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Why is Gerry Adams owed compensation?

Why is Gerry Adams owed compensation?

Court tells Northern Ireland Department of Justice to think again

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Joshua Rozenberg
May 02, 2023
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Why did a High Court judge decide last Friday that Gerry Adams, the former Sinn Féin president, was entitled to compensation for two miscarriages of justice? On the day a ruling is delivered, the courts of Northern Ireland sometimes release only a summary of the decision. Now we now have the full judgment, delivered by Mr Justice Colton. Before discussi…

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