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Public law [2026] NICoroner 2

Dougal & Ors, In the Matter of an Inquest Touching Upon the Deaths Of (The Springhill Inquest)(Verdicts, Findings and Reasons)

Dougal & Ors, In the Matter of an Inquest Touching Upon the Deaths Of (The Springhill Inquest)(Verdicts, Findings and Reasons) [2026] NICoroner 2 (30 April 2026)

A Northern Ireland coroner’s court ruling on the Springhill Inquest set out findings and reasons for five deaths arising from shootings in Belfast on 9 July 1972.

  • Legacy inquests
  • Right to life
  • State use of force
  • Investigative standards
  • Privilege against self-incrimination
  • Legacy-inquests
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Public law [2025] NICA 64

Soldiers A&C, Application for Judicial Review

Soldiers A&C, Application for Judicial Review [2025] NICA 64 (10 December 2025)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland granted leave to challenge the Attorney General’s fresh inquest direction, but upheld a stay pending possible legislative change.

  • Judicial review
  • Legacy inquests
  • Discretion of attorney general
  • Stay of proceedings
  • Coroners act
  • Northern ireland troubles (legacy and reconciliation) act
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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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Coronial law [2025] NICoroner 5

Crawford, Inquest Touching Upon the Death Of (Ruling on Review of Anonymity of PC02 & PC03)

Crawford, Inquest Touching Upon the Death Of (Ruling on Review of Anonymity of PC02 & PC03) [2025] NICoroner 5 (29 May 2025)

The coroner lifted anonymity for two deceased soldiers, PC02 and PC03, finding no reason to keep it after their deaths, and formally closed the inquest.

  • Anonymity of witnesses
  • Open justice
  • Legacy inquests
  • Convention rights
  • Coronial-law
  • Anonymity
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Administrative law [2025] NICA 25

Thompson, Re Application for Judicial Review (Rev1)

Thompson, Re Application for Judicial Review (Rev1) [2025] NICA 25 (13 May 2025)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland held that the coroner became functus officio after formally closing the inquest, but still dismissed the appeal because remission would serve no purpose.

  • Functus officio
  • Anonymity orders
  • Article 2 echr
  • Legacy inquests
  • Referral to dpp
  • Coronial-law
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Coronial law [2024] NICoroner 32

Crawford, Inquest Touching the Death of

Crawford, Inquest Touching the Death of [2024] NICoroner 32 (16 December 2024)

Inquest into Patrick Joseph Crawford’s 1975 shooting in Belfast. The coroner found he was an innocent civilian and could not identify the shooter.

  • Legacy inquests
  • Article 2 echr
  • Northern ireland troubles
  • Standard of proof
  • Scope of inquest
  • Legacy-inquests
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Public law [2024] NICA 39

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland v Fee Re And Inquest into the death of Liam Paul Thompson

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland v Fee Re And Inquest into the death of Liam Paul Thompson [2024] NICA 39 (30 April 2024)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland dismissed an appeal over a coroner’s decision to release a partial gist of sensitive material in a legacy inquest.

  • Public interest immunity
  • Disclosure
  • Coroner's powers
  • Echr article 2
  • Neither confirm nor deny policy
  • Legacy inquests
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Public law [2024] NICoroner 12

Dougal & Ors, The Springhill Inquest into the deaths of

Dougal & Ors, The Springhill Inquest into the deaths of [2024] NICoroner 12 (12 February 2024)

The coroner granted SM207 anonymity in the Springhill Inquest, finding no breach of candour and holding that partial open-source identification did not defeat protection.

  • Anonymity orders
  • Duty of candour
  • Open justice
  • Reporting restrictions
  • Article 2 echr
  • Legacy inquests
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Public law [2024] NICoroner 9

Dougal & Ors, Inquest into the Deaths Of (The Springhill Inquest - No. 6) (Re Application by Military Witnesses for Anonymity, Screening and Remote Evidence)

Dougal & Ors, Inquest into the Deaths Of (The Springhill Inquest - No. 6) (Re Application by Military Witnesses for Anonymity, Screening and Remote Evidence) [2024] NICoroner 9 (01 February 2024)

The coroner granted former military witnesses anonymity and remote evidence, and allowed limited screening to protect anonymity from remote viewers in the Springhill Inquest.

  • Anonymity of witnesses
  • Screening of witnesses
  • Remote evidence
  • Article 2 echr
  • Open justice
  • Legacy inquests
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Coronial law [2024] NICoroner 6

Duffy, Inquest into the Death Of (Re Listing the Inquest)

Duffy, Inquest into the Death Of (Re Listing the Inquest) [2024] NICoroner 6 (26 January 2024)

The coroner refused to list the Patrick Duffy inquest for final hearing before 1 May 2024 because MOD sensitive disclosure could not be completed in time.

  • Legacy inquests
  • Disclosure
  • Northern ireland troubles (legacy and reconciliation) act 2023
  • Public interest immunity (pii)
  • Military operations
  • Legacy-inquests
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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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