NORTHERN IRELAND
BBC News
The Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry could face a challenge from lawyers representing some of those accused of abuse, the BBC has learned.
The public phase of the inquiry began on Monday and, over 18 months, it will examine allegations of abuse at 13 institutions across Northern Ireland.
Two Catholic orders have already apologised for any abuse by members.
One person accused of abuse is trying to establish if there are grounds for more rights for accused individuals.
That challenge could be to the inquiry itself or through a judicial review in the High Court.
The comments by lawyers for the De La Salle Brothers and Sisters of Nazareth were made on the second day of the inquiry into historical abuse in the care homes and borstals between 1922 and 1995.
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