June 28th, 2022.
A judge listed their judicial review applications for hearing at the High Court in October.
One of the cases relates to findings reached in the watchdog’s probe into a series of loyalist paramilitary murders in the south Belfast area between 1990 and 1998.
A third challenge relates to findings in the case of four men wrongly accused of murdering a British soldier in Derry.
Known as the Derry Four, in June this year the Ombudsman concluded that RUC officers had unfairly obtained confessions from them for the killing of Lt Stephen Kirby in the city in 1979.
Backed by federation representatives, former RUC officers claim the Ombudsman has made findings without any proper due process.
They are seeking to have relevant parts of public statements declared unlawful.
Senior counsel representing the officers, David McMillen QC, told the court: “We consider they should be heard together because they deal with the same issues.”
With the Ombudsman intent on robustly defending the challenges, Mr Justice Colton set aside three days to deal with full arguments in the cases.
With many thanks to the: Belfast Telegraph and Alan Erwin for the original publication.
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