Detention Hearings in Northern Ireland in the 1970s
Thursday 5th of November 2020 13:00
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Online via StarLeaf (joining link will be circulated via email)Timings
13:00 - 14:30
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Smart CasualEvent Details
[Bookings will open at 10:00 on Wednesday 23 September]
Master David Blunt will discuss his experience of detention hearings in Northern Ireland.
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This event is for members only.
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Learning Outcomes:
- Describe the detention hearings in Northern Ireland during the Troubles and the dangers of hearings in camera.
- Understand the potential tensions between politics, security, and law.
- Appreciate the difficulties of reconciling the need for secrecy to protect the public and the rules of natural justice.
- Appreciate that practice at the Bar often gives rise to ethical dilemmas.
Links to the Professional Statement, wider workings of the Bar, administration of justice or a public interest matter
This session will discuss the Troubles in Northern Ireland and the relationship between politics, security and law. To properly understand the relationship between these three areas is as important now as it was in the past, especially in the context of Northern Ireland. Being able to understand the complexities of these facts during practice is crucial for those that intend to practice at the Bar.
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