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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.
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.
Thompson, Re Application for Judicial Review (Rev1) [2025] NICA 25 (13 May 2025)
The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland held that the coroner became functus officio after formally closing the inquest, but still dismissed the appeal because remission would serve no purpose.
McCord, Application for Judicial Review (Re Decision of the Civil Legal Services Appeal Panel) [2025] NIKB 8 (21 January 2025)
Judicial review challenge to a legal aid appeal panel’s refusal of an oral hearing and legal aid failed. The court held the panel’s reasons were adequate and the decision was not irrational.
Crawford, Inquest Touching the Death of [2024] NICoroner 32 (16 December 2024)
Inquest into Patrick Joseph Crawford’s 1975 shooting in Belfast. The coroner found he was an innocent civilian and could not identify the shooter.
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.
Kennedy as Personal Representative of the Estate of Mary Ellen Meehan (Deceased) v Ministry of Defence [2024] NIMaster 19 (02 September 2024)
The High Court struck out a fatal-shooting claim over Mary Ellen Meehan’s death, holding that res judicata, abuse of process, and Article 2 barriers defeated the pleaded case.
McCusker, Inquest into the death of (Provisional Ruling on the viability of the inquest proceeding) [2024] NICoroner 24 (24 April 2024)
Provisional coroner’s ruling that the McCusker inquest is not viable because it cannot be completed before 1 May 2024 and withheld PII material prevents a sufficient investigation.
Brown, Inquest into the deaths of [2024] NICoroner 18 (04 March 2024)
Coroner Kinney upheld most PII claims in the Sean Brown inquest, finding disclosure would risk national security and personal safety, and concluded the inquest could not continue.
Dougal & Ors, The Springhill Inquest into the deaths of [2024] NICoroner 12 (12 February 2024)
The coroner granted SM207 anonymity in the Springhill Inquest, finding no breach of candour and holding that partial open-source identification did not defeat protection.
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