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Civil-procedure [2025] NIMaster 19

Hawthorne v Donnelly & Anor

Hawthorne v Donnelly & Anor [2025] NIMaster 19 (14 November 2025)

The court refused the plaintiff’s summary judgment application and granted the second defendant’s specific discovery request for medical and related records.

  • Summary-judgment
  • Specific-discovery
  • Discrimination
  • Personal-injury
  • Costs
  • Medical-records
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Constitutional-law [2025] NICA 71

AD & Anor v Department for Communities

AD & Anor v Department for Communities [2025] NICA 71 (21 February 2025)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland refused further remedies in two bereavement benefit referrals, holding that Parliament’s remedial order governed the outcome.

  • Declaration-of-incompatibility
  • Remedial-orders
  • Retrospective-effect
  • Bereavement-benefits
  • Parliamentary-sovereignty
  • Discrimination
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Human-rights-law [2025] NIKB 3

Mitchell, , Re Application for Judicial Review

Mitchell, , Re Application for Judicial Review [2025] NIKB 3 (20 January 2025)

Leave for judicial review was refused in a challenge over survivor’s pension rules excluding an unmarried cohabiting partner. The court found the claim out of time and unlikely to succeed.

  • Article-14-echr
  • Article-1-of-the-first-protocol-echr
  • Article-8-echr
  • Discrimination
  • Survivor's-pension
  • Judicial-review
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Public-law [2024] NICA 31

JR176(2), Application for Judicial Review

JR176(2), Application for Judicial Review [2024] NICA 31 (26 April 2024)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland issued directions in a judicial review challenge about publicly funded IVF and alleged discrimination against a same-sex male couple.

  • Discrimination
  • Publicly-funded-ivf
  • Surrogacy
  • Same-sex-couples
  • Judicial-review
  • Equality-discrimination
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Human-rights-law [2023] NICA 63

Lancaster & Ors, Application for Judicial Review (Rev1)

Lancaster & Ors, Application for Judicial Review (Rev1) [2023] NICA 63 (18 October 2023)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland dismissed appeals against RTO notification rules, holding the regime compatible with Articles 7, 8 and 14 ECHR and EU law.

  • Echr-article-7
  • Echr-article-8
  • Echr-article-14
  • Counter-terrorism
  • Notification-requirements
  • Discrimination
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Social-security-law [2023] NICom 31

SS v Department for Communities (UC) (UNIVERSAL CREDIT : Right to reside)

SS v Department for Communities (UC) (UNIVERSAL CREDIT : Right to reside) [2023] NICom 31 (10 October 2023)

The Commissioner granted leave to appeal but dismissed the Universal Credit appeal, holding the claimant did not satisfy the right-to-reside rules and that discrimination arguments failed.

  • Universal-credit
  • Right-to-reside
  • Habitual-residence-test
  • Discrimination
  • Equality-law
  • Social-security-appeals
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Immigration-law [2023] NIKB 76

Sangermano, Application for Judicial Review (Re Deportation Order; Immigration (EEA) Regulation 2016, 37(1); Adoption Act 1958, s19(1))

Sangermano, Application for Judicial Review (Re Deportation Order; Immigration (EEA) Regulation 2016, 37(1); Adoption Act 1958, s19(1)) [2023] NIKB 76 (14 July 2023)

Leave for judicial review was refused in a deportation case. The court held the application was out of time, the applicant was not shown to be a British citizen, and an alternative appeal existed.

  • Deportation
  • British-citizenship
  • Adoption-and-nationality
  • Discrimination
  • Right-of-abode
  • Judicial-review-procedure
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Administrative-law [2023] NIKB 70

Granleese, Application for Judicial Review (Rev1)

Granleese, Application for Judicial Review (Rev1) [2023] NIKB 70 (12 June 2023)

The High Court refused leave for judicial review against a Valuation Tribunal decision upholding a high hedge remedial notice under Northern Ireland legislation.

  • Judicial-review
  • High-hedges-act-(northern-ireland)-2011
  • Procedural-fairness
  • Discrimination
  • Proportionality
  • Human-rights
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Criminal-law [2023] NIKB 12

Lancaster & Ors, Re Application for Judicial Review

Lancaster & Ors, Re Application for Judicial Review [2023] NIKB 12 (17 February 2023)

The High Court in Northern Ireland dismissed judicial review challenges to amended terrorist offender notification rules, including foreign travel, vehicles and financial reporting.

  • Notification-requirements
  • Terrorism-offences
  • Foreign-travel-restrictions
  • Data-protection
  • Proportionality
  • Right-to-private-and-family-life
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Administrative-law [2022] NIKB 21

JR176(2), Re Application for Judicial Review

JR176(2), Re Application for Judicial Review [2022] NIKB 21 (28 October 2022)

The High Court refused judicial review of NI IVF eligibility criteria, holding they did not unlawfully discriminate against a same-sex male couple and were justified.

  • Discrimination
  • Sexual-orientation
  • Ivf-eligibility
  • Surrogacy
  • Public-funding
  • Article-8-echr
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