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Property law [2025] NICA 65

Shortt v Bank of Ireland (UK) PLC

Shortt v Bank of Ireland (UK) PLC [2025] NICA 65 (19 December 2025)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland dismissed an appeal over a mortgagee’s portfolio sale of Derry properties, upholding findings on valuation, attribution of proceeds, and no bad faith.

  • Mortgagee's duty of care
  • Portfolio sale of secured properties
  • Valuation disputes
  • Breach of fiduciary duty
  • Attribution of sale proceeds
  • Conflict of interest
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Criminal law [2025] NICA 41

Murphy & Ors, R. v (Rev1)

Murphy & Ors, R. v (Rev1) [2025] NICA 41 (17 September 2025)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland allowed, by majority, criminal appeals arising from alleged police non-disclosure and misconduct, quashing the convictions on abuse of process grounds.

  • Abuse of process
  • Public interest immunity
  • Disclosure obligations
  • Police misconduct
  • Fair trial rights
  • Abuse-of-process
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Human rights [2025] NICA 30

Bradley & Anor v The Ministry Of Defence (Rev1)

Bradley & Anor v The Ministry Of Defence (Rev1) [2025] NICA 30 (06 June 2025)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland dismissed appeals about legacy inquests, holding Article 2 ECHR did not apply to these deaths and rejecting an irrationality challenge to MoD disclosure delays.

  • Article 2 echr procedural obligations
  • Temporal scope of human rights act 1998
  • Legacy inquests
  • Irrationality in public authority conduct
  • Disclosure obligations
  • Article-2-echr
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Human rights law [2025] NICA 16

Brown, Application for Judicial Review

Brown, Application for Judicial Review [2025] NICA 16 (03 April 2025)

The Court of Appeal held that the Secretary of State’s refusal to order a public inquiry into Sean Brown’s murder was unlawful, but set aside the mandatory order.

  • Article 2 echr (right to life)
  • State collusion
  • Public inquiry
  • Judicial review remedies
  • Legacy investigations
  • Disclosure obligations
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Family law [2024] NIMaster 21

SC v SC

SC v SC [2024] NIMaster 21 (25 September 2024)

Ancillary relief decision in which the court granted a clean break settlement for the wife after finding the husband repeatedly failed to give full financial disclosure.

  • Ancillary relief
  • Financial provision
  • Disclosure obligations
  • Valuation of assets
  • Clean break settlement
  • Litigation conduct
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Criminal law [2024] NICA 33

Duffy, R. v

Duffy, R. v [2024] NICA 33 (29 April 2024)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland dismissed Paul Pius Duffy’s appeal against convictions entered on guilty pleas, refusing fresh evidence and extension of time.

  • Admissibility of confession evidence
  • Fresh evidence on appeal
  • Safety of conviction
  • Guilty plea
  • Coerced confession
  • Disclosure obligations
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Civil procedure [2023] NIKB 132

Barclays Bank (UK) PLC v E.SURV Ltd

Barclays Bank (UK) PLC v E.SURV Ltd [2023] NIKB 132 (16 June 2023)

The High Court in Northern Ireland set aside an ex parte order extending a writ’s validity, finding the plaintiff had not shown good reason for the delay in service.

  • Extension of writ validity
  • Ex parte orders
  • Limitation period
  • Service of process
  • Disclosure obligations
  • Ex-parte-orders
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Criminal law [2023] NIKB 8

Bassalat, Re Application for Judicial Review

Bassalat, Re Application for Judicial Review [2023] NIKB 8 (30 January 2023)

The High Court refused leave for judicial review over committal-stage disclosure, entrapment questioning, and MI5 disclosure obligations in Bassalat’s terrorism case.

  • Disclosure obligations
  • Committal proceedings
  • Entrapment
  • Abuse of process
  • Article 6 echr
  • Role of security service in disclosure
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Family law [2023] NIFam 2

Neely v Neely

Neely v Neely [2023] NIFam 2 (10 January 2023)

Appeal from a master in ancillary relief: the court held it was a de novo rehearing under Order 58, ordered further disclosure, and allowed for an application to adduce new evidence.

  • Ancillary relief
  • Appeals procedure
  • Disclosure obligations
  • Valuation of matrimonial assets
  • Family-law
  • Ancillary-relief
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Criminal law [2022] NICA 74

Wilson, R. v (Rev1)

Wilson, R. v (Rev1) [2022] NICA 74 (09 December 2022)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland held that Patricia Wilson’s 1978 convictions were unsafe, citing oppressive juvenile interrogation, denied access to legal safeguards, and prosecution non-disclosure.

  • Confession evidence
  • Right to legal representation
  • Disclosure obligations
  • Fair trial under article 6 echr
  • Treatment of juveniles in custody
  • Admissibility of statements
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