FOI/202300368899 · FOI · released
Legal costs associated the Alcohol Minimum Pricing court actions: FOI release
Information requested
Please provide the total cost to the Scottish Government of resisting legal action by the Scottish Whiskey Association against minimum alcohol pricing, as per the below decision.
https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/uksc/2017/76
If only partial costs can be provided, such as external legal fees, please provide this, setting out what can and can’t be disclosed.
Response
I enclose a copy of the information you requested. In relation to the costs associated with the government’s role in the minimum pricing court actions, to date the legal costs incurred during the court process amounts to £539,656. The following table breaks down the costs over the seven financial years to which they relate:
Calendar year £ 2012/13 176,458 2013/14 79,638 2014/15 63,898 2015/16 51,024 2016/17 63,642 2017/18 99,517 2018/19 5,479 Total 539,656
In winning the court case it is worth noting the Scottish Government were reimbursed the total cost of the legal fees and in 2018/19 we received an additional £125,000 in compensation/settlement.
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