Gerry Adams and others who were interned without trial in the 1970s will be unable to obtain compensation, the House of Lords has agreed.
By Jayne McCormackGerry Adams and others who were interned without trial in the 1970s will be unable to obtain compensation.Peers backed the move, which was proposed as an amendment to the government's legacy bill.
It will prohibit civil proceedings and payment of compensation for miscarriages of justice based on custody orders made by junior ministers.It follows a Supreme Court ruling, in 2020, quashing his two historical convictions for attempted escapes. He won the case after the UK's highest court ruled his detention had been unlawful, as the custody order was invalid for not having been authorised by the Northern Ireland secretary at the time, William Whitelaw.The ruling paved the way for similar claims being lodged by up to 400 others.
"It was not unlawful simply because it had been made by a junior minister rather than the secretary of state, that was always the understanding of successive governments," he told peers. He said the amendment he had drafted would have the effect of preventing any bids for compensation in such circumstances, and that he believed there was "little or no chance" of some claims being finished before the legislation comes into force.
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