Victims have yet to receive any compensation after a document was mistakenly published in 2023 containing data belonging to members of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), but reports say damages in the case could hit as much as £240 million ($320.9 million). In the incident, the names of all serving PSNI officers, plus their rank and location/department, were mistakenly included in a publicly available Freedom of Information (FoI) response.
A legal representative for the PSNI said the sum would be put to claimants as a "universal offer," with the main goal being to clear as many of the cases as possible quickly, which would then leave a subset of more complex cases to work through.
Philip Gordon, partner at Edwards Solicitors, which is representing around 5,000 of the 7,000 total claimants, said: "Mediation will look at a possible universal offer to officers and civilians we represent as well as the test cases currently being progressed. Mediation advances the case in a meaningful manner. We welcome this development and look forward to engaging constructively with the defendant."
All of our clients will have been affected differently, and we will advise each client as to whether any universal offer might be right for them. We remain committed to getting the best individual result for each client.
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