https://politicswiki.co.uk/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Adrian_ColtonAdrian Colton - Revision history2026-10-09T23:19:43ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.39.5https://politicswiki.co.uk/index.php?title=Adrian_Colton&diff=3082&oldid=prevChris: Add judge stories from notes (fill_judges.py)2026-10-09T13:14:52Z<p>Add judge stories from notes (fill_judges.py)</p>
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* In February 2024, he ruled that the conditional immunity provisions in the UK Government's Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act breach the European Convention on Human Rights.<ref>https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/28/northern-ireland-judge-rules-troubles-violence-amnesty-breaches-rights</ref><br />
* In October 2021, he ruled that Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis had failed in his statutory duty to "expeditiously" ensure women in Northern Ireland had access to commissioned abortion services.<ref>https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2021/10/14/news/brandon-lewis-failed-to-comply-with-duties-over-lack-of-abortion-services-judge-rules-2478994/</ref><br />
* In February 2022, he dismissed a Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) challenge, holding that the Secretary of State had the legal authority to direct the establishment of abortion services in Northern Ireland.<ref>https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/crime/judge-says-secretary-of-state-can-introduce-abortion-services-in-ni-3559319</ref><br />
* His 200-page Legacy Act judgment was critiqued in a Slugger O'Toole opinion piece for relying on "reconciliation" reasoning, which the author argued veered close to judicial interference in the political process.<ref>https://sluggerotoole.com/2024/03/12/justice-colton-and-the-limitations-of-reconciliation/</ref><br />
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