Gerry Adams' barrister questions length of wait before claim

A barrister acting for Gerry Adams in a civil trial in London has questioned why the three men bringing the claim waited several decades to do so. The victims allege that Adams, 77, is personally liable for injuries they received in IRA attacks in London and Manchester in 1973 and 1996. This is the eighth day of the trial at the High Court, which has heard from 12 witnesses including Adams, who testified for almost 10 hours. The former Sinn Féin leader has insisted he had no role in the explosions and has strongly denied a claim that he was a "major player" in the IRA. Adams' legal team has said the action should be subject to the three-year limitation period set out in legislation passed in 1980. On Thursday, the court was told by Adams' barrister that the delay by John Clark, who was injured in the Old Bailey bomb in 1973, in bringing his claim almost 50 years after the attack was "genuinely unprecedented in magnitude". "We have not been able to find a case where Section 33 (of the limitation act) has been disapplied after such a long delay, almost half a century," said Craven. Clark did not give evidence in person at the trial due to ill health. The court heard that in his writt