FOI/202100220760 · FOI · unclear
Breakdown of legal fees from £25,000 - £50,000: FOI release
Information requested
1. In the last five financial years (inclusive of 2021/22), please provide the details of which matters counsel or legal advice was sought for any cumulative cost of legal fees of more than £25,000 and less than £50,000, itemised by amount. 2. This should include live and closed matters, with "matters" taken to be a general description of the action, not the legal specifics, in a way which would eliminate any prejudice in disclosing the sums spent on the action, e.g. Alex Salmond judicial review: £500,000. 3 . Please provide the total cost of all counsel or legal advice sought for the last ten years inclusive of 2021/22, by year.
Response
The tables below provide the information you have requested. The first table provides details for items 1 and 2 from your FOI request.
Case Reference Case Name Total Spend LIT/10904 STUART QUINN £ 41,104.00 LIT/15261 SPUC £ 40,256.00 LIT/16729 Abundance Investment LTD and Donald Houston v Scottish Ministers £ 40,146.08 LIT/09774 NEIL ROBERTSON £ 36,814.52 LIT/11561 JOHN STEWART £ 36,500.00 LIT/17863 Gigaclear Limited v Scottish Ministers £ 35,455.18 LIT/18522 For Women Scotland - petition for judicial review: £ 32,819.00 LIT/13552 P PETITIONER £ 31,246.50 LIT/17486 Perth & Kinross council v Scottish ministers £ 30,432.00 LIT/17476 William McCulloch v Scottish Ministers £ 27,136.00 LIT/17243 Michael Glancy v Scottish Ministers (petition) £ 26,660.00 LIT/10947 POOLE V DOYLE & REGISTERS OF SCOTLAND £ 25,990.25 LIT/18528 Shannon Dalton £ 25,699.00
Table 2 provides some of the information requested for item 3 (we are only required to hold financial information for 7 years)
2015/16 £2,865,036.28 2016/17 £2,058,493.28 2017/18 £1,381,649.53 2018/19 £1,239,044.55 2019/20 £1,746,474.63 2020/21 £1,808,440.99 2021/22 £385,980.90
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