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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.
Murphy & Ors, R. v (Rev1) [2025] NICA 41 (17 September 2025)
The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland allowed, by majority, criminal appeals arising from alleged police non-disclosure and misconduct, quashing the convictions on abuse of process grounds.
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.
Quinn & Ors, Inquest into the Deaths Of (Ruling on Claim for Public Interest Immunity in Relation to the Kinnego Report) [2024] NICoroner 26 (30 April 2024)
The coroner held that the inquests could not proceed at this time because of the upheld public interest immunity claim and the imminent effect of the Legacy Act.
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.
McCusker, Inquest into the death of (Provisional Ruling on the viability of the inquest proceeding) [2024] NICoroner 24 (24 April 2024)
Provisional coroner’s ruling that the McCusker inquest is not viable because it cannot be completed before 1 May 2024 and withheld PII material prevents a sufficient investigation.
Dougal & Ors, Inquest into the Deaths Of (The Springhill Inquest) (Ruling No. 12 on Deployment of Intelligence Material) [2024] NICoroner 34 (15 April 2024)
Interlocutory inquest ruling on when intelligence material may be deployed, alongside guidance on article 2 and 8 redactions and fair questioning of witnesses.
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.
Quinn & Ors, Inquest into the Deaths Of (Ruling on Claim for Public Interest Immunity in Relation to the Kinnego Report) [2024] NICoroner 25 (11 April 2024)
The redacted portions of the Kinnego Report are highly relevant to the inquests but disclosure would cause a real risk of serious harm to national security. The information is not sufficiently in the public domain to negate this risk, and gisting or partial disclosure is not feasible. The public interest in non-disclosure outweighs the public interest in disclosure. The application for public interest immunity is upheld.
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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.
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