Decision puts spotlight on Lord Hermer, who represented the former Sinn Fein leader in a separate compensation case ...

A thinktank backed by 16 peers has criticised the government's plan to lift a ban on compensation for unlawful detention ...

A former chancellor of the Exchequer has expressed alarm at the vast cost to UK taxpayers of investigating the Northern Ireland Troubles.

The Policy Exchange think tank also warns about potential future costs - which it claims could amount to £1.3bn.

Outcry from peers and IRA bomb victims as PM’s decision to repeal Troubles legislation means former Sinn Fein leader is in line for payout Gerry Adams is in line for taxpayer-funded compensation ...

Senator George J. Mitchell Chair of Peace, Security and Justice, Professor of Law and Transitional Justice, Queen's University Belfast Professor Kieran McEvoy has received funding for a range of ...

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Former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams is in line for "a pay day from the taxpayer" under plans to repeal the Legacy Act, a report backed by several peers has stated.

Keir Starmer has insisted he will examine 'every conceivable way' to stop Troubles internees such as Gerry Adams from getting compensation. Sir Keir was grilled on the prospect of the former Sinn ...

EX-SINN Fein leader Gerry Adams is in line for compensation — after Labour lifted a ban on Troubles damages. The former political boss and Irish Republican extremists were banned from getting ...

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