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Adams could finally receive compensation from Britain
The Independent
|January 15, 2025
Former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams will receive taxpayerfunded compensation if government plans to repeal the Legacy Act go ahead, a think tank has claimed.
Mr Adams, 76, is currently blocked from receiving compensation over his detention in prison without trial in the 1970s, despite winning an appeal in the Supreme Court in 2020 to overturn historical convictions for two attempted prison breaks.
Sections of the Legacy Act agreed by parliament in 2023 in response to the Supreme Court ruling have blocked Mr Adams from receiving compensation.
But after the High Court in Belfast ruled in February last year that provisions of the act were incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), Sir Keir’s government have signalled their intention to repeal certain sections.
This story is from the January 15, 2025 edition of The Independent.
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