external legal costs

Summary

The requester asked for an itemised list of external legal costs not included in a previous FOI request, specifically looking for hidden transactions or accruals up to May 2021. The Office of the Clerk of Tynwald responded that no external legal costs were excluded from the previous response and no new costs have been recorded since September 2020.

Key Facts

• The authority confirmed no external legal costs were excluded from the previous request (ref. 1446386).
• Financial records were searched from September 2020 up to the date of the request.
• No new external legal costs have been recorded since the previous response was issued.
• The request was formally closed on 17th June 2021.
• The authority provided details on the right to request an internal review or appeal to the Information Commissioner.

Data Disclosed

• 1815433
• 1446386
• 2021-05-31
• 2021-06-17
• September 2020
• GBP 0

Original Request

Please itemise any external legal costs not included in request #1446386 to include any formal or informal referrals with initial non-chargeable time listed as GBP 0 and/or any subsequent or previous actual or estimated external legal transactions up to 31st May 2021 to include any accruals, any deposits with or without drawdown, any refunds, any credit notes, any write offs or similar accounts methods that unwittingly or wilfully decrease financial transparency or accountability.

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Freedom of Information Co-Ordinator Office of the Clerk of Tynwald Legislative Buildings Douglas Isle of Man IM1 3PW Telephone: 01624 685500

Our ref: 1815433 17th June 2021

Dear ###

We write further to your request which was received on 31st May 2021 and which states:

"Please itemise any external legal costs not included in request #1446386 to include any formal or informal referrals with initial non-chargeable time listed as GBP 0 and/or any subsequent or previous actual or estimated external legal transactions up to 31st May 2021 to include any accruals, any deposits with or without drawdown, any refunds, any credit notes, any write offs or similar accounts methods that unwittingly or wilfully decrease financial transparency or accountability."

Our response to your request We have reviewed the previous FOI request referred to above (ref. 1446386) and searched the financial records since September 2020. We can confirm that no external legal costs were excluded from our previous response. There have been no new external legal costs recorded since that response was issued.

Please quote the reference number 1815433 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 ###

FOI Co-ordinator Office of the Clerk of Tynwald www.tynwald.org.im/links/foi