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Administrative law [2025] NIKB 59

Donnelly, Application for Judicial Review (Re the Grant of a Firearms Certificate) (Rev1)

Donnelly, Application for Judicial Review (Re the Grant of a Firearms Certificate) (Rev1) [2025] NIKB 59 (21 October 2025)

The court stayed leave-stage judicial review proceedings about a refused firearms certificate, directing that any new application be considered on up-to-date information.

  • Procedural fairness
  • Firearms licensing
  • National security
  • Judicial review
  • Disclosure of information
  • Judicial-review
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Administrative law [2022] NIQB 19

Lavery, Re Application for Judicial Review

Lavery, Re Application for Judicial Review [2022] NIQB 19 (15 March 2022)

The High Court dismissed Paula Lavery’s judicial review challenge to PSNI’s refusal to confirm an alleged Out of Bounds order, holding the claim out of time and unarguable.

  • Judicial review
  • Disclosure of information
  • Delay in judicial review
  • Article 2 echr
  • Article 10 echr
  • Fettering of discretion
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Civil procedure [2019] NIQB 55

Frampton v McGuigan & Ors (Ruling On Plaintiff's Request)

Frampton v McGuigan & Ors (Ruling On Plaintiff's Request) [2019] NIQB 55 (30 May 2019)

The court granted a partial order for further and better particulars, requiring the defendants to clarify key payment and account details relevant to the pleadings.

  • Further and better particulars
  • Disclosure of information
  • Company payments
  • Director remuneration
  • Further-and-better-particulars
  • Civil-procedure
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Public law [2017] NICA 43

Owens, Re Judicial Review

Owens, Re Judicial Review [2017] NICA 43 (27 June 2017)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland dismissed an Article 2 judicial review over refusal to disclose IMC archive material to a coroner, and upheld the 2011 Order.

  • Disclosure of information
  • Article 2 echr (right to life)
  • State immunity and confidentiality
  • Inquests
  • International agreements
  • Judicial-review
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Pensions law [2015] NICA 3

Lennon v South Eastern Education And Library Board

Lennon v South Eastern Education And Library Board [2015] NICA 3 (12 January 2015)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland remitted a pensions ombudsman appeal for rehearing, holding the wrong burden and standard of proof may have been applied.

  • Maladministration
  • Burden of proof
  • Disclosure of information
  • Statutory limitation
  • Oral hearing requirement
  • Employer duty to inform
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Administrative law [2013] NIQB 131

Nelson, Re Judicial Review

Nelson, Re Judicial Review [2013] NIQB 131 (19 November 2013)

The High Court quashed a PSNI vetting appeal refusal after finding the applicant was not given fair disclosure of adverse intelligence before the appeal hearing.

  • Procedural fairness
  • Police vetting
  • Disclosure of information
  • Article 8 echr
  • Wednesbury unreasonableness
  • Judicial-review
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Administrative law [2013] NIQB 33

JR 57, Re Judicial Review

JR 57, Re Judicial Review [2013] NIQB 33 (11 March 2013)

The High Court in Northern Ireland held that the Trust’s disclosure decision was procedurally unfair and breached Article 8, because it lacked proper fact-finding, notice, and a real evidential basis.

  • Disclosure of information
  • Child protection
  • Natural justice
  • Article 8 echr
  • Procedural fairness
  • Child-protection
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Administrative law [2009] NIQB 60

Wilson, Re Judicial Review

Wilson, Re Judicial Review [2009] NIQB 60 (26 June 2009)

The court held that the refusal to transfer a prisoner to Foyle View was procedurally unfair because too little of the security material had been disclosed.

  • Procedural fairness
  • Disclosure of information
  • Prisoner rights
  • Judicial review
  • Judicial-review
  • Procedural-fairness
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Administrative law [2007] NIQB 34

Donnelly & Anor, Re Judicial Review

Donnelly & Anor, Re Judicial Review [2007] NIQB 34 (27 April 2007)

The High Court rejected challenges to firearms certificate refusal and revocation, holding that limited disclosure was fair in context and public safety outweighed further disclosure.

  • Judicial review of administrative decisions
  • Disclosure of information
  • Right to fair hearing
  • Firearms licensing
  • Public interest immunity
  • Judicial-review
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Administrative law [2002] NIQB 67

Martin, Re

Martin, Re [2002] NIQB 67 (20 December 2002)

The court dismissed a judicial review over a Trust’s retention and disclosure of sexual abuse allegations, holding the action was justified to protect children.

  • Disclosure of information
  • Data protection
  • Article 8 echr
  • Retention of records
  • Procedural fairness
  • Proportionality
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