Monthly Archives: November 2012
Ballymurphy Massacre family to challenge decision of Coroner to suspend the inquest
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PRESS RELEASE (18-11-2012) Ballymurphy Massacre family to challenge decision of Coroner to suspend the inquest The wife of Joseph Murphy, shot dead by the British Army Parachute Regiment on the 9th August 1971, will issue judicial review proceedings against the Senior Coroner, John Leckey, tomorrow morning in light of his decision to suspend the inquest [...]
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INQUESTS HALTED AMID SECURITY FEARS
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By Michael McHugh, Press Association Northern Ireland’s senior coroner has suspended inquests into a dozen controversial killings because of potential national security concerns, it emerged today. The senior lawyer advising the Stormont Executive, attorney general John Larkin QC, has referred the cases to the coroner’s service for new inquests in an effort to shed further [...]