The attorney-general has been paid £30,000 to represent Gerry Adams in a High Court case against IRA bomb victims that is due to go to trial next year, The Times understands. Lord Hermer KC, who became attorney-general last July, defended his right to represent Adams at a hearing with MPs on the justice select committee on Wednesday, but refused to say how he was paid. Hermer, 56, is under growing pressure over his links to Adams. Sir Keir Starmer is preparing to repeal the Legacy Act, opening the door to taxpayer-funded compensation to hundreds of Republicans, including the former Sinn Fein leader.

tag:reuters.com,2024:binary_RC2R9AAAKFT4-BASEIMAGE

The Times

United Kingdom

Attorney-general was paid £30,000 to represent Gerry Adams

While representing 33 bereaved Afghan families, Lord Hermer alleged that members of the SAS were involved in a systematic campaign of extrajudicial killings.

Media Bias/Fact Check

Daily Express

Reach plc

Fury as Starmer’s Attorney General represented families accusing armed forces r

Attorney General Lord Hermer has previously spoken in court of special forces ‘unlawfully killing Afghan civilians’

All Sides

The Telegraph

Press Holdings

David and Frederick Barclay

London

Greater London

England

Starmer’s law chief in new row over SAS ‘war crimes’ inquiry

PRESSURE mounted on the Attorney General last night as it emerged he previously battled in the courts to prevent migrants being deported. Lord Richard Hermer was already under scrutiny having recently pocketed £30,000 for representing Gerry Adams. As a lawyer he also acted for an Eritrean man claiming to be an unaccompanied child migrant against the Home Office. His argument that the government’s age assessment guidance was unlawful was ultimate…

The US Sun

Murdoch family

Privately held company

Pressure mounts on Attorney General over past bids to block deportations

Eyebrows are hitting the ceiling over Attorney General Richard Hermer, with pressure piling on the PM to recuse him of involvement in public inquiries amid growing concerns of potential conflicts of interest. Guido gives co-conspirators some of Starmer’s top legal adviser’s more curious cases against the government in the past: 
Hermer pocketed £30,000 to represent Gerry Adams in a High Court case against IRA bomb victims.[…] Read the rest

Guido Fawkes

All of Attorney General Hermer's Most Curious Clients

Richard Hermer KC defended his right to represent the former Sinn Fein leader, who is accused of involvement in directing three terrorist attacks in England

Attorney-general was paid £30,000 to represent Gerry Adams, The Times reports

Coverage Details

Bias Distribution

Ownership

Similar News Topics

Similar News Topics