Acknowledgements

I owe a debt of gratitude to many people who, in different ways, have helped me to complete this second edition.

At my university, I wish to thank Professor Jack Anderson, Professor Brice Dickson, Professor Kieran McEvoy, Professor John Morison, and Professor Sally Wheeler.

At the Bar Library in Belfast, I want to thank my Pupil Master, Peter Coll BL, for opening his busy public law practice to me. My thanks are also due to David Scoffield QC, for willingly answering queries about cases in which he appeared. More general thanks are due to Paul Dougan, Terence McCleave BL, and Mark Mulholland QC.

The Judge-in-Residence programme at Queen’s once more gave me access to members of the bench in Northern Ireland, and the Honourable Mr Justice McCloskey and the Honourable Mr Justice Maguire were both remarkably generous with their time when answering queries. The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, the Right Honourable Sir Declan Morgan, kindly agreed to write the foreword for this second edition. I greatly appreciate his willingness to do so.

At Hart Publishing, I want to thank Richard for publishing this book and for being such a wonderful friend over the years. My thanks are also due to Rachel Turner, Mel Hamill, and Tom Adams, who turned the book around with great efficiency and effec­tiveness. They were also patient beyond anything that I might reasonably have expected.

My remaining debt is to Jill, Emily, Louis, Ben, and Toby. The book is dedicated to them.

Gordon Anthony November 2013