Judgment has been delivered in a legal appeal challenging the independence of a new body established to reinvestigate Troubles murders. The Northern Ireland Court of Appeal found that the power of the Northern Ireland Secretary to withhold sensitive information from reviews under the new legacy body, as part of the Troubles Legacy Act, is unlawful. This decision deals a blow to the body investigating Troubles-era atrocities.
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The power of the Northern Ireland Secretary to withhold sensitive information from reviews under a new legacy body is unlawful, the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal has found https://t.co/vaK3ecOxU6