The Northern Ireland Executive and Assembly are under fire for their record in delivering public policy and services. In a new working paper published as a Constitution Unit report today, Alan Whysall argues that their under-performance threatens the stability of the 1998 Belfast/Good Friday Agreement settlement. Specific measures to improve
Drake’s Application for Judicial Review [2025] NIKB 70, 12 December 2025, judgment here.
It is clear that litigation privilege cannot arise in respect of reports commissioned for a coroner’s inquisitorial proceedings: the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal (NICA) have
Few judges have spoken about the pressures of trying the most serious cases without a jury. One who did was Lord Carswell, who sat in Northern Ireland before his appointment to the UK’s highest court in 2004. I interviewed
At the behest of Dr Paulina Wilson of QUB I recently wrote a short piece for the Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly series called Reflections on Teaching. Around 5,000 words. Usually it takes me 5K to draw breath, so it
Northern Ireland is moving towards a statutory gender pay gap reporting framework. The Department for Communities (DfC) is currently in the process of implementing legislative changes to introduce gender pay gap reporting requirements for employers in Northern Ireland.
In the matter of an application by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland for Judicial Review (Appellant) [2025] UKSC 47 here
At approximately 11.15pm on 27 April 1994, 25-year-old Liam Paul Thompson was shot and killed near a gap
Introduction
It is a rare case where the UK Government initiates a judicial review against an independent public body. The Thompson case is just such a case. The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland intervened in an inquest process to
In the matter of an application by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland for Judicial Review [2025] UKSC 47. Judgment 17 December 2025 here
More than 20 years ago 25-year-old Liam Thompson was shot and killed near a gap
Between 14 and 16 October 2025, the UK Supreme Court heard the appeal of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (‘SOSNI’) against the Dillon decision of the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal (‘NICA’). The facts of the case have
