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Peter King (Northern Ireland politician)

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in May 2011. He was appointed a District Judge in November 2013. In 2014 he found that the evidence against three people was insufficient for them to be sent for trial by jury in relation to the
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King is a member of the Bar of England and Wales (Gray's Inn 1993), the Bar of Northern Ireland (1994) and the Bar of Ireland (2009), and was an active member of the
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During the previous mandate of the Northern Ireland Assembly, King was a Special Advisor to the
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and Dean Godson on the UUP's "Strand I" team at the talks which led to the
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War zone language: linguistic aspects of the conflict in Northern Ireland
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King returned to full-time practice as a criminal defence
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Himself Alone: David Trimble and the Ordeal of Unionism
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Independent International Commission on Decommissioning
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King was suggested as a possible UUP candidate in the
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Northern Ireland Forum
South Antrim
Ulster Unionist Party
judge
Unionist
politician
Ulster Unionist Party
South Antrim
Northern Ireland Forum
David Brewster
Good Friday Agreement
1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election
Young Unionists
2000 South Antrim by-election
David Burnside
John de Chastelain
Independent International Commission on Decommissioning
First Minister of Northern Ireland
barrister
Death of Robert Hamill


1996 Forum Elections: Candidates in South Antrim
Trimble under attack from predecessor
BBC News
Unionist dilemma over South Antrim seat
BBC News
Decommissioning meeting - the transcript
The Guardian
Judicial Appointments, 2013

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