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<p>The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 requires Troubles-related
inquests to conclude by 1 May 2024. The legislation provides a limited carve out for
any Troubles-related inquests where the hearing of all evidence has finished and where
the only matter still to come is the delivery of the inquest’s findings.</p><p> </p><p>The
Act contains provisions allowing a coroner to request a review of a death by the ICRIR,
led by Sir Declan Morgan as Chief Commissioner, if the inquest has not been concluded
via the coronial process by 1 May 2024. Close family members, as well as the Secretary
of State for Northern Ireland, the Attorney General for Northern Ireland and the Advocate
General for Northern Ireland, can also request a review of a death by the ICRIR.</p><p>
</p><p>The case management of inquests is a matter for coroners.</p><p> </p>
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