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One ally of Mahmood told the BBC: "She knows that time is of the essence. She didn't take long to take big decisions at the Ministry of Justice, and she doesn't tend to hang about."

“Trial court decisions have no precedential value in California; they bind the parties but not another court,” noted James Fischer, an insurance law expert and professor at Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles.

The Supreme Court is forcing lower court judges to decipher meaning from Supreme Court decisions as if they’re the Rosetta stone.

Enver Soloman, chief executive of Refugee Council, criticised the plan, saying that "the solution is faster, fairer decisions and safe housing in communities, so refugees can work, study and rebuild their lives".

Time and again the response back from London is that Stormont is receiving its fair share of the financial pie and that all governments have to take difficult decisions.