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Administrative law [2025] NIKB 58

Fermanagh And Omagh District Council And Belfast City Council, Re Application for Judicial Review

Fermanagh And Omagh District Council And Belfast City Council, Re Application for Judicial Review [2025] NIKB 58 (23 October 2025)

The court held that ending DAERA funding for council animal welfare services breached a procedural legitimate expectation, but not a substantive one.

  • Legitimate expectation
  • Public law
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Funding of statutory functions
  • Consultation requirements
  • Legitimate-expectation
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Public law [2025] NIKB 39

Disability Action Northern Ireland, Re Application for Judicial Review

Disability Action Northern Ireland, Re Application for Judicial Review [2025] NIKB 39 (18 June 2025)

Leave to seek judicial review of a reduced 2023/24 core grant was dismissed as academic. The court also held the section 75 complaint had an alternative remedy and the remaining grounds were unarguable.

  • Judicial review
  • Budgetary decisions
  • Section 75 northern ireland act 1998
  • Equality impact assessment
  • Procedural fairness
  • Legitimate expectation
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Social security law [2025] NICom 5

CC v Department for Communities (ESA)

CC v Department for Communities (ESA) [2025] NICom 5 (13 February 2025)

Leave to appeal was granted on a novel legitimate expectation point, but the Commissioner disallowed the appeal against recovery of an ESA overpayment.

  • Employment and support allowance
  • Overpayment recovery
  • Legitimate expectation
  • Maladministration
  • Tribunal procedure
  • Employment-and-support-allowance
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Human rights law [2024] NICA 14

Cameron, Application for Judicial Review (No. 1 and 2)

Cameron, Application for Judicial Review (No. 1 and 2) [2024] NICA 14 (20 February 2024)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland dismissed Colm Cameron’s appeal, holding that new material did not revive an Article 2 investigative duty or create a legitimate expectation of publication.

  • Article 2 echr investigative obligations
  • Revival of investigative duty
  • State collusion
  • Legitimate expectation
  • Procedural obligations under echr
  • Article-2-echr
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Administrative law [2023] NIKB 122

Deeney, Re Application for Judicial Review

Deeney, Re Application for Judicial Review [2023] NIKB 122 (20 December 2023)

Leave to apply for judicial review was refused as time-barred, academic and lacking an arguable case. The challenge concerned a Chief Fire Officer appointment process.

  • Judicial review
  • Appointment process
  • Delay
  • Legitimate expectation
  • Ultra vires
  • Procedural fairness
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Immigration law [2023] NIKB 113

Dadzi, Application for Judicial Review

Dadzi, Application for Judicial Review [2023] NIKB 113 (17 November 2023)

Judicial review over withdrawal of section 95 asylum support and delay in considering paragraph 353 submissions. The court dismissed the challenge.

  • Asylum support
  • Failed asylum seekers
  • Section 95 and section 4 immigration and asylum act 1999
  • Paragraph 353 immigration rules
  • Article 8 echr
  • Legitimate expectation
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Immigration law [2023] NIKB 102

Angesom, Application for Judicial Review (Rev1)

Angesom, Application for Judicial Review (Rev1) [2023] NIKB 102 (18 October 2023)

Judicial review over asylum dispersal to Scotland rejected. The court found no procedural unfairness, Article 8 breach, legitimate expectation, or Protocol Article 2 impairment.

  • Asylum accommodation dispersal
  • Procedural fairness
  • Legitimate expectation
  • Equality impact assessment
  • Article 8 echr
  • Article 2(1) ni protocol
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Administrative law [2023] NIKB 101

Ballyclare Developments Ltd, Re Application for Judicial Review

Ballyclare Developments Ltd, Re Application for Judicial Review [2023] NIKB 101 (16 October 2023)

The High Court in Northern Ireland refused leave for judicial review, holding that a broad statutory appeal to the Utility Regulator was a suitable alternative remedy.

  • Judicial review
  • Legitimate expectation
  • Alternative remedy
  • Statutory appeal
  • Water and sewerage services
  • Judicial-review
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Administrative law [2023] NIKB 68

JR264, Application for Judicial Review (Re Decision of the Department of Education)

JR264, Application for Judicial Review (Re Decision of the Department of Education) [2023] NIKB 68 (01 June 2023)

The High Court upheld a Department of Education decision made by the Permanent Secretary to approve closing Craigavon Senior High School’s Lurgan campus.

  • Ministerial absence and departmental decision-making
  • School closure and development proposals
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Procedural fairness
  • Legitimate expectation
  • Judicial-review
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Human rights [2023] NIKB 63

Cameron, Re Application for Judicial Review (No.1)

Cameron, Re Application for Judicial Review (No.1) [2023] NIKB 63 (17 May 2023)

The High Court in Northern Ireland dismissed Colm Cameron’s judicial review challenge over the James Cameron murder investigation, holding Article 2 was not revived.

  • Article 2 echr
  • Legitimate expectation
  • Data protection
  • Police investigation
  • Collusion allegations
  • Article-2-echr
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