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Criminal law [2026] NICA 15

Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland v Brown

Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland v Brown [2026] NICA 15 (14 April 2026)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland considered whether a late transmission of a case stated under Article 61(3) barred the appeal or could be excused.

  • Public order offences
  • Freedom of expression
  • Statutory time limits
  • Proportionality
  • Jurisdiction
  • Case stated procedure
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Civil procedure [2025] NICA 12

Cavan v Bunting

Cavan v Bunting [2025] NICA 12 (27 January 2025)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland found the case stated from the County Court was fundamentally deficient and remitted it for a fresh, properly framed case stated.

  • Protection from harassment
  • Article 10 echr (freedom of expression)
  • Case stated procedure
  • Delay in prosecution
  • Judicial findings of fact
  • Case-stated-procedure
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Criminal law [2024] NICA 29

Hovarth v Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service (Re Decision of District Judge to Refuse to State a Case)

Hovarth v Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service (Re Decision of District Judge to Refuse to State a Case) [2024] NICA 29 (16 April 2024)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland refused to compel a case stated, upholding a magistrates’ court amendment of child-abduction charges outside six months.

  • Amendment of charges
  • Summary offences
  • Case stated procedure
  • Limitation periods
  • Parental responsibility
  • Police protection orders
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Criminal law [2023] NIMag 1

Public Prosecution Service v Boyd (Re Ruling on an Application to State a Case)

Public Prosecution Service v Boyd (Re Ruling on an Application to State a Case) [2023] NIMag 1 (30 November 2023)

The magistrates’ court refused a case-stated application, holding that Article 158A allowed a later compensation order and that the challenge was frivolous.

  • Compensation orders
  • Variation of sentence
  • Slip rule
  • Case stated procedure
  • Compensation-orders
  • Variation-of-sentence
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Criminal law [2023] NICA 39

Public Prosecution Service v Walsh

Public Prosecution Service v Walsh [2023] NICA 39 (15 June 2023)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland refused an out-of-time application to compel a county court judge to state a case, finding no good reason to extend time.

  • Extension of time
  • Case stated procedure
  • Use of evidence notes
  • Article 6 echr (fair trial)
  • Extension-of-time
  • Case-stated-procedure
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Civil procedure [2023] NICA 89

Application for an Order Directing the County Court Judge to State a Case to the Court of Appeal, In the Matter Of

Application for an Order Directing the County Court Judge to State a Case to the Court of Appeal, In the Matter Of [2023] NICA 89 (20 March 2023)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland refused Metro Inns Ltd’s application to state a case, holding no point of law arose and the application was frivolous, vexatious and unreasonable.

  • Rates liability
  • Case stated procedure
  • Adjournment discretion
  • Costs assessment
  • Case-stated-procedure
  • Adjournment-discretion
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Administrative law [2021] NICA 63

Ards And North Down Borough Council v Young

Ards And North Down Borough Council v Young [2021] NICA 63 (16 December 2021)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland dismissed an application to compel a county court judge to state a case, holding the issues raised were factual, not legal.

  • Enforcement notice validity
  • Case stated procedure
  • Planning act (ni) 2011 s.147
  • County courts (ni) order 1980 art. 61
  • Challenge to enforcement notice in criminal proceedings
  • Planning-law
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Civil procedure [2021] NICA 62

The Registrar Of Companies v JP Murphy Ltd

The Registrar Of Companies v JP Murphy Ltd [2021] NICA 62 (08 December 2021)

The Court of Appeal held it had no jurisdiction to compel the High Court to state a case under Article 62(1) and dismissed the defendant’s application.

  • Appeals
  • Case stated procedure
  • Jurisdiction
  • Civil penalties
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Case-stated-procedure
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Criminal law [2018] NICA 17

Parker v Chief Constable of The Police Service of Northern Ireland

Parker v Chief Constable of The Police Service of Northern Ireland [2018] NICA 17 (11 May 2018)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland refused to compel a case stated, finding no arguable error of law in the remaining convictions and sentences.

  • Obstruction of police
  • Failure to provide specimen
  • Case stated procedure
  • Frivolous applications
  • Case-stated-procedure
  • Obstruction-of-police
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Education law [2017] NIQB 15

LC & JC v The Education Authority for Northern Ireland, North Eastern Region

LC & JC v The Education Authority for Northern Ireland, North Eastern Region [2017] NIQB 15 (31 Jan 2017)

The High Court held that School X met CC’s needs on epilepsy care, physical interaction, and class size, but remitted the infection-risk issue to the Tribunal.

  • Special educational needs
  • Appropriateness of school placement
  • Tribunal reasoning
  • Case stated procedure
  • Special-educational-needs
  • School-placement
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