Sign in
Northern Ireland Source-linked decisions Coverage checked

Northern Ireland Case Law

Search judgments by proposition, citation, court, judge or legal topic, then move directly into the source-grounded case analysis.

Courts on this page
0 court collections
Last checked

Northern Ireland decisions

Decisions matching the current search

Clear filters
Defamation [2026] NIMaster 2

Stamm & Anor v Stamm

Stamm & Anor v Stamm [2026] NIMaster 2 (16 January 2026)

On assessment of damages after default judgment, the court awarded Julie Stamm and Steven Kennedy £7,500 each for defamatory emails sent to their employer and a supplier.

  • Libel
  • Assessment of damages
  • Default judgment
  • Vindication of reputation
  • Mitigation of damages
  • Defamation
Read case analysis
Defamation [2025] NI Master 16

Jackson v Collins

Jackson v Collins [2025] NI Master 16 (14 October 2025)

On default judgment, the High Court assessed £100,000 damages for libel over false Twitter posts accusing Peter Jackson of bribery and witness tampering.

  • Libel
  • Social media defamation
  • Assessment of damages
  • Default judgment
  • Aggravated damages
  • Social-media-defamation
Read case analysis
Defamation [2016] NIQB 8

Jackson v Collins

Jackson v Collins [2025] NI Master 16 (14 October 2025)

Default judgment libel damages assessment over defamatory tweets accusing the plaintiff of bribing a witness in a rape trial. The court awarded £100,000 and costs.

  • Libel
  • Assessment of damages
  • Default judgment
  • Aggravated damages
  • Mitigation and aggravation
  • Social media defamation
Read case analysis
Tort [2025] NIKB 51

Lynas v Ulsterbus Ltd

Lynas v Ulsterbus Ltd [2025] NIKB 51 (12 September 2025)

Quantum judgment after admitted liability for a bus accident causing a young woman catastrophic spinal injuries, psychiatric harm, and long-term care and earnings losses.

  • Assessment of damages
  • Loss of earnings
  • Care claims
  • Psychiatric injury
  • Future loss
  • Disability definition
Read case analysis
Tort [2025] NIKB 43

Lloyd v RSA Insurance

Lloyd v RSA Insurance [2025] NIKB 43 (18 June 2025)

Road traffic damage claim concerning repair costs, credit hire, and storage after a collision with a bus. The court awarded repair and limited hire/storage damages.

  • Road traffic accident
  • Vehicle damage
  • Credit hire
  • Mitigation of loss
  • Assessment of damages
  • Credit-hire
Read case analysis
Tort [2025] NIKB 12

Carlin v Waldron & Anor

Carlin v Waldron & Anor [2025] NIKB 12 (20 February 2025)

The High Court in Northern Ireland awarded damages to a nurse injured in a hospital crossing accident, finding her ongoing back symptoms still arose from the collision.

  • Assessment of damages
  • Causation
  • Psychiatric injury
  • Loss of amenity
  • Loss of congenial employment
  • Personal-injury
Read case analysis
Contract law [2024] NIMaster 20

McBride v McGuigan & Anor

McBride v McGuigan & Anor [2024] NIMaster 20 (18 September 2024)

Assessment of damages after default judgment in a construction dispute. The court rejected most of the plaintiff’s evidence and awarded only £3,911.56.

  • Quantum meruit
  • Assessment of damages
  • Expert evidence
  • Costs
  • Burden of proof
  • Quantum-meruit
Read case analysis
Civil procedure [2021] NIMaster 8

Frizzell v Police Service of Northern Ireland & Ors

Frizzell v Police Service of Northern Ireland & Ors [2021] NIMaster 8 (30 July 2021)

The court refused an ex parte application to assess default damages early, holding that using the rule to guard against possible future legislation would be improper.

  • Legacy litigation
  • Assessment of damages
  • Court discretion
  • Default judgment
  • Civil-procedure
  • Default-judgment
Read case analysis
Tort [2021] NIQB 27

McKibbin v UK Insurance Ltd

McKibbin v UK Insurance Ltd [2021] NIQB 27 (05 March 2021)

High Court appeal on credit hire and diminution in value. The court reduced neither hire duration nor repair recovery, and assessed diminution at 7.5%.

  • Credit hire
  • Mitigation of loss
  • Diminution in value
  • Assessment of damages
  • Credit-hire
  • Mitigation-of-loss
Read case analysis

About this LexChat collection

Northern Ireland decisions are organised by court, judge, legal area and indexed issue so a practitioner can move from a proposition to a citable authority with the surrounding context intact.