Breakthrough idea of a judge-led inquiry system to break the logjam of The Past
At last the judiciary has come forward with a creative approach to dealing with the past. A debate should begin urgently on how to adopt it in the Hart talks and beyond. The Lord Chef Justice sir Declan Morgan has suggested that legacy cases should be taken out of the inquest system” to be dealt with in “a time-bound inquiry“. It would be similar to the powers and procedures of the Historical Abuses Inquiry . He made his suggestions when …