The coroner intended to hold an inquest into the deaths on the Omagh bombing. The Commission sought the right to be involved on the basis that human rights of interest to it might arise, and the coroner refused, saying that they had no standing to do so.
Held: It was the intention in the Act to extend the powers of the commission. There were no express powers in the Act to make such an intervention, and as a purely statutory body, it had only those powers given to it. However, it had general powers to do such things as were appropriate to promote understanding of Human Rights law, and that would include the power to become involved in an inquest in the way suggested.
Lord Slynn of Hadley, Lord Woolf, Lord Nolan, Lord Hutton and Lord Hobhouse of Woodborough
Times 25-Jun-2002, [2002] UKHL 25, [2002] HRLR 35, [2002] ACD 95, [2002] NI 236
House of Lords, Bailii
Northern Ireland Act 1998 69
Northern Ireland
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Cited – Attorney General and Another v Great Eastern Railway Company HL 27-May-1880
An Act of Parliament authorised a company to construct a railway. Two other companies combined and contracted with the first to supply rolling stock. An injunction was brought to try to restrain this, saying that such a contract was not explicitly . .
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Cited – Human Rights Commission for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland : Abortion) SC 7-Jun-2018
The Commission challenged the compatibility of the NI law relating to banning nearly all abortions with Human Rights Law. It now challenged a decision that it did not have standing to bring the case.
Held: (Lady Hale, Lord Kerr and Lord Wilson . .
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Updated: 25 July 2021; Ref: scu.174012