Bloody Sunday Tribunal of Inquiry

(asked on 17th November 2014) - View Source

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the final costs were for each of the participating legal teams and individuals involved in the Saville Inquiry; and what costs in that inquiry were incurred after 2005.


Answered by
Theresa Villiers Portrait
Theresa Villiers
This question was answered on 20th November 2014

The team costs for each of the participating legal teams are detailed in the enclosed attachment.

A full breakdown of the legal costs from 2005 onwards is not readily available. The table below provides a less detailed breakdown.

Costs £

2004/

2005

2005/

2006

2006/

2007

2007/

2008

2008/

2009

2009/

2010

2010/

2011

Inquiry Counsel fees

1,579,400

840,342

855,342

750,531

685,926

844,016

121,435

Eversheds

339,593

70,914

-

-

-

5,204

-

Lawyers for Interested

Parties - fees

5,474,483

2,104,590

4,795,377

951,995

419,714

-

-

Lawyers for

IPs - accommodation

34,652

21,674

69,770

-

30,000

-

-

Lawyers for

IPs - travel

272,310

67,851

281,238

11,454

16,678

-

-

Lawyers for

IPs - subsistence

22,287

2,868

11,792

21

24,979

-

-

Total

7,722,725

3,108,239

6,013,519

1,714,001

1,177,297

849,220

121,435

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