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Coronial law [2026] NICA 17

Drake, Application for Judicial Review

Drake, Application for Judicial Review [2026] NICA 17 (24 April 2026)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland allowed an appeal over disclosure of an expert report in an inquest, quashing the coroner’s refusal to revoke the notice.

  • Disclosure of expert reports in inquests
  • Litigation privilege
  • Public interest immunity
  • Interpretation of coroners act (northern ireland) 1959
  • Article 2 echr investigative obligations
  • Inquest-disclosure
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Administrative law [2008] NIQB 40

Forde, Re Judicial Review

Forde, Re Judicial Review [2008] NIQB 40 (11 April 2008)

The High Court in Northern Ireland held that a body returned from abroad was not “found” within section 13 of the Coroners Act 1959, and dismissed the judicial review.

  • Jurisdiction of coroners
  • Interpretation of coroners act (northern ireland) 1959
  • Attorney general's powers under section 14
  • Application of human rights act 1998
  • Article 2 echr obligations
  • Coroners-law
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Northern Ireland decisions are organised by court, judge, legal area and indexed issue so a practitioner can move from a proposition to a citable authority with the surrounding context intact.

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