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Administrative law [2025] NIKB 74

Walsh, Application for Judicial Review (Rev2)

Walsh, Application for Judicial Review (Rev2) [2025] NIKB 74 (16 December 2025)

Leave for judicial review was granted on irrationality and ultra vires grounds concerning a victims’ payment refusal, but refused on bias and Article 3 ECHR grounds.

  • Judicial review
  • Bias
  • Ultra vires
  • Interpretation of regulations
  • Article 3 echr
  • Judicial-review
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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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Criminal law [2024] NICty 4

Romania x Nechifor

Romania x Nechifor [2024] NICty 4 (15 March 2024)

The County Court in Northern Ireland ordered extradition to Romania, rejecting Article 3 and Article 8 ECHR challenges based on prison conditions and family life.

  • European arrest warrant
  • Article 3 echr
  • Article 8 echr
  • Prison conditions
  • Assurances in extradition
  • Calculation of sentence served
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Coronial law [2024] NICoroner 2

Doherty & Anor, Inquest into the Deaths Of (Re Ruling on Application for Medical Excusal, Anonmymity and Screening for PW 35)

Doherty & Anor, Inquest into the Deaths Of (Re Ruling on Application for Medical Excusal, Anonmymity and Screening for PW 35) [2024] NICoroner 2 (09 January 2024)

The coroner refused PW35’s application for medical excusal and anonymity, but granted screening when he gives evidence in the Doherty and Fleming inquest.

  • Medical excusal of witness
  • Anonymity of witness
  • Screening of witness
  • Article 2 echr
  • Article 3 echr
  • Article 8 echr
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Human rights law [2023] NICA 66

McEvoy, Application for Judicial Review

McEvoy, Application for Judicial Review [2023] NICA 66 (26 October 2023)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland reduced damages to £5,000 for delay in investigating a 1992 shooting, holding that just satisfaction was still required under the HRA.

  • Damages for breach of echr
  • Article 2 echr
  • Article 3 echr
  • Delay in investigation
  • Just satisfaction
  • Section 8 human rights act 1998
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Immigration law [2023] NIKB 94

Bounar, Re Application for Judicial Review

Bounar, Re Application for Judicial Review [2023] NIKB 94 (02 October 2023)

The High Court refused leave for judicial review over a refusal to provide Schedule 10 accommodation, holding the bail condition was for suitable accommodation, not a specified address.

  • Immigration bail
  • Accommodation for immigration detainees
  • Article 3 echr
  • Exceptional circumstances
  • Fettering of discretion
  • Immigration-bail
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Immigration [2023] NIKB 73

Huang, Application for Judicial Review

Huang, Application for Judicial Review [2023] NIKB 73 (11 July 2023)

Judicial review leave was refused where the court held the Home Office had considered the child’s best interests and the fresh asylum material did not create a realistic prospect of success.

  • Asylum
  • Section 55 borders, citizenship and immigration act 2009
  • Paragraph 353 immigration rules
  • Article 3 echr
  • Article 8 echr
  • Family planning policy china
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Human rights [2023] NIKB 40

McEvoy, Application for Judicial Review

McEvoy, Application for Judicial Review [2023] NIKB 40 (31 March 2023)

On judicial review remedies, the court held that £10,000 damages were necessary to afford just satisfaction for delay in conducting an Article 2 and/or 3 compliant investigation.

  • Article 2 echr
  • Article 3 echr
  • Delay in investigation
  • Just satisfaction
  • Damages under human rights act
  • Human-rights-act-damages
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Immigration law [2023] NICA 4

Mahmud v Secretary of State for the Home Department

Mahmud v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] NICA 4 (27 January 2023)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland granted an 18-month-out-of-time extension to appeal in an asylum case, emphasizing substantive grounds and human rights context.

  • Asylum
  • Extension of time
  • Judicial discretion
  • European convention on human rights
  • Article 3 echr
  • Legal aid
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Coronial law [2023] NICoroner 9

McNally, Doris,Ryan, Re Inquest into the deaths of

McNally, Doris,Ryan, Re Inquest into the deaths of [2023] NICoroner 9 (12 January 2023)

The coroner refused to excuse Soldier F from oral evidence in the inquest, but granted special measures including anonymity, screening, and live link.

  • Special measures for vulnerable witnesses
  • Oral evidence
  • Anonymity
  • Article 2 echr
  • Article 3 echr
  • Coroners' procedure
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