SEVEN people have secured High Court permission to legally challenge PSNI decisions to issue them with fines for alleged breaches of Covid-19 regulations.
They were granted leave to seek judicial reviews into the lawfulness of the fixed penalty notice (FPN) actions taken against them.
One of the cases was brought by Klara Kozubikova against police for entering her home in Downshire Park Central, Belfast in December 2020.
Officers allegedly took details of all adults present and issued £200 fixed penalties under the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) Regulations NI 2020.
Ms Kozubikova claims police did not have the legal power to enter and contends the FPN is rendered invalid by a failure to give particulars of the circumstances alleged to constitute an offence.
A similar challenge was mounted by Michelle Hughes over being served with a fixed penalty when police called at her home in Killowen Drive, Magherafelt in January 2021.
Legal action was brought on behalf of five people fined after a protest in Belfast against gender violence in March 2021 following the murder of Sarah Everard.
Counsel for some involved questioned the legality and proportionality of steps taken by police.
Mr Justice Colton ruled the three related challenges had all established arguable points about the details contained in the FPNs.
Granting leave to apply for judicial reviews, he also allowed Ms Kozubikova's dispute over the PSNI's right to enter her home to advance to a full hearing.
