Re Rooney

JurisdictionNorthern Ireland
CourtCourt of Appeal (Northern Ireland)
Judgment Date01 January 1995
Date01 January 1995
(C.A., N.I.)
In re Rooney

- Affidavit filed in connection with judicial review proceedings - Discovery of documents referred to in affidavit -no discovery to check accuracy of affidavit by respondent unless prima facie that affidavit false -Chief Constable's decision to revoke firearms licence based on security information implicating applicant - Applicant asserting that he was not a member of a proscribed organisation - Whether applicant adduced sufficient material to show that evidence relied on by chief constable incorrect or inadequate - Whether applicant entitled to discovery of documents referred to in chief constable's affidavit - Whether applicant denied opportunity to address representations to chief constable and required discovery to make such representations.

  1. R. applied for judicial review of the refusal by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland of his appeal against the decision of the Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary to revoke his firearms certificate on the ground that he was unfitted to be in possession of the said firearms and ammunition. R. sought general discovery of the documents referred to in an affidavit sworn by a police superintendent, to whom the chief constable had delegated his functions in relation to the revocation of firearm certificates, and in particular of a report from the Royal Ulster Constabulary Special Branch on information held on R. which had led them to believe that he was a member of a proscribed organisation. Kerr J. dismissed the application for...

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