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Administrative law [2025] NIKB 58

Fermanagh And Omagh District Council And Belfast City Council, Re Application for Judicial Review

Fermanagh And Omagh District Council And Belfast City Council, Re Application for Judicial Review [2025] NIKB 58 (23 October 2025)

The court held that ending DAERA funding for council animal welfare services breached a procedural legitimate expectation, but not a substantive one.

  • Legitimate expectation
  • Public law
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Funding of statutory functions
  • Consultation requirements
  • Legitimate-expectation
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Administrative law [2025] NIKB 20

Mid-Ulster District Council, Application for Judicial Review

Mid-Ulster District Council, Application for Judicial Review [2025] NIKB 20 (27 March 2025)

The High Court in Northern Ireland held that the Department’s RSG budget decision was not irrational, but it breached the Rural Needs (Northern Ireland) Act 2016.

  • Judicial review
  • Budget allocation
  • Discretionary grants
  • Equality duty
  • Rural needs duty
  • Consultation requirements
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Public law [2023] NIKB 91

JR241, Re Application for Judicial Review

JR241, Re Application for Judicial Review [2023] NIKB 91 (19 September 2023)

The High Court in Northern Ireland dismissed a judicial review challenge to the Trust’s decision to stop funding nursery day care for two children.

  • Procedural fairness
  • Consultation requirements
  • Child in need
  • Statutory duties of social services
  • Judicial review procedure
  • Judicial-review
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Administrative law [2023] NIKB 88

McLaughlin, Application for Judicial Review

McLaughlin, Application for Judicial Review [2023] NIKB 88 (21 August 2023)

The High Court in Northern Ireland refused leave for judicial review of a planning permission for a wind farm repowering at Rigged Hill, finding no arguable case.

  • Judicial review of planning decisions
  • Public participation in planning
  • Environmental impact assessment
  • Consultation requirements
  • Landscape and visual amenity
  • Renewable energy development
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Constitutional law [2023] NICA 35

SPUC Pro-Life Ltd, Application for Judicial Review

SPUC Pro-Life Ltd, Application for Judicial Review [2023] NICA 35 (22 May 2023)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland dismissed SPUC’s judicial review challenge to the 2021 abortion regulations and related directions, rejecting vires, Protocol, and consultation arguments.

  • Ultra vires
  • Abortion law
  • Devolution
  • Implementation of international obligations
  • Consultation requirements
  • Disability rights
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Education law [2022] NIKB 38

Hefferon (A Minor), Application for Judicial Review

Hefferon (A Minor), Application for Judicial Review [2022] NIKB 38 (25 October 2022)

Judicial review concerning special educational needs, delay in amending a statement, and consultation with a school. The court upheld part of the challenge on delay and rejected the consultation and ECHR claims.

  • Special educational needs
  • Delay in administrative process
  • Consultation requirements
  • European convention on human rights
  • Special-educational-needs
  • Judicial-review
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Public law [2022] NICA 34

Duffy & Ors, Re Application for Judicial Review (Rev1)

Duffy & Ors, Re Application for Judicial Review (Rev1) [2022] NICA 34 (13 June 2022)

The Court of Appeal held that a failure by the senior police officer to consult HM Treasury before authorising account freezing orders did not make the orders invalid.

  • Statutory interpretation
  • Judicial review
  • Account freezing orders
  • Procedural compliance
  • Consultation requirements
  • Judicial-review
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Administrative law [2020] NIQB 81

St. Patrick's Grammar School, Downpatrick, Re Application for Judicial Review

St. Patrick's Grammar School, Downpatrick, Re Application for Judicial Review [2020] NIQB 81 (26 November 2020)

Leave for judicial review was refused in a challenge to the proposed discontinuance of St Patrick’s Grammar School and linked area-planning proposals.

  • Judicial review
  • School closure
  • Consultation requirements
  • Procedural fairness
  • Ultra vires
  • Legitimate expectation
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Public law [2019] NIQB 74

Boundary Commission For Northern Ireland, Re Judicial Review

Boundary Commission For Northern Ireland, Re Judicial Review [2019] NIQB 74 (28 May 2019)

The High Court held that the Boundary Commission’s final Northern Ireland constituency recommendations were unlawful only in one respect, but granted a declaratory rather than quashing remedy.

  • Judicial review of statutory bodies
  • Consultation requirements
  • Provision of reasons
  • Fettering of discretion
  • Electoral boundary review
  • Interpretation of parliamentary constituencies act 1986
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Public law [2017] NICA 77

Gibson, Re Judicial Review

Gibson, Re Judicial Review [2017] NICA 77 (30 June 2017)

Appeal against refusal of leave for judicial review dismissed. The court held the claims were late, largely merits-based, and unsupported by evidence.

  • Judicial review procedure
  • Planning permission
  • Environmental impact assessment
  • Marine licensing
  • Time limits for judicial review
  • Human rights (echr)
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