Our ref: EN00308
Your ref: Ms H Brooke
Ms Brooke
E-mail sent to: request-11838-
[email address]
8 June 2009
Dear Ms Brooke
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
We refer to your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
received by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) on 12 May 2009 requesting
the following information on an annual basis since the ODA’s inception:
1. The number of times legal action of any kind has been suggested by
the ODA's legal team to any outside party or parties.
2. A listing of these instances including date and type of supposed
violation: eg infringement of trademark, copyright infringement,
defamation/libel etc.
3. Copies of communication from the ODA in which legal action was
threatened and the end result (if any).
4. A listing of all cases in which legal action was brought or settled.
5. If any settlement was made, the costs of these settlements annually.
The ODA has addressed each of the above requested items below:
The Olympic Delivery Authority is a statutory authority established under the London Olympic Games and Paralympic
1
Games Act 2006.
Item 1
We note that this question refers to “legal action of any kind … suggested
by
the ODA's legal team
to any outside party or parties” (our emphasis). The
ODA's legal team does not provide or suggest formal legal advice to outside
parties, and we hold no information about legal action suggested by the ODA
legal team to any outside party. In the event that your intention was to enquire
about legal action suggested by the ODA's legal team
against any outside
party or parties, we also do not hold information of such description.
Items 2 to 5
Following on our answer to 1 above, the ODA does not hold information of the
description specified.
If you are not satisfied with the response to your request and wish to make a
complaint, you should write to The Information Officer, Olympic Delivery
Authority, One Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5LN. Please state
detailed grounds for your complaint.
If you are not satisfied with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the
Information Commissioner will not make a decision unless you have
exhausted the complaint procedure provided by the ODA. The Information
Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office,
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.
Yours sincerely
Information Officer
Olympic Delivery Authority
