Isle of Man Law Society quarterly meeting agendas/attachments/minutes
Authority [[department-of-home-affairs
Date received 2025-10-06
Outcome Some information sent but part exempt
Outcome date 2025-11-19
Topic [[government-administration

Summary

The requester asked for agendas, attachments, and minutes of quarterly meetings between the Department of Home Affairs and the Isle of Man Law Society from 2019 to the present. The authority disclosed informal notes from 2023 to 2025 but withheld earlier records and specific details citing exemptions for public business and personal information.

Key Facts

  • The Department of Home Affairs and the Law Society hold informal quarterly meetings to discuss matters of mutual interest.
  • No formal agendas or minutes exist for these meetings; only informal notes are captured.
  • Records of these informal notes only began to be kept in 2023, meaning no information is held for the 2019-2022 period requested.
  • Some information was withheld under Section 35 of the Act to protect the effective conduct of public business and uninhibited policy-making.
  • Additional redactions were applied to protect personal identifying information under Section 25(2)(a).

Data Disclosed

  • 2019
  • 2023
  • 2025
  • 1st January 2019
  • 6 October 2025
  • 13 November 2025
  • 4978391
  • Section 35
  • Section 25(2)(a)

Exemptions Cited

  • Section 35 (prejudice to effective conduct of public business)
  • Section 25(2)(a) (personal identifying information)

Original Request

Please confirm the start date of the quarterly meetings and supply the Isle of Man Law Society quarterly meeting agendas, agenda attachments and minutes referenced in the Legal Aid Steering Group minutes from 1st January 2019 to date as the minimum period to cover the HM Attorney General John Quinn review, lockdown issues and the LASG review.

I have identified from Treasury Minister hosted meetings minutes that DHA participate in quarterly meetings with only DHA and only Isle of Man Law Society represented.

Please clarify if either all or any of those meetings have been hosted by DHA.

Each time anyone from DHA participates in such a quarterly meeting with agendas and attachments and minutes in a DHA capacity and supplies anything from DHA to circulate then that clearly is DHA activity within scope.