Former Director of the Northern Ireland Public Prosecution Service Barra McGrory. Picture by Paul Faith/PA Wire FORMER director of public prosecutions Barra McGrory has questioned the legality of the British government's "shocking proposal" to abolish the right to inquests in relation to Troubles deaths. He branded it "a sweeping abrogation of the rule of law" which will have a "huge impact" on wider society in Northern Ireland. "This is a shocking proposal issued by a government which claims to adhere to the rule of law in that is seeks to abolish completely all meaningful and judicial accountable processes," Mr McGrory said.