The Law Reports (Appeal Cases)
[2022] AC 1063
Supreme Court
In re
McQuillan
In re
McGuigan
In re
McKenna
[2021] UKSC 55
2021 June 14, 15, 16; Dec 15
Lord Hodge DPSC, Lord Lloyd-Jones, Lord Kitchin, Lord Sales, Lord Hamblen, Lord Leggatt, Lord Burrows JJSC
Human rights— Life— Inhuman or degrading treatment— State’s duty to investigate— Inconclusive investigations in Northern Ireland into fatal shooting of woman in 1972 and use of interrogation techniques on detainees in 1971— Requests for fresh investigations following emergence of new evidence over 40 years later— Whether Convention rights as enacted in domestic law imposing duty on Police Service of Northern Ireland to re-open investigations— Whether corresponding duty at common law or under statute— Whether Police Service of Northern Ireland having sufficient independence to secure effective investigations—
Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), s 6(1), Sch 1, Pt I, arts 2, 3
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Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 (c 32), s 32