The hearing at the UK's supreme court in London is due to conclude on Thursday. Photograph: Niklas Halle'n/AFP via Getty Images
A UK supreme court battle over the law that brought an end to police investigations into the Northern Ireland Troubles is “constitutionally profound”, justices have heard.
The Northern Ireland Office is appealing against a Northern Ireland Court of Appeal (NICA) ruling that partially upheld an earlier decision ordering parts of the 2023 Legacy Act to be disapplied.
The Act, introduced by the previous UK Conservative government, ended police investigations and inquests related to the Troubles and established a new body, the In
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