Government breached rights of ex-IRA man: EC judgment
THE European court of human rights has ruled that the British government was wrong to hold ex-IRA prisoner Gerard Magee for 48 without access...
Gerard Magee V UK Government
The European Court of Human Rights has today issued a judgement in respect of the case of Gerard Magee in which the Court has...
Beating victim is set to sue RUC
A TWO-pronged legal action will be launched within days on behalf a north Belfast Catholic whose landmark case against the RUC saw two officers...
Case puts spotlight on policing reforms
REVELATIONS surrounding a police plot to frame an innocent Catholic man for a crime he did not commit have sparked further anger over the...
Complex judgment ‘has to be studied’
THE future of the two barristers was far from clear last night. Their stand over the declaration meant they could not be sworn in...
Justice Delayed – State Collusion in the murder of Patrick Finucane and Others
1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 On 12th February 1989 the Belfast solicitor Patrick Finucane was murdered by the Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF). In the eleven years...
Suspicions still surround Falls bookie shop killings
A decade ago today, three men were controversially killed by a top secret army intelligence unit as they carried out a robbery at a...
Barristers in boycott over queen dispute
TWO barristers at the centre of a row over a royal declaration boycotted yesterday’s ceremony in the high court to mark the swearing-in of...
Adams seeks DPP U-turn
A WEST Belfast republican will today seek a judicial review of the DPP’s decision not to prosecute the RUC officers accused of beating him...
Submission to the United States Congressional Sub-Committee on International Operations and Human Rights
“Mr. Chairman, Members of the Committee, fellow speakers, ladies and gentlemen: I am Michael Finucane, the eldest son of Patrick Finucane, the defence lawyer...