Hundreds of アイルランド共和国軍 テロリストs may have their 有罪の判決s quashed に引き続いて 最高裁判所 判決，裁定 that Gerry Adams was 刑務所，拘置所d unlawfully in 1970s

  • The 最高裁判所 支配するd Gerry Adams's 監禁，拘置 in the 1970s was 無効の
  • His 事例／患者 was not ‘considered 本人自身で’ by then Northern Ireland 長官 Willie Whitelaw?
  • Oxford 法律 professor Richard Ekins says the 最高裁判所 got it '不正に wrong'

By Harry Cole For The Mail On Sunday

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Hundreds of アイルランド共和国軍 テロリストs could have 有罪の判決s quashed after the 最高裁判所 upheld a （民事の）告訴 from Gerry Adams, 合法的な 専門家s have 警告するd.

Britain’s 最高の，を越す 裁判官s 支配するd that the 1970s 刑務所，拘置所ing of the former アイルランド共和国軍 man turned Sinn Fein 大統領，／社長 was unlawful on a 専門的事項.

Adams was 刑務所，拘置所d for four-and-a-half years after two escape 試みる／企てるs from 抑留 at the Maze 刑務所，拘置所 in 1973 and 1974.

But earlier this month 最高裁判所 司法（官） Lord Kerr 支配するd that, because Adams’s 監禁，拘置 was not ‘considered 本人自身で’ by then Northern Ireland 長官 Willie Whitelaw, it was 無効の.

Now former 閣僚 大臣s and 合法的な 専門家s 恐れる this could open the door to hundreds of 類似の 共和国の／共和党の 有罪の判決s during the Troubles 存在 quashed.

Court battle: Hundreds of IRA terrorists could have convictions quashed after the Supreme Court upheld a complaint from Gerry Adams (pictured)

法廷，裁判所 戦う／戦い: Hundreds of アイルランド共和国軍 テロリストs could have 有罪の判決s quashed after the 最高裁判所 upheld a （民事の）告訴 from Gerry Adams (pictured)

支援 a new 報告（する）／憶測 from the think 戦車／タンク 政策 交流 肩書を与えるd Mishandling The 法律, former 司法長官 Geoffrey Cox slammed the 判決，裁定, 警告: ‘It exposes the 政府 to the 危険 ? or certainty ? of 非常に／多数の 合法的な 訴訟／進行s for 誤った 監禁，拘置, to which it will have no defence.’

The 報告（する）／憶測’s author, Oxford 法律 professor Richard Ekins, told The Mail on Sunday the 最高裁判所 had ‘got it 不正に wrong’.

‘Gerry Adams should not have 安全な・保証するd this victory in the 最高裁判所,’ he said.

‘The fact that he did ? because of the 法廷，裁判所’s 誤解 of how 政府 作品 ? means there is likely to be an 雪崩／（抗議などの）殺到 of new litigation, which could lead to the 明言する／公表する wrongly 支払う／賃金ing large sums in 補償（金） to Mr Adams and others who were 拘留するd in the 1970s.

Mr Adams twice attempted to escape from Maze prison (pictured), also known as Long Kesk internment camp, near Belfast in the 1970s

Mr Adams twice 試みる／企てるd to escape from Maze 刑務所，拘置所 (pictured), also known as Long Kesk 抑留 （軍の）野営地，陣営, 近づく Belfast in the 1970s?

‘The 政府 should 介入する as 急速な／放蕩な as possible, 招待するing 議会 to 制定する a new 法律 which makes （疑いを）晴らす this 拘留，拘置 was perfectly lawful and thus 支配するs out その上の litigation.’

In a foreword to the 報告（する）／憶測, Mr Cox, a 公式文書，認めるd QC, 追加するd: ‘In 許すing [Adams’s] 控訴，上告, the 最高裁判所 has opened the door to その上の 合法的な 訴訟／進行s, which may 要求する 支払い（額） of 補償（金） to Adams and others for their 拘留，拘置.

‘This consequence of Gerry Adams’s victory before the 最高裁判所 may itself 令状 法律を制定する 介入, as the authors argue, but more troubling still are the judgment’s wider 関わりあい／含蓄s for how 政府 is carried out.’

The notion that the 拘留，拘置 could not have been 調印するd off by someone more junior in 政府, as in the Adams 事例／患者 and many others, has 誘発するd 猛烈な／残忍な 批評.

Mr Cox said: ‘The 最高裁判所’s 解釈／通訳 has an 半端物 （犯罪の）一味 to it and does not 反映する any 政治の practice of which I am aware.

Supreme Court Justice Lord Kerr ruled that, because Adams’s imprisonment was not ‘considered personally’ by then Northern Ireland Secretary Willie Whitelaw, it was invalid. Pictured: File photo of the UK Supreme Court

最高裁判所 司法（官） Lord Kerr 支配するd that, because Adams’s 監禁，拘置 was not ‘considered 本人自身で’ by then Northern Ireland 長官 Willie Whitelaw, it was 無効の. Pictured: とじ込み／提出する photo of the UK 最高裁判所

‘A 決定／判定勝ち（する） entr usted by 議会 to the 国務長官 may 一般に be taken in his 指名する by a 都合よく qualified 公式の／役人.’

And he 警告するd the 判決，裁定 also 危険d creating 大混乱, as ‘so embedded is the 原則 in the practice of Whitehall, in our political culture and in the ありふれた 法律 that any 疑問 or ambiguity in its 使用／適用 would have very 重要な and deleterious 関わりあい／含蓄s for the efficient organisation of 政府’.

The 報告（する）／憶測 結論するs that 大臣s must ‘立法者 speedily to 修正する 事柄s’ with 緊急 法律s shutting the （法などの）抜け穴 before fresh challenges are put 今後.

Last night Lord Butler, the former 閣僚 長官, 公約するd to raise the 問題／発行する in the House of Lords next week.

He told The Mail on Sunday: ‘In a time of 国家の 経済的な 危機, few can welcome the prospect that the 政府 might now be 強いるd to 支払う／賃金 相当な 損害賠償金 to Mr Adams and to others 拘留するd during that period.’

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