@finishedloading.bsky.social and I look at the Brown judgment from yesterday, in which the NI High Court granted mandamus compelling the holding of a public inquiry for the first time in a Troubles-related case.
Far from being radical, we think it was entirely in keeping with recent UKSC authority.
Anurag Deb
‘A proper application of legal principle’: Mandatory orders to hold inquiries into Troubles-related atrocities administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2024/12/18/a...
It is “highly unusual; indeed, truly exceptional” for a judicial review court to grant a mandatory order compelling a public authority to hold a public inquiry – so said Scoffield J in Re Finucane’…
