Northern Ireland Office: Legal Costs
(asked on 25th April 2018) - View Source
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what professional fee payments they have made to the law firms (1) Winters & Co, 9–15 Queen Street, Belfast, (2) KRW Law, 9–15 Queen Street, Belfast, and (3) Madden & Finucane, 88 Castle Street, Belfast, in each of the last ten years for which figures are available.
The expenditure incurred by the Northern Ireland Office, both directly and indirectly through the Crown Solicitor’s Office, for the period requested is shown below:
Paid by NIO
Financial Years | Winters & Co | KRW Law | Madden & Finucane | Total |
2013-14 | - | - | £11,635 | £11,635 |
2014-15 | - | - | - | - |
2016-17 | - | - | £4,923 | £4,923 |
2017-18 | - | - | £1,608 | £1,608 |
Total | - | - | £18,166 | £18,166 |
Paid by CSO
Financial Years | Winters & Co | KRW Law | Madden & Finucane | Total |
2013-14 | £12,500 | £10,375 | £10,375 | £33,250 |
2014-15 | - | £11,750 | £4,165 | £15,915 |
2016-17 | - | £33,000 | - | £33,000 |
2017-18 | - | - | - | - |
Total | £12,500 | £55,125 | £14,540 | £82,165 |
The Northern Ireland Office does not hold the information for the financial years prior to 2013-14. To obtain this information would incur disproportionate cost.