UK Govt set to appeal ruling for public inquiry into murder of Sean Brown in 1997
Niall Murphy, solicitor with KRW Law in Belfast, discusses the British government's decision to appeal a court ruling for a public inquiry into the murder of Sean Brown in 1997.
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