The Legacy Act has led to 35 Troubles-era inquests being shut down from 1 May - a move a victim's son believes is a setback to reconciliation. Sean Slane says his family "need closure" and for years clung to a hope the inquest would help. But under the act, inquests not at final stages by 1 May have stopped.

A total of 38 inquests involving the deaths of more than 70 people during Northern Ireland's "Troubles" will not go ahead after a disputed new British law came into effect on Wednesday, Northern Ireland's Chief Justice's office said.

Families of victims of Northern Ireland's "Troubles" protested in Belfast Wednesday against a new UK law that halts coroner's inquests into crimes from the era and grants immunity to past combatants.Notably,

When a coroner's inquest into the unsolved murder of Sean Brown during Northern Ireland's "Troubles" was relaunched last year, his family hoped their long search for justice could bear fruit.