Judgment due in Troubles Legacy Act appeal case
Judgment will be delivered later in a legal appeal challenging the independence of a new body established to reinvestigate Troubles murders.
The appeal was mounted by several bereaved victims after a Belfast High Court judge ruled that the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR) was both independent and capable of conducting human rights-compliant investigations.
The High Court in Belfast backed the independence of the commission in a judicial review case taken against the last UK government’s contentious legacy laws.
Another appeal against a different element of the same February judgment – mounted by the Government – seeks to clarify the legal implications of a commitment contained within the post-Brexit Windsor Framework.
The framework commits to protect the human rights entitlements provided for in the Good Friday peace…
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