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In re Maguire

Hearings

19 Jan 2015 [2015] NIQB 4, QBD

18 Feb 2016 Permission to appeal to Supreme Court given

21 Mar 2018 [2018] UKSC 17; [2018] 1 WLR 1412; [2018] 3 All ER 30; [2018] WLR (D) 180; Case details, SC(NI) (Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore, Lord Reed, Lord Hughes, Lady Black, Lord Lloyd-Jones JJSC)

Subject Matter

HUMAN RIGHTS — Fair trial — Legal representation — Applicant granted legal aid certificate for two counsel for his defence in criminal proceedings — Applicant wishing to instruct junior counsel as leading counsel — Bar Council rule requiring that when certificate for two counsel granted one of them had to be Queen’s Counsel — Whether Bar Council’s refusal to allow two junior counsel of his choice interfering with applicant’s Convention right to fair trial — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, art 6.3(c) — Code of Conduct for the Bar of Northern Ireland, r 20.11

[2018] UKSC 17; [2018] 1 WLR 1412; [2018] 3 All ER 30; [2018] WLR (D) 180; Case details, SC(NI)

Appellate History

In re Maguire [2015] NIQB 4, QBD

Decision of the Divisional Court of the Queen’s Bench Division in Northern Ireland affirmed

In re Maguire [2018] UKSC 17; [2018] 1 WLR 1412; [2018] 3 All ER 30; [2018] WLR (D) 180; Case details, SC(NI)

Commentary

UKSC Blog
Case Comment: Re an application by Kevin Maguire for Judicial Review (NI) [2018] UKSC 17 Case comment

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