High Court Tells Police Ombudsman to Include Qualifiers on Reports Involving Alleged Collusion

Last February the High Court ruled that Marie Anderson, the Police Ombudsman, had (as per this article in the Irish News written by Alan Erwin) … exceeded her legal powers in making findings of collusive behaviour by RUC officers in a series of loyalist murders, the High Court has ruled. A judge held that Marie Anderson acted ultra vires by reaching conclusions in public statements which amounted to determinations of misconduct. The verdict represents victory in a legal challenge by ......