Court of Appeal backs secret hearings as Government faces IRA and Iran cases – The Independent

Posted July 15th, 2015 in appeals, closed material, damages, human rights, Iran, Ireland, negligence, news by tracey

‘The Court of Appeal has cleared the way for the Government to apply for controversial secret court hearings as it faces being sued for damages by an IRA informant and Iranians subjected to asset freezing orders.’

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The Independent, 14th July 2015

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Guildford Four: An innocent man’s letters from jail – BBC News

Posted October 6th, 2014 in appeals, Ireland, news, police, prisons, prosecutions, terrorism by sally

‘In October 1989, the Guildford Four were released from jail. Their convictions for blowing up two pubs in the Surrey town during an IRA bombing campaign had been quashed.’

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BBC News, 4th October 2014

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Regina (An Taisce (The National Trust for Ireland)) v Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change – WLR Daily

Regina (An Taisce (The National Trust for Ireland)) v Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change [2014] EWCA Civ 1111; [2014] WLR (D) 367

‘The Secretary of State was not required by Parliament and Council Directive 2001/92/EC to conduct a transboundary consultation with the Republic of Ireland before granting planning permission to construct a nuclear power station near the Irish state if he was convinced that it was not “likely to have significant effects on the environment in another member state”, within article 7 of the Directive.’

WLR Daily, 1st August 2014

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

The disunited kingdom: England, Ireland and Scotland – CrimeLine

Posted November 7th, 2013 in constitutional history, devolution, Ireland, news, Scotland, speeches by tracey

“A Lecture to the Denning Society, at Lincoln’s Inn by Lord Sumption on 5 November 2013.”

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CrimeLine, 6th November 2013

Source: www.crimeline.info

1215 and All That -Speech by the Rt Hon Lord Judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales

Posted April 4th, 2012 in Ireland, legal history, magna carta, news by sally

1215 and All That (PDF)

Speech by the Rt Hon Lord Judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales

Irish Legal History Society Lecture, 26th March 2012

Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

City of Dublin Repeals Consultation – Law Commission

Posted August 15th, 2008 in Ireland, news, repeals, statute law revision by sally

“The Commission has identified some 40 Acts relating to the City of Dublin, spanning the years 1807 to 1920, and enacted by the UK Parliament during the period before Ireland was partitioned in 1922.”

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Law Commission, 15th August 2008

Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk

Related link: Statute Law Repeals: Consultatation Paper City of Dublin Repeal Proposal (PDF)