Advancing human rights and equality
through public interest litigation


ECHR Art. 2

Anonymity granted to police officer despite not meeting Art. 6 criteria

A Police Officer’s Application (Leave Stage) [2012] NIQB 3

In this case a police officer requested to have his name and further details kept anonymous following unsuccessful judicial review proceedings. The officer had been the subject of misconduct proceedings within the PSNI and had been under consideration by the Public Prosecution Service for suspected drugs offences. He had sought to judicially review the continuance of the misconduct proceedings on the basis that they would prejudice the fairness of any potential prosecution. The application for judicial review was refused but the, now former, police officer applied to have his details in the judicial review kept anonymous because he believed his safety to be at risk from dissident republicans.

ECHR Art. 2, ECHR Art. 6, Right to Fair Trial, Cost Order