Attorney General

Summary

A request was made to determine if the Attorney General could practice privately using Law Society insurance. The authority responded that the information is not held because the recruitment of the Attorney General is administered by the Cabinet Office.

Key Facts

• The request was received on 2019-10-21.
• The outcome was determined as 'Information not held'.
• The response was issued on 2019-10-29.
• The Attorney General's Chambers does not hold records regarding the recruitment of the Attorney General.
• Recruitment for the Attorney General is administered by the Cabinet Office.

Data Disclosed

• 1012311
• 2019-10-21
• 2019-10-29
• 2019-10-31
• 2
• 1
• 01624 685452
• IM1 1AE

Original Request

Could the AG practice privately with insurance provided by the Law Society insurance if not not?

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Attorney General's Chambers 2nd floor Belgravia House Circular Road, Douglas Isle of Man, IM1 1AE Telephone: (01624) 685452 E-mail: attgen@gov.im

Our ref: 1012311 29 October 2019

Dear ###

We write further to your request which was received on 21 October 2019 and which states:

"Could the AG practice privately with insurance provided by the Law Society insurance if not [why] not?"

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the public authority does not hold or cannot, after taking reasonable steps to do so, find the information that you have requested. In this instance, we do not hold this information; the recruitment of the Attorney General is administered by the Cabinet Office and no records are held at the AGCs.

Please quote the reference number 1012311 in any future communications.

Your right to request a review

If you are unhappy with this response to your freedom of information request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response, by completing a complaint form and submitting it electronically or by delivery/post.

An electronic version of our complaint form can be found by going to our website at https://services.gov.im/freedom-of-information/Review . If you would like a paper version of our complaint form to be sent to you by post, please contact me and I will be happy to arrange for this. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made as soon as practicable. We will respond as soon as the review has been concluded.

If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Information Commissioner for a decision on; 1. Whether we have responded to your request for information in accordance with Part 2 of the Freedom of Information Act 2015; or 2. Whether we are justified in refusing to give you the information requested.
In response to an application for review, the Information Commissioner may, at any time, attempt to resolve a matter by negotiation, conciliation, mediation or another

form of alternative dispute resolution and will have regard to any outcome of this in making any subsequent decision. More detailed information on your right to a review can be found on the Information Commissioner’s website at www.inforights.im. Should you have any queries concerning this letter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Further information about freedom of information requests can be found at www.gov.im/foi.

I will now close your request as of this date.

Yours sincerely