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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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Criminal law [2026] NICA 15

Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland v Brown

Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland v Brown [2026] NICA 15 (14 April 2026)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland considered whether a late transmission of a case stated under Article 61(3) barred the appeal or could be excused.

  • Public order offences
  • Freedom of expression
  • Statutory time limits
  • Proportionality
  • Jurisdiction
  • Case stated procedure
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Family law [2026] NIFam 8

Adam, Louise and Anna (Minors), In the Matter Of

Adam, Louise and Anna (Minors), In the Matter Of [2026] NIFam 8 (06 March 2026)

Appeal against freeing orders for adoption and refusal of contact was dismissed. The court held the mother was unreasonably withholding consent and no contact order was justified.

  • Adoption
  • Freeing orders
  • Parental consent
  • Contact orders
  • Best interests of the child
  • Proportionality
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Civil procedure [2025] NICA 68

Cavan v Bunting

Cavan v Bunting [2025] NICA 68 (19 December 2025)

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland upheld an injunction against conduct found to be harassment, holding that targeted social media posts crossed the line of lawful protest.

  • Harassment
  • Freedom of expression
  • Injunctions
  • Contempt of court
  • Proportionality
  • Protection from harassment (northern ireland) 1997
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Administrative law [2025] NIKB 73

Gallagher, Application for Judicial Review

Gallagher, Application for Judicial Review [2025] NIKB 73 (16 December 2025)

Leave for judicial review was granted only on the Article 8 proportionality of an expulsion from QUB’s legal training course; all other grounds were refused.

  • Disciplinary proceedings
  • Expulsion
  • Proportionality
  • Article 8 echr
  • Judicial-review
  • Article-8
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Housing law [2025] NICh 10

Northern Ireland Housing Executive v Carson

Northern Ireland Housing Executive v Carson [2025] NICh 10 (08 December 2025)

The High Court upheld a possession order against an occupier seeking discretionary succession, finding NIHE’s review lawful and eviction proportionate under Article 8.

  • Succession of tenancy
  • Article 8 echr
  • Proportionality
  • Judicial review grounds
  • Allocation of social housing
  • Article-8-ehcr
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Family law [2025] NIFam 13

Western Health and Social Care Trust and A Mother and A Father

Western Health and Social Care Trust and A Mother and A Father [2025] NIFam 13 (24 October 2025)

The court granted care orders and freeing orders for adoption for two children, finding serious risks from domestic violence, drug misuse, and poor parental insight.

  • Care orders
  • Freeing for adoption
  • Parental consent dispensation
  • Threshold criteria
  • Welfare principle
  • Proportionality
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Family law [2025] NIFam 9

The Mother and The Father and Southern Health and Social Care Trust

The Mother and The Father and Southern Health and Social Care Trust [2025] NIFam 9 (10 October 2025)

Appeal from care and freeing orders in a Northern Ireland child welfare case. The High Court granted time to appeal out of time, but did not determine the substantive appeal.

  • Care orders
  • Adoption
  • Dispensing with parental consent
  • Article 8 echr
  • Extension of time
  • Threshold criteria
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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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Administrative law [2025] NIKB 26

Gamble & Anor, Application for Judicial Review

Gamble & Anor, Application for Judicial Review [2025] NIKB 26 (30 April 2025)

Leave for judicial review was refused in a high hedges dispute. The court held the council lawfully accepted the complaint and that proportionality issues belonged on appeal.

  • Judicial review
  • High hedges act (northern ireland) 2011
  • Alternative remedy
  • Procedural fairness
  • Proportionality
  • Statutory interpretation
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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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