Member

The issue of the Northern Ireland judiciary seceding from the UK system will be addressed by the Supreme Court in the NIO’s appeal on the parts of Judge Colton’s ruling that relate to national security and the Windsor Framework’s supposed human rights role. But tonight, we can also consider the broad thrust of the Government’s legacy policy and its working out in practice in the courts—something which dominates the headlines in the newspapers in Northern Ireland practically daily. Lawfare has replaced warfare, which is an improvement in one sense, but the cost is very high in expenditure and in the damage to community relations.