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Joseph Holbeach and Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland
[2023] NIMaster 4 Master Bell
King v Sharyar Ali
This judgment serves as a guideline for appropriate sentencing in cases involving the murder of a young child.
DPP reference – whether sentence unduly lenient – murder of an 11 month old child – tariff of 13 years following a “Rooney” indication and after a guilty plea – child subjected to forceful assault – severe trauma to head – rib fractures – multiple blunt blows – whether judge afforded sufficient weight to aggravating factors – whether judge afforded too much weight to mitigating factors – whether reduction for guilty plea was too generous – leave granted – reference allowed – sentence quashed and replaced with a revised tariff of 16 years.
King v Sharon Harland and Rhona Gracey
[2023] NICC 8 O'Hara J
McCormick (Hugh) Application for Judicial Review (leave stage) and in respect of decisions of The Northern Ireland Prison Service
[2023] NIKB 38 Colton J
No Gas Caverns Limited and Friends of the Earth Limited Application for Judicial Review
[2023] NIKB 41 Humphreys J
Michael Monaghan and Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland
[2023] NIKB 49 Rooney J
King v Henry Fitzsimmons, Colin Duffy and Alex McCrory
[2023] NICC 9 O'Hara J
Finucane (Geraldine) Application for Judicial Review and in the matter of a decision of The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Ruling on post - judgment issues)
[2023] NIKB 42 Scoffield J
Bunting's (Suzanne) Application and in the matter of a decision of The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
[2023] NIKB 43 Scoffield J
McKeown's (Alan) Application (leave stage) and in the matter of a decision of The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
[2023] NIKB 37 Colton J
Robin Swann and George Ivan Morrison and George Ivan Morrison and Department of Health
[2023] NICA 19 Keegan LCJ
Clair Elizabeth Stelfox and John Brian Stelfox
[2023] NIFam 6 O'Hara J
Manning's (Samuel) Application (Leave Stage) and in the decision by Prison Service of Northern Ireland to refuse to allow the applicant compassionate temporary release
[2023] NIKB 36 Fowler J
Stephen Faulkner and Department of Justice
[2023] NIKB 34 Colton J
William (Liam) Holden and Ministry of Defence and Chief Constable of The Police Service of Northern Ireland
[2023] NIKB 39 Rooney J
A Mother and A Father and A Health and Social Care Trust and in the matter of TY (No 2) (A male child aged 4 years)
[2023] NIFam 5 McFarland J
King v Nathan Phair and King v Padraig Toher
In this judgment the Court of Appeal provides guidance on the credit to be given for a late guilty plea where upon arraignment further evidence is outstanding.
Toher - Renewed application for leave to appeal a sentence of 12 years imprisonment - manslaughter – GBI by dangerous driving x 2 – doing an act intending to pervert the course of justice – conspiracy to possess a class A drug (cocaine) – whether the judge’s end point before reduction for the plea of guilty was manifestly excessive – whether the judge was wrong in principle to impose a sentence of four years for the drug offence and three years for perverting the course of justice – whether the judge provided sufficient reduction for the guilty plea – leave granted – appeal allowed - sentence reduced to 11 years to reflect the early guilty plea and remorse – driving disqualification of 10 years untouched
Phair - application to appeal a sentence of 11 years imprisonment and 15 year driving disqualification with leave of the single judge as to starting point – causing death by dangerous driving – causing GBI by dangerous driving – causing death by driving whilst unlicenced and uninsured – causing GBI by driving whilst unlicenced and uninsured – supplying a class A drug (cocaine) – whether the starting point of 13 years before mitigation was manifestly excessive – whether the court provided enough by way of mitigation - whether the drug offence was over sentenced – whether the 15 year driving disqualification was excessive – appeal dismissed save the period of disqualification reduced to 10 years.
JR248's Application (Leave Stage) and in the matter of decisions of The Secretary of State for the Home Department
[2023] NIKB 28 Scoffield J