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Coronial law [2024] NICoroner 34

Dougal & Ors, Inquest into the Deaths Of (The Springhill Inquest) (Ruling No. 12 on Deployment of Intelligence Material)

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.

  • Admissibility of intelligence material
  • Public interest immunity
  • Article 2 and 8 echr redactions
  • Disclosure in inquests
  • Control stage of evidence
  • Inquest-procedure
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Coronial law [2023] NICoroner 24

Dougal & Ors, Inquest into the Deaths Of (The Springhill Inquest - Ruling (No. 1) on Ministry of Defence Request for Documentation to be Sought by the Coroner)

Dougal & Ors, Inquest into the Deaths Of (The Springhill Inquest - Ruling (No. 1) on Ministry of Defence Request for Documentation to be Sought by the Coroner) [2023] NICoroner 24 (27 February 2023)

Interlocutory inquest ruling granting a limited PSNI disclosure request for material relevant to whether civilians fired on soldiers at Corry’s Yard in 1972.

  • Disclosure in inquests
  • Scope of coronial inquiry
  • Public interest immunity
  • Relevance and admissibility of evidence
  • Article 2 echr obligations
  • Inquest-disclosure
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Public law [2015] NIQB 51

Gribben, Re Judicial Review

Gribben, Re Judicial Review [2015] NIQB 51 (13 April 2015)

Judicial review of a legacy inquest was dismissed. The court held the jury decision was lawful, disclosure was adequately managed, and ending the inquest without Soldier A was fair.

  • Judicial review of coronial decisions
  • Article 2 echr compliance
  • Disclosure in inquests
  • Jury inquests
  • Shoot to kill allegations
  • Judicial-review
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Public law [2012] NIQB 81

Gribben, Re Judicial Review

Gribben, Re Judicial Review [2012] NIQB 81 (18 October 2012)

Leave for judicial review was granted only on the ground that Soldier A should have been secured to give evidence on the Bradley incident; all other grounds failed.

  • Disclosure in inquests
  • Article 2 echr compliance
  • Jury anonymity
  • Use of lethal force
  • Judicial review procedure
  • Judicial-review
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Administrative law [2010] NIQB 66

PSNI, Re Judicial Review

PSNI, Re Judicial Review [2010] NIQB 66 (27 May 2010)

The court dismissed a judicial review challenge to the Northern Ireland Coroner’s disclosure approach, holding that potentially relevant material could be disclosed subject to PII redactions.

  • Disclosure in inquests
  • Public interest immunity
  • Scope of coronial inquiry
  • Article 2 echr rights
  • Coronial-law
  • Inquest-disclosure
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Administrative law [2010] NIQB 91

PSNI (Leave Stage), Re Judicial Review

PSNI (Leave Stage), Re Judicial Review [2010] NIQB 91 (27 May 2010)

The High Court in Northern Ireland refused to award costs to notice parties in a judicial review leave-stage dispute about coronial disclosure and inquest resumption.

  • Costs in judicial review
  • Public interest immunity
  • Disclosure in inquests
  • Judicial-review-costs
  • Coronial-law
  • Inquest-disclosure
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