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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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Human rights law [2024] NICoroner 22

McNally & Ors, Inquest into the Deaths Of (Rev1)

McNally & Ors, Inquest into the Deaths Of (Rev1) [2024] NICoroner 22 (11 April 2024)

Inquest findings on the Coagh shootings of 3 June 1991, holding the fatal shootings were justified but the operation was not planned to minimise lethal force.

  • Article 2 echr (right to life)
  • Use of lethal force by state agents
  • Planning and control of security operations
  • Self-defence
  • Coroners (practice and procedure) rules (northern ireland) 1963
  • Article-2-echr
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Coronial law [2023] NICoroner 11

Norney, Inquest into the Death of

Norney, Inquest into the Death of [2023] NICoroner 11 (30 June 2023)

Inquest finding that Leo Anthony Norney, an unarmed civilian, was unlawfully shot dead by Army personnel in Belfast in 1975, with a cover-up by the patrol.

  • Article 2 echr
  • Use of lethal force by state agents
  • Inquest procedure
  • Burden and standard of proof
  • Delay and reliability of evidence
  • Inquest
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Coronial law [2018] NICoroner 3

Brown (Inquest into the death of)

Brown (Inquest into the death of) [2018] NICoroner 3 (23 April 2018)

In a reopened inquest into Marian Brown’s death, the coroner found she was probably killed by a soldier’s bullet during an exchange of fire, but the firing was not justified.

  • Article 2 echr procedural obligations
  • Use of lethal force by state agents
  • Standard of proof in inquests
  • Delay and reliability of evidence
  • Coroners (practice and procedure) rules (northern ireland) 1963
  • Article-2-echr
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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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