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Family law [2026] NICA 18

Southern Health and Social Care Trust v J

Southern Health and Social Care Trust v J [2026] NICA 18 (14 April 2026)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland refused to extend time to appeal care orders, finding a very late and unexplained delay and no basis to reopen the case.

  • Care orders
  • Extension of time
  • Procedural irregularity
  • Article 8 echr
  • Family-law
  • Child-welfare
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Employment law [2025] NICA 60

Grant v Metloc Systems Ltd

Grant v Metloc Systems Ltd [2025] NICA 60 (25 November 2025)

Court of Appeal held the Industrial Tribunal erred in refusing to extend time for an age discrimination claim and ordered time extended.

  • Age discrimination
  • Extension of time
  • Industrial tribunal procedure
  • Statutory discretion
  • Age-discrimination
  • Extension-of-time
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Civil procedure [2025] NICh 6

The Official Solicitor v Lappin

The Official Solicitor v Lappin [2025] NICh 6 (13 October 2025)

The High Court struck out an appeal challenging a vacant-possession order, holding it was lodged and served out of time and no extension of time was justified.

  • Appeal procedure
  • Extension of time
  • Vacant possession
  • Controller powers
  • Unauthorized tenancy
  • Compliance with court rules
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Family law [2025] NIFam 9

The Mother and The Father and Southern Health and Social Care Trust

The Mother and The Father and Southern Health and Social Care Trust [2025] NIFam 9 (10 October 2025)

Appeal from care and freeing orders in a Northern Ireland child welfare case. The High Court granted time to appeal out of time, but did not determine the substantive appeal.

  • Care orders
  • Adoption
  • Dispensing with parental consent
  • Article 8 echr
  • Extension of time
  • Threshold criteria
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Criminal law [2025] NICA 36

Stewart, R. v

Stewart, R. v [2025] NICA 36 (25 June 2025)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland refused Hazel Stewart leave to appeal sentence, refused fresh psychiatric evidence, and refused an extension of time.

  • Appeals
  • Sentencing
  • Fresh evidence
  • Coercive control
  • Extension of time
  • Criminal-appeals
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Employment law [2025] NICA 2

B (Trading as C) v A

B (Trading as C) v A [2025] NICA 2 (07 January 2025)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland extended time and dismissed an appeal against an Industrial Tribunal finding of sexual harassment, holding there was no error of law.

  • Sexual harassment
  • Sex discrimination
  • Appeals from industrial tribunal
  • Extension of time
  • Employment-law
  • Equality-law
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Family law [2024] NICA 79

HT v A Health and Social Care Trust & Anor

HT v A Health and Social Care Trust & Anor [2024] NICA 79 (11 December 2024)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland refused an extension of time to compel a case stated, finding no adequate explanation for delay and no substantial prejudice.

  • Emergency protection order
  • Parental responsibility
  • Extension of time
  • Procedural fairness
  • Family-law
  • Civil-procedure
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Civil procedure [2024] NICA 73

McAteer v Magee & Ors

McAteer v Magee & Ors [2024] NICA 73 (12 November 2024)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland refused an extension of time to appeal against refusal of an interim injunction, finding no point of substance and no merit.

  • Extension of time
  • Abuse of process
  • Interim injunctions
  • Court jurisdiction
  • Extension-of-time
  • Interim-injunctions
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Probate [2024] NICh 12

Stitt v McClean & Ors

Stitt v McClean & Ors [2024] NICh 12 (08 October 2024)

The High Court refused leave for a late inheritance claim by a son over his mother’s estate, finding no sufficient basis to extend the six-month limit.

  • Extension of time
  • Reasonable financial provision
  • Discretion to permit late claims
  • Estate distribution
  • Inheritance-claims
  • Extension-of-time
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Company law [2024] NICA 71

Quinn v Department for the Economy (Re Cloughvalley Stores (NI) Ltd - Directors Disqualification (Northern Ireland) Order 2002)

Quinn v Department for the Economy (Re Cloughvalley Stores (NI) Ltd - Directors Disqualification (Northern Ireland) Order 2002) [2024] NICA 71 (25 June 2024)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland refused Michael Quinn leave to appeal and an extension of time in a directors disqualification case, finding no procedural unfairness or merit in his grounds.

  • Directors disqualification
  • Procedural fairness
  • Extension of time
  • Leave to appeal
  • Directors-disqualification
  • Extension-of-time
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