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Key documents in the Pat Finucane case

We don't host official documents. This page tells you what each one is and where the official copy lives, with our plain-language guides alongside.

Finucane Case Review editors · Updated 8 November 2026

The 2012 review

Document	What it is	Our guide
The Report of the Patrick Finucane Review, HC 802 (12 December 2012)	The full two-volume report by Sir Desmond de Silva QC, 841 pages	Reader's guide
Volume II	Key source documents reproduced with redactions: intelligence reports, internal correspondence and briefings	Volume II overview
Prime Minister's statement, 12 December 2012	The Commons statement and debate on publication day	Publication day
Arrangements for publication (November 2012)	Northern Ireland Office notices announcing when and how the report would be published	Publication day
Lessons learnt report	A later government paper on what departments changed after the review	Official copy on GOV.UK (see sources)

Earlier investigations

Document	What it is	Our guide
Stevens Enquiry 3: Overview and Recommendations (17 April 2003)	Summary of Sir John Stevens' third police investigation, which found collusion	Stevens 2003 guide
Cory Collusion Inquiry Report: Patrick Finucane (published 1 April 2004)	Retired Canadian judge Peter Cory's assessment, recommending a public inquiry	Cory report guide
Finucane v United Kingdom (European Court of Human Rights, 1 July 2003)	Judgment finding the UK in breach of the procedural duty under Article 2	Covered in our chapter 1 guide

After 2012

Document	What it is
In the matter of an application by Geraldine Finucane for Judicial Review [2019] UKSC 7 (27 February 2019)	Supreme Court judgment declaring that no Article 2-compliant inquiry had been held
High Court in Belfast judgment (December 2022)	Ruling that the government remained in breach of its investigative obligation
Written statement and terms of reference (9 March 2026)	The formal establishment of the Patrick Finucane Inquiry under the Inquiries Act 2005

Old links to files such as /resources/documents/c/o/r/cory-report.pdf now lead to our guides rather than to copies of the documents. Archive collections such as CAIN at Ulster University keep copies of many public documents from the period.

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