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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 [2025] NIKB 70

Drake, Application for Judicial Review

Drake, Application for Judicial Review [2025] NIKB 70 (12 December 2025)

The High Court upheld a coroner’s notice requiring production of a next of kin’s expert report, holding that production and disclosure to PIPs are distinct stages.

  • Judicial review of coronial decisions
  • Disclosure of expert reports
  • Public interest balancing
  • Litigation privilege
  • Article 2 echr inquests
  • Judicial-review
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Evidence [2023] NICoroner 8

McNally & Ors, Inquest into the Deaths of (Ruling on Disclosure and Privilege)

McNally & Ors, Inquest into the Deaths of (Ruling on Disclosure and Privilege) [2023] NICoroner 8 (08 June 2023)

The coroner held that consultation notes between solicitors and former military witnesses were protected by legal advice privilege, with no waiver, and refused disclosure.

  • Legal advice privilege
  • Litigation privilege
  • Disclosure
  • Inquest procedure
  • Article 2 echr
  • Legal-advice-privilege
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Public law [2019] NIQB 4

Mitchell, Re Judicial Review

Mitchell, Re Judicial Review [2019] NIQB 4 (18 January 2019)

The High Court held that litigation privilege does not apply to an expert report obtained for an inquest, and upheld the Coroner’s disclosure order.

  • Litigation privilege
  • Disclosure of expert reports
  • Inquisitorial vs adversarial proceedings
  • Coroners act (ni) 1959
  • Human rights (article 2 echr)
  • Litigation-privilege
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