Top Scottish lawyer criticises Northern Ireland bill to criminalise conversion therapy as 'jellyfish legislation' A leading human rights lawyer has slammed proposals to introduce a so-called ban on conversion practices in Northern Ireland. Aidan O’Neill KC, recently named Scotland’s ‘lawyer of the year’, has dubbed the Northern Ireland Conversion Practices (Criminalisation) Bill ‘jellyfish legislation’ – ‘impossible to grasp’ with ‘a sting in the tail’. There are ‘very strong arguments,’ he says, that the bill is beyond the legislative powers of the Northern Ireland Assembly. This post is for subscribers onlyBecome a member to get access to all content Subscribe now