§ Mr. Gregory CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much public funding has been 759W provided to the legal representatives of the families appearing at the Saville Inquiry, broken down by each (a) barrister and (b) firm of solicitors involved. [34444]
§ Mr. BrowneThe payments made to the legal representatives appearing at the Bloody Sunday Inquiry on behalf of the families or the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA) are set out in the following
Period covered Payments made (£) From To Senior counsel representing the families1 Lord Gifford 309,944 October 1998 September 2001 Arthur Harvey 398,855 July 1998 November 2001 Michael Lavery 215,317 November 2000 December 2001 B. J. MacDonald 2 142,101 September 1998 September 2000 P. T. MacDonald 3 65,800 April 1998 June 1999 Michael Mansfield 296,857 March 1999 October 2001 Elish McDermott 105,309 March 2000 June 2001 Seamus Treacy 4 370,301 March 1998 June 2001 Senior counsel representing NICRA Sir Louis Blom-Cooper 190,647 December 2000 December 2001 Junior counsel representing the families John Coyle 213,931 September 1999 May 2001 Fiona Doherty 92,967 October 2000 May 2001 Ciaran Harvey 165,969 December 2000 November 2001 Richard Harvey 101,463 October 2000 March 2001 Brian Kennedy 303,498 July 1999 November 2001 Philip Magee 5 83,175 June 1998 September 2000 Kieran Mallon 361,005 March 1999 December 2001 Brian McCartney 319,512 July 1998 June 2001 Karen Quinlivan 84,169 March 1999 June 2000 Patricia Smyth 241,096 October 1998 September 2001 Michael Topolski 6 139,940 November 2000 June 2001 Junior counsel representing NICRA Paddy O'Hanlon 101,106 November 2000 January 2001 Solicitors representing the families7 Barr and Co. 170,061 February 1999 August 2001 Brendan Kearney 531,452 July 1999 November 2001 Desmond Doherty and Co. 553,320 November 1998 December 2001 MacDermott and McGurk 529,944 November 1998 December 2001 Madden and Finucane 4,511,193 January 1998 November 2001 McCann and McCann 183,834 October 1998 December 2001 McCartney and Casey 535,084 November 1998 December 2001 Solicitors representing NICRA8 1 In addition, the following senior counsel have represented/are representing some of the families but have yet to submit fee claims: Kevin Finnegan, Eoin McGonigal, Declan Morgan and Reg Weir. 2 Left the case (as a junior) in September 2000 and rejoined the case (as a senior) July 2001. 3 Left the case June 1999. 4 Having started as a junior in March 1998, became a senior counsel in September 2000. 5 Left the case September 2000. 6 Left the case June 2001. 7 Includes payments made in respect of witness statement-taking work. 8 The firm of solicitors representing NICRA, Francis Keenan, has yet to submit a claim for payment.