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Human rights [2025] NIKB 46

McCabe, Application for Judicial Review

McCabe, Application for Judicial Review [2025] NIKB 46 (27 June 2025)

Leave for judicial review was refused. The court found no evidence that pausing sensitive research caused delay in the claimant’s civil case, and no standing for a generic resources challenge.

  • Article 6 echr
  • Reasonable time for determination
  • Standing in judicial review
  • Resource allocation
  • Closed material proceedings
  • Article-6-echr
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Criminal law [2025] NICA 34

CD, R. v

CD, R. v [2025] NICA 34 (20 June 2025)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland dismissed an appeal against 29 sexual abuse convictions, holding the jury directions on silence were legally sufficient.

  • Right to silence
  • Jury directions
  • Sexual offences
  • Fair trial
  • Article 6 echr
  • Right-to-silence
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Civil procedure [2025] NIKB 24

CDP v Snap Group Ltd & Anor (Rev1)

CDP v Snap Group Ltd & Anor (Rev1) [2025] NIKB 24 (11 April 2025)

The High Court in Northern Ireland refused a stay of civil proceedings pending a possible criminal case, finding no real prejudice to the second defendant at this stage.

  • Stay of proceedings
  • Concurrent civil and criminal proceedings
  • Right to fair trial
  • Article 6 echr
  • Anonymity orders
  • Reporting restrictions
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Criminal law [2025] NICA 11

McGinley, R. v (Rev1)

McGinley, R. v (Rev1) [2025] NICA 11 (21 February 2025)

Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland reduced Michael McGinley’s affray sentence from 40 to 30 months, finding the starting point too high and the mitigation and delay not properly assessed.

  • Affray
  • Sentencing guidelines
  • Mitigation
  • Delay in prosecution
  • Article 6 echr
  • Reduction for guilty plea
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Administrative law [2025] NIKB 7

Fitzimons (as chairman of the Northern Ireland retired Police Officers Association) & Ors, Re Application for Judicial Review

Fitzimons (as chairman of the Northern Ireland retired Police Officers Association) & Ors, Re Application for Judicial Review [2025] NIKB 7 (06 February 2025)

The court held the Police Ombudsman could publish narrative statements under section 62, but could not make findings amounting to criminality or misconduct.

  • Scope of ombudsman's powers
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Procedural fairness
  • Article 6 echr
  • Article 8 echr
  • Legacy investigations
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Criminal law [2024] NICC 41

Atkinson, R. v (Sentencing Remarks)

Atkinson, R. v (Sentencing Remarks) [2024] NICC 41 (14 June 2024)

The Crown Court of Northern Ireland sentenced Robert Atkinson to 12 months’ imprisonment for conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, after delay, health, and plea mitigation.

  • Conspiracy to pervert the course of justice
  • Sentencing
  • Delay in prosecution
  • Mitigation for health and delay
  • Article 6 echr
  • Conspiracy-to-pervert-the-course-of-justice
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Criminal law [2024] NICty 1

Republic Of Poland v Preyzner

Republic Of Poland v Preyzner [2024] NICty 1 (01 April 2024)

The County Court for Northern Ireland ordered extradition of Krzysztof Preyzner to Poland, rejecting bars based on prosecution decision, delay, proportionality, and Article 8.

  • European arrest warrant
  • Extradition act 2003
  • Article 6 echr
  • Article 8 echr
  • Proportionality
  • Passage of time
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Civil procedure [2023] NIKB 97

Frizzell v Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland & Ors (Re Open Judgment on Closed Material Procedure Applications)

Frizzell v Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland & Ors (Re Open Judgment on Closed Material Procedure Applications) [2023] NIKB 97 (09 October 2023)

The court refused requests to require oral evidence and a gist of missing documents in closed material procedure applications, but allowed withholding of sensitive material with a summary to the plaintiffs.

  • Closed material procedure
  • Disclosure
  • National security
  • Article 6 echr
  • Justice and security act 2013
  • Rules of court
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Public law [2023] NIKB 69

JR251, Application for Judicial Review

JR251, Application for Judicial Review [2023] NIKB 69 (07 June 2023)

The process for placing children on the Child Protection Register, as set out in the guidance and applied in this case, is lawful and compliant with Articles 6 and 8 ECHR and common law. Procedural fairness does not require that parents be given a vote in case conferences; effective participation is sufficient. The applicant's rights were adequately protected, and the procedural failings were remedied by the appeal process. No arguable case with a realistic prospect of success was established.

  • Child protection
  • Procedural fairness
  • Article 6 echr
  • Article 8 echr
  • Judicial review
  • Safeguarding procedures
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Administrative law [2023] NIKB 50

Bunting, Application for Judicial Review

Bunting, Application for Judicial Review [2023] NIKB 50 (21 April 2023)

Judicial review of a standards adjudication was dismissed after the court held that a statutory appeal was an adequate alternative remedy and the hearing process was fair.

  • Procedural fairness
  • Right to appeal
  • Adjournment of hearings
  • Article 6 echr
  • Judicial-review
  • Procedural-fairness
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