Anurag Deb and Colin Murray: An Unfortunate Legacy: Fixing the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 – UK Constitutional Law Association
‘The Labour Government comes into office seeking to indicate, as a priority, that it is making a break from its predecessors. That much is central to a manifesto simply entitled Change. Prominent within this agenda is an effort to reset relations with the Irish Government and attempt to restore a partnership around Northern Ireland affairs. This relationship, already strained by years of fraught Brexit negotiations, was upended when the Conservative Government pushed through the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 (‘the Legacy Act’) in an effort to draw a line under legal actions relating to the conflict in Northern Ireland.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 29th July 2024
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org