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Re Geraldine Finucane’s Application for Judicial Review [2019] UKSC 7

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Re Geraldine Finucane’s Application for Judicial Review [2019] UKSC 7
   
Issue: Whether there was a legitimate expectation of a public inquiry examining alleged collusion between the deceased’s killers and members of the security forces; whether the Human Rights Act 1998 applied to a death occurring before it was in force; whether compliance with Art 2 ECHR required the identity of the perpetrators of a murder to be examined and/or established.
   
Court: Supreme Court
   
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Neutral Citation:   [2019] UKSC 7
   
Judge(s): Baroness Hale P, Lord Kerr, Lord Carnwath, Lord Hodge and Baroness Black
   
Date: 27 February 2019