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Brigid McCaughey & Letitia Quinn
Supreme Court Appeal
08 February 2011 --
Madden & Finucane went to the Supreme Court in London on 2 and 3 February 2011
in a judicial review challenge to decisions of the Senior Coroner and Coroner
for Northern Ireland and the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern
Ireland arising out of the inquest into the deaths on 9 October 1990 of Martin
McCaughey and Dessie Grew, near Loughgall, County Armagh.
Click here to view the Statement of
Facts and Issues to be considered by the Court.
Fearghal Shiels of Madden & Finucane, solicitor for both next of kin said:
"This is an important case which may have implications not only for this
inquest, but for approximately 16 other inquests where the death occured before
the Human Rights Act came into force in October 2000. Specifically it may affect
the remit of the inquest as the Chief Constable at preliminary hearings has
contended for a narrow and limited remit which would not fully explore the
planning and control of the operation resulting in the deaths. It also has the
potential to affect the verdict available to the jury, and in particular, the
extent to which the jury can pronounce not merely on matters directly causative
of the death, but also on systemic or operational failiures which may have led
to the deaths."
Judgment has been reserved by a panel of seven Supreme Court Justices.
The European Court of Human Rights is currently examining other aspects of the
State's failure to investigate the deaths expeditiously.
In March 2007, the House of Lords found in favour of the next of kin,
definitively ruling on the extent of the Chief Constable's obligations on
disclosure in Inquests. Click here to
view the judgment.
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