HC Deb 03 July 2003 vol 408 cc470-1W
Lady Hermon

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the costs of the Saville Inquiry as of 30 June, broken down by legal fees paid to individual barristers acting for(a) the Ministry of Defence and (b) families of the victims. [123456]

Mr. Spellar

Up to end June 2003 the cash spend by the Northern Ireland Office on the Bloody Sunday Inquiry was a total of £89.2 million. Out of this amount £7.962 million has been spent on the payment of fees to counsel representing the families or the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association. These figures are set out in the table and include VAT, where that is paid, and in most cases, expenses as well as fees.

The fees of Ministry of Defence counsel are a matter for my right hon. friend the Secretary of State for Defence.

Payments Period covered
made (£) From To
Senior counsel representing the families1
Lord Gifford 553,062 October 1998 January 2003
Arthur Harvey 767,362 July 1998 January 2003
Michael Lavery 435,024 November 2000 December 2002
B. J. MacDonald2 513,755 September 1998 September 2002
P. T. MacDonald3 65,800 April 1998 June 1999
Michael Mansfield 457,261 March 1999 November 2002
Elish McDermott 105,309 March 2000 June 2001
Seamus Treacy4 600,492 March 1998 December 2002
Eoin McGonigal 82,446 October 2000 June 2002
Senior counsel representing NICRA
Sir Louis Blom-Cooper 306,541 December 2000 October 2002
Junior counsel representing the families5
John Coyle 272,473 September 1999 January 2003
Fiona Doherty 193,824 October 2000 October 2002
Ciaran Harvey 349,105 December 2000 December 2002
Richard Harvey 331,733 October 2000 August 2002
Brian Kennedy 546,694 July 1999 March 2003
Philip Magee6 83,175 June 1998 September 2000

Payments Period covered
made (£) From To
Kieran Mallon 658,899 March 1999 May 2003
Brian McCartney 640,261 July 1998 April 2003
Karen Quinlivan 179,147 March 1999 December 2001
Patricia Smyth7 328,719 October 1998 June 2002
Mary McHugh 123,972 February 2002 October 2002
Michael Topolski8 139,940 November 2000 June 2001
Junior counsel representing NICRA
Paddy O'Hanlon 227,728 November 2000 October 2002
1 In addition, the following senior counsel have represented/are representing some of the families but have yet to submit fee claims: Kevin Finnegan 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 In addition, the following junior counsel have represented/are representing some of the families but have yet to submit fee claims: Tom McCreanor and Declan Morgan.
6 Left the case September 2000.
7 Left the case June 2002.
8 Left the case June 2001.

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