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Donnelly, Application for Judicial Review (Re the Grant of a Firearms Certificate) (Rev1) [2025] NIKB 59 (21 October 2025)
The court stayed leave-stage judicial review proceedings about a refused firearms certificate, directing that any new application be considered on up-to-date information.
McGuigan, Inquest into the Death Of (Re Process Hearing on Issue of PII) [2025] NICoroner 2 (31 January 2025)
The court held that PSNI does not legally need a Ministerial Certificate for a PII claim in this inquest, though it would prefer one given the national security issues.
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland v One of the Northern Ireland Coroners (Re Death of Liam Paul Thompson) [2024] NICA 82 (30 May 2024)
Appeal concerning a coroner’s disclosure of a gist of sensitive inquest material subject to PII and NCND policy. The Court of Appeal dismissed the Secretary of State’s challenge by majority.
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.
Dougal & Ors, Inquest into the Deaths Of (The Springhill Inquest) (Ruling No. 11 on Public Interest Immunity) [2024] NICoroner 33 (15 April 2024)
The coroner upheld most public interest immunity claims over sensitive security and intelligence material in the Springhill Inquest, while allowing redactions, roll-backs, and gists.
Brown, Inquest into the deaths of [2024] NICoroner 18 (04 March 2024)
Coroner Kinney upheld most PII claims in the Sean Brown inquest, finding disclosure would risk national security and personal safety, and concluded the inquest could not continue.
Frizzell v Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland & Ors (Re Open Judgment on Closed Material Procedure Applications) [2023] NIKB 97 (09 October 2023)
The court refused requests to require oral evidence and a gist of missing documents in closed material procedure applications, but allowed withholding of sensitive material with a summary to the plaintiffs.
Doherty & Anor, Inquest into the Deaths Of (Re Open Ruling on the Claim for Public Interest Immunity) [2023] NICoroner 4 (12 May 2023)
The coroner upheld public interest immunity claims in this inquest, granted anonymity and screening for military witnesses, and held the inquest could still proceed.
Bunting, Application for Judicial Review [2023] NIKB 43 (30 March 2023)
The High Court upheld a Secretary of State certificate under section 14(2) of the Coroners Act (Northern Ireland) 1959 and dismissed challenges to the certificate and devolution amendments.
AN INQUEST INTO THE DEATHS OF LAWRENCE JOSEPH McNALLY, ANTHONY PATRICK DORIS AND MICHAEL JAMES RYAN, Re [2022] NICoroner 8 (29 September 2022)
Coroner’s Court in Northern Ireland granted anonymity, live-link evidence, and screening for military witnesses in a legacy inquest, citing national security.
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