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Law Reform in Northern Ireland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 September 2011

Brice Dickson
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Abstract

Professor Brice Dickson offers forthright views relating to law reform issues in Northern Ireland against the background of the peace process.

Keywords

law reformlegal systemsNorthern Ireland
Type
The Irish Legal System, Law Libraries and Legal Information
Information
Legal Information Management , Volume 11 , Issue 3 , September 2011 , pp. 155 - 158
Copyright
Copyright © The British and Irish Association of Law Librarians 2011

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Footnotes

1 The precise demarcation of responsibilities is set out in the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (SI 976).

2 This occurred following the Hillsborough Castle Agreement between local political parties on 5 February 2010 (see www.nio.gov.uk/agreement_at_hillsborough_castle_5_february_2010.pdf).

3 www.nilsc.org.uk/uploads/press/documents/Solicitor%20Payments%202009_2010.pdf.

4 www.nilsc.org.uk/uploads/press/documents/Counsel%20Payments%202009_2010.pdf.

5 www.prisonreviewni.gov.uk/28_february_2011___dame_anne_owers_press_release_interim_report.pdf.

6 For an example, see HM Inspectorate's report on Maghaberry Prison in 2002 (www.justice.gov.uk/downloads/publications/inspectorate-reports/hmipris/machaberry2002-rps.pdf) and the CJI's report on an unannounced full follow-up inspection of Maghaberry Prison 19–23 January 2009 (www.cjini.org/CJNI/files/a2/a258078a-5376-4c89-88c8-13d4e0e4f3ee.pdf).

7 www.u.tv/news/Assistant-Chief-Constable-to-retire/0294bc80-9ad0-4232-9111-67f00600167e.

8 Police (NI) Act 2000, s 46.

9 Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation, Art 15(1).

10 Ibid. Art 15(2) and Fair Employment and Treatment (NI) Order 1998, art 71(1).

11 Fair Employment and Treatment (NI) Order 1998, art 53(3) and (4), and Fair Employment (Monitoring) Regs (NI) 1999, regs 8, 9, 11 and Schs 2 and 3.

12 Fair Employment and Treatment (NI) Order 1998, art 55(1).

13 See NIJAC's A Guide to Judicial Careers in Northern Ireland, 5th ed, 2011.

14 Justice and Security (NI) Act 2007, ss 1–9.

15 See the 2010 consultation paper at www.ofmdfmni.gov.uk/reformatted_final_print_version_csi_-_26.07.10.pdf.

16 www.parliament.uk/business/news/2010/06/prime-minister-makes-statement-on-saville-inquiry.

17 www.billywrightinquiry.org.

18 www.rosemarynelsoninquiry.org.

19 www.policeombudsman.org/Publicationsuploads/McGurk's-Final-Report.pdf.

20 Commissioner for Older People Act (NI) 2011.

21 Justice (NI) Act 2002, ss.50–52.

22 See www.nilawcommission.gov.uk/index/completed_projects-2.htm.

23 See, e.g.,Connolly, Fionnuala, Immigration Law in Northern Ireland (2011)Google Scholar and Valentine, Barry, Criminal Procedure in Northern Ireland (2010)Google Scholar. The current author's Law in Northern Ireland: An Introduction will be published by SLS in September 2011.

24 See, e.g.,Anthony, Gordon, Judicial Review in Northern Ireland (Hart Publishing, 2008)Google Scholar.