 2 echr
  • Article 3 echr
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Administrative law [2022] NIQB 19

Lavery, Re Application for Judicial Review

Lavery, Re Application for Judicial Review [2022] NIQB 19 (15 March 2022)

The High Court dismissed Paula Lavery’s judicial review challenge to PSNI’s refusal to confirm an alleged Out of Bounds order, holding the claim out of time and unarguable.

  • Judicial review
  • Disclosure of information
  • Delay in judicial review
  • Article 2 echr
  • Article 10 echr
  • Fettering of discretion
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Public law [2021] NIQB 102

McGuinness, Re Application for Judicial Review (No. 4)

McGuinness, Re Application for Judicial Review (No. 4) [2021] NIQB 102 (19 November 2021)

Judicial review leave was mostly refused in a challenge to Michael Stone’s parole release, though leave was granted on limited issues about public hearings and victim attendance.

  • Parole
  • Victims' rights
  • Open justice
  • Judicial review
  • Procedural fairness
  • Article 6 echr
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Administrative law [2020] NIQB 12

Lavery, Re Application for Judicial Review

Lavery, Re Application for Judicial Review [2020] NIQB 12 (12 February 2020)

The High Court in Northern Ireland kept a judicial review stay in place, directing the respondent to provide a timetable for outstanding decision-making in a FOIA-related records dispute.

  • Judicial review of administrative action
  • Freedom of information act 2000
  • Human rights act 1998
  • Article 2 echr
  • Article 10 echr
  • Article 14 echr
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Criminal law [2019] NICC 3

McCrory & Ors, Re

McCrory & Ors, Re [2019] NICC 3 (06 February 2019)

The Crown Court refused a defence application to compel journalists and a newspaper to disclose documents, recordings, and confidential sources in a criminal case.

  • Third party disclosure
  • Journalistic source protection
  • Disclosure obligations
  • Fair trial rights
  • Freedom of expression
  • Contempt of court
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Media law [2017] NICA 70

Arthurs v News Group Newspapers Ltd

Arthurs v News Group Newspapers Ltd [2017] NICA 70 (22 November 2017)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland dismissed an appeal seeking to restrain publication linking a talent-show contestant to his father's criminal convictions.

  • Misuse of private information
  • Interim injunctions
  • Data protection act 1998
  • Article 8 echr
  • Article 10 echr
  • Freedom of expression
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Data protection [2017] NIQB 71

Duffy & Anor v Sunday Newspapers Ltd & Ors

Duffy & Anor v Sunday Newspapers Ltd & Ors [2017] NIQB 71 (19 July 2017)

The High Court in Northern Ireland refused to grant an interlocutory injunction or source-disclosure orders sought over Sunday World articles based on covert recordings.

  • Interlocutory injunction
  • Source disclosure
  • Misuse of private information
  • Breach of confidence
  • Vicarious liability
  • Contempt of court act 1981
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Defamation [2016] NIQB 68

Austin v Police Service of Northern Ireland

Austin v Police Service of Northern Ireland [2016] NIQB 68 (8 July 2016)

The court refused to stay a defamation claim brought by a solicitor over being called “unprofessional” in a police interview, finding a real and substantial tort.

  • Abuse of process
  • Threshold of seriousness
  • Publication
  • Justification
  • Article 10 echr
  • Professional reputation
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