Troubles law change enabling Gerry Adams to claim damages set to cost taxpayers £2.7bn
Decision puts spotlight on Lord Hermer, who represented the former Sinn Fein leader in a separate compensation case ...
Labour slammed as cost of dealing with Northern Ireland’s past could hit £4bn
Policy Exchange attacks repeal of parts of Tories' Legacy Act, which removes a block on people like Gerry Adams seeking ...
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SAS killings latest: Hilary Benn accused of wanting to pay damages to IRA godfather while offering limp response to Clonoe ruling
Hilary Benn has said acknowledged that he has felt “the anger of the House [of Commons]” over the ruling that the SAS used unjustified force when they killed four IRA terrorists in 1992 in Clonoe.
Cost of dealing with Northern Ireland’s troubled past estimated at more than £2 billion
The Policy Exchange has put the cost of inquiries, court cases, inquests and compensation payouts so far at between £840 million and £1.4 billion. | UTV News ...
Calls for clarity over which matters Attorney General recused himself from
Lord Hermer accused of ‘marking his own homework’ after he told peers he had stepped back from advising ministers on certain policies ...
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Calls for clarity over which matters Attorney General recused himself from
including on the “representation of Gerry Adams in matters related to the Legacy Act”. Lord Hermer recently said he represented Mr Adams on “something unconnected” to the Act, and also ...