Cameron's (Colm) Application v Chief Constable of The Police Service (NI)
| Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland |
| Judge | McCloskey LJ |
| Judgment Date | 12 February 2020 |
| Neutral Citation | [2020] NIQB 11 |
| Court | Queen's Bench Division (Northern Ireland) |
| Date | 12 February 2020 |
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Neutral Citation No: [2020] NIQB 11
Judgment: approved by the Court for handing
down
(subject to editorial corrections)*
Ref: McC11193
Delivered: 12/02/2020
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE IN NORTHERN IRELAND
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QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (JUDICIAL REVIEW)
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[17/054802/1]
IN THE MATTER OF AN APPLICATION BY COLM CAMERON
FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW
v
CHIEF CONSTABLE OF THE POLICE SERVICE (NI)
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McCLOSKEY LJ
Introduction
[1] This is one of several cases in which the question of whether there should be a
continuing stay at this juncture arises.
The Challenge
[2] These proceedings, which are now of over three years vintage, entail an
application for judicial review whereby Colm Cameron (the Applicant) challenges the
legality of the investigation by the Chief Constable of PSNI (the “Chief Constable”) into
the killing of James Cameron (the “deceased”), one of two workers alleged to have been
murdered by the UFF on 26 October 1993. The Applicant is the son of the deceased.
His case is encapsulated in the following passages extracted from counsels’ skeleton
argument dated 31 October 2019:
“2. The Applicant is challenging the failure of …… PSNI to
complete and/or release findings of their investigation into
the murder. The Applicant argues that delay breaches
[Article 2 ECHR] and/or a legitimate expectation.
3. The Applicant is also challenging the independence of the
Legacy Investigations Branch (LIB) (which is now
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