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Greatest attack on freedom, says former judge
By Fergus Shiel
Law Reporter
November 5, 2005
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THE proposed anti-terror laws have nothing to do with justice, according to former Family Court chief justice Alastair Nicholson.
In a strong attack on the anti-terror bill, Professor Nicholson said: "What we are discussing today is a very good example of very bad law and one of the reasons why this is so, is because these laws have no relationship with justice but rather with a perceived fear of the unknown that has been used to frighten the populace into thinking that they are necessary."
Greatest attack on freedom, says former judge
By Fergus Shiel
Law Reporter
November 5, 2005
AdvertisementAdvertisement
THE proposed anti-terror laws have nothing to do with justice, according to former Family Court chief justice Alastair Nicholson.
In a strong attack on the anti-terror bill, Professor Nicholson said: "What we are discussing today is a very good example of very bad law and one of the reasons why this is so, is because these laws have no relationship with justice but rather with a perceived fear of the unknown that has been used to frighten the populace into thinking that they are necessary."
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