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Public law [2026] NICA 16

Nugent, Application for Judicial Review (Re a Decision by the Coroner)

Nugent, Application for Judicial Review (Re a Decision by the Coroner) [2026] NICA 16 (16 April 2026)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland refused leave and dismissed the appeal in a judicial review challenge to a coroner’s article 2 findings on lethal force.

  • Article 2 echr (right to life)
  • Use of lethal force by state agents
  • Standards for inquest findings
  • Judicial review leave threshold
  • Yellow card rules of engagement
  • Proportionality and necessity in self-defence
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Public law [2025] NIKB 54

Nugent, Re Application for Judicial Review

Nugent, Re Application for Judicial Review [2025] NIKB 54 (08 October 2025)

The High Court refused leave for judicial review of coronial findings arising from the Coagh shooting, holding the coroner’s Article 2 analysis was lawful and adequately reasoned.

  • Article 2 echr
  • Use of lethal force
  • Inquest findings
  • Proportionality
  • Yellow card rules of engagement
  • Wednesbury irrationality
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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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