A Northern Ireland council has spent almost £700,000 of ratepayers’ money on judicial reviews in the last two years.
In total, Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council’s (LCCC) legal costs in the financial year 2022/23 were £728,105.41 compared to £610,073.67 in 2021/2022.
The money was paid to 11 different legal firms with details provided to the Local Democracy Service in a freedom of information (FoI) request.
