Corporation Tax (Northern Ireland) Act 2015 – legislation.gov.uk
Corporation Tax (Northern Ireland) Act 2015 published
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Category: Northern Ireland
Bert and Ernie gay marriage cake row could force Muslims to print Prophet Mohammed cartoons – lawyer – Daily Telegraph
‘Human Rights barrister claims gay marriage cake court case would erode right to refuse to act against conscience.’
Daily Telegraph, 18th March 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
The Supreme Court in the United Kingdom Constitution – Lecture by Lady Hale
The Supreme Court in the United Kingdom Constitution (PDF)
Lecture by Lady Hale
The Bryce Lecture, 5th February 2015
Source: www.supremecourt.uk
Blair: without IRA letters, peace process would have collapsed – The Guardian
‘Giving evidence to MPs, former prime minister defends his role in allowing the on-the-run scheme in 1999.’
The Guardian, 13th January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Bloody Sunday investigation faces judicial review – BBC News
‘The decision to scale back the police investigation into the deaths of marchers killed by soldiers in Londonderry in 1972 will be challenged in court by victims’ relatives.’
BBC News, 11th November 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Exploitative gangmaster fined only £500 – The Independent
‘An illegal gangmaster who made Romanian workers scavenge in bins while charging them to live in an unheated shed has been fined just £500.’
The Independent, 8th October 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘On-the-run’ scheme flawed but not unlawful, inquiry finds – The Guardian
‘The post-Troubles scheme devised to reassure Irish republican “on-the-runs” (OTRs) that they were no longer wanted by the police was lawful and did not give terrorist suspects an amnesty, an independent review has concluded.’
The Guardian, 17th July 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
In re K (A Child) (Reunite International Child Abduction Centre intervening) – WLR Daily
‘The phrase “rights of custody,” within the meaning of articles 3 and 5(a) of the 1980 Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and article 2(9)(11) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003, was not limited to rights which were already legally recognised and enforceable but was to be interpreted purposively as including a reference to a wider category, termed “inchoate rights”, the existence of which would have been legally recognised if the matter had arisen before the particular act of removal or retention in question.’
WLR Daily, 15th May 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
In the matter of K (A child) (Northern Ireland) – Supreme Court
In the matter of K (A child) (Northern Ireland) [2014] UKSC 29 (YouTube)
Supreme Court, 15th May 2014
Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014
Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 published
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Lady Justice Hallett to head IRA ‘on the runs’ inquiry – The Guardian
‘A judge who was a coroner at the inquest into the July 7 London bombings will lead a government inquiry into the IRA “on the runs” controversy, it has been announced. Lady Justice Hallett has been appointed to chair the review which will conclude at the end of May.’
The Guardian, 11th March 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Cameron orders judicial review into IRA immunity letters – The Guardian
‘David Cameron has ordered a review into secret police letters promising immunity to Northern Ireland terrorist suspects, but said he does not want to unpick parts of the 1998 peace deal that introduced the scheme.’
The Guardian, 27th February 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Hyde Park bomb: NI Police Federation ‘appalled at grubby deal’ – BBC News
‘The chairman of the Police Federation for Northern Ireland has said he is appalled at the government’s “grubby secret deal” on IRA “on-the-run” cases. He was speaking after the case of a man accused of the IRA Hyde Park bomb collapsed following what victims’ families called “a monumental blunder”. Donegal man John Downey denied killing four soldiers in the 1982 bomb. The case collapsed because government officials mistakenly told him he was no longer a wanted man.’
BBC News, 26th February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
In the matter of an application of Raymond Brownlee for Judicial Review (AP) (Northern Ireland) – Supreme Court
Supreme Court, 29th January 2014
Law students should be prepared for fierce competition after graduating – The Guardian
‘When it comes to securing a training contract, it’s often not what you know but who you know that matters.’
The Guardian, 21st January 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
In re Corey – WLR Daily
In re Corey [2013] UKSC 76; [2013] WLR (D) 479
‘A High Court judge in Northern Ireland, having found that a review by parole commissioners of a life sentence prisoner’s recall to prison from his release on licence had been conducted unfairly and in breach of article 4.5 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, was not entitled to exercise the court’s inherent jurisdiction so as to order the prisoner’s release on bail pending a re-hearing of the review.’
WLR Daily, 4th December 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
In the matter of an application by Martin Corey (AP) for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland) – Supreme Court
Supreme Court, 4th December 2013
Senior judge: European court of human rights undermining democratic process – The Guardian
‘The European court of human rights exceeds its legitimate powers, usurps the role of politicians and “undermines the democratic process”, one of the UK’s most senior judges has warned.’
The Guardian, 28th November 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The Importance of Being Earnest – NearlyLegal
“We have seen Santander having trouble in mortgage possession proceedings in Northern Ireland recently. Here is another example which could perhaps, indeed maybe should, have been avoided, if the lender had actually taken proceedings sufficiently seriously.”
NearlyLegal, 11th October 2013
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
