Advocates Disciplinary Tribunals

Authority	Isle of Man Financial Services Authority
Date received	2022-01-06
Outcome	Some information sent but part exempt
Outcome date	2022-01-24
Case ID	2177473

Summary

The request sought total monetary costs for specific Advocates Disciplinary Tribunal proceedings and a historical range from 2000 to 2021. The Authority disclosed external legal costs for the 2020/07 reference but withheld pre-2011 data due to the temporal scope of the Freedom of Information Act 2015.

Key Facts

External legal costs for Advocates Disciplinary Tribunal reference 2020/07 were £59,317.96 exclusive of VAT.
No internal monetary costs were incurred for reference 2020/07 beyond routine overheads.
The Freedom of Information Act 2015 only applies to information created on or after 11 October 2011.
Data requested for the period between September 2000 and October 2011 was not provided.
The costs for reference 2020/07 were incurred over a period of eight months.

Data Disclosed

£59,317.96
2020/07
2006-07
September 2000
May 2021
11 October 2011
10 October 2011
2022-01-06
2022-01-24
2177473
eight months

Exemptions Cited

Section 4(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2015 (temporal scope limitation)

Original Request

1) What were the total monetary costs (internal and external) to the Financial Services Authority in proceedings relating to the Advocates Disciplinary Tribunal reference 2020/07? 2) What were the total monetary costs (internal and external) to the Financial Services Authority in proceedings relating to Advocates Disciplinary Tribunals from September 2000 to May 2021?

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Isle of Man Financial Services Authority PO Box 58, Finch Hill House, Bucks Road, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM99 1DT Tel: +44 (0)1624 646000 Website: www.iomfsa.im

Our ref: 2177473 24 January 2022

Dear xxx

We write further to your request which was received on 6 January 2022 and which states:

"1) What were the total monetary costs (internal and external) to the Financial Services Authority in proceedings relating to the Advocates Disciplinary Tribunal reference 2020/07*?

2) What were the total monetary costs (internal and external) to the Financial Services Authority in proceedings relating to Advocates Disciplinary Tribunals from September 2000 to May 2021?"

*We understand that the originally quoted reference 2006-07 is to be construed as reference 2020/07 and so we respond to you on that basis.

Our responses to your requests are as follows:

Response to your “Request 1”:

In relation to Advocates Disciplinary Tribunal reference 2020/07 there were external legal costs of £59,317.96 (exclusive of VAT where applicable) incurred by the Isle of Man Financial Services Authority (‘Authority’) and no internal monetary costs (over and above routine employment and operational costs which form part of the Authority’s usual overhead expense) incurred. The external fees and expenses were incurred by the Authority over a period of eight months.

Response to your “Request 2”:

In accordance with section 4(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2015, the Act applies only in relation to information created on or after 11 October 2011 and so we have not included any information created on or before 10 October 2011 in our response.

For the period 11 October 2011 to date, the total monetary costs (both internal and external) to the Authority in connection with Advocates Disciplinary Tribunal proceedings were as stated in response to Request 1 above.

Please quote the reference number 2177473 in any future communications.

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