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By Hannah Quirk and Elaine Dewhurst Filed Under: All posts, Featured Posted:
Following the four month ban issued to Luis Suarez by FIFA, Dr Hannah Quirk and Dr Elaine Dewhurst from The University of Manchester’s School of Law look at some of the legal consequences. FIFA, football’s world governing body, has banned the Uruguayan footballer Luis Suarez for four months and nine internationals for biting Italy defender […]
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Victims of miscarriages of justice are having their injustice made worse by a new change of law, argues Dr Hannah Quirk. For all the talk of the much derided ‘compensation culture’ that has supposedly developed in this country, the reality is that most victims of miscarriages of justice are not entitled to any redress from […]
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Throughout Northern Ireland’s many efforts to deal with its turbulent past Dr Hannah Quirk believes that one group has been overlooked – the victims of conflict-related miscarriages of justice. For her, the Attorney General’s recent suggestion that there should be no more prosecutions for conflict-related crimes highlights the need for a bespoke solution for these […]