COST OF COURT CASES AGAINST VICTORIA PIER

Mr Hall made this Freedom of Information request to Conwy County Borough Council

The request was successful.

From: Mr Hall

7 September 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

Due to you informing me that due to the Data Protection act you
cannot inform me how much has been spent on court and other costs
in the legal battle against Victoria Pier and its owner, I have an
enquiry that will not infringe on the owners or your own rights,
this should be straight forward to answer as I and other taxpayers
know neither amount in question-

1) The Owner of Victoria Pier, Colwyn Bay or the company managing
it was served with a bankruptcy petition for the amount of
£............(A) due to alleged unpaid business rates/council tax.

2)The amount spent by the council trying to serve the bankruptcy
petition on the above (ALL monies spent for example but not limited
to Court costs, Solicitors/Legal fees etc) is the amount of
£.........(B).

I am not asking for exact amounts or any details just one question
which you give a straightfoward answer to as it will be recorded
information held by your accounts department.

Which is the greater amount A or B?

I await your reply

Yours faithfully,

Mr Hall

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From: Mr Hall

10 September 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

Could you please confirm receipt of my FOI request

Yours faithfully,

Mr Hall

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From: Info Regs Unit
Conwy County Borough Council

10 September 2009

Dear Mr Hall

The Information Commissioner has decreed that the information you request below is to be considered as 'personal data' relative to the Pier owner. To this end the requirements of the Data Protection Act in relation to the Pier owner must be observed in addition to those of the Freedom of Information Act.

You have been advised due considerations are to take place and you will be advised accordingly. No further communications will be entered into on this subject.

Uned Reoliadau Gwybodaeth/Information Regulations Unit Cyngor Bwrdeistef Sirol CONWY County Borough Council E-Bost / E-Mail:
[Conwy Council request email]

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From: Mr Hall

10 September 2009

Dear Info Regs Unit,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts personal reviews,
this IS a request for recorded information and under NO
circumstances does it infrige on the Victoria Pier owners personal
data as no personal figures/data are given out. It is my right to
know as a taxpayer how MY money is spent by yourselves. Even though
your refusal to answer points to the fact that the answer is what I
think it is. You have stated no further communication but as you
see I am requesting an internal review, If I do not recieve
acknowledgement of this within 48 hours a complaint shall be made
to the Information Commisioners Office.

Yours sincerely,

Mr Hall

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Steve Hunt left an annotation (11 September 2009)

The Council CANNOT simply refuse to communicate with you - they are breaking the Law. Keep up the fight!

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From: Mr Hall

15 September 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please confirm receipt of my Internal review request

Yours faithfully,

Mr Hall

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From: Info Regs Unit
Conwy County Borough Council

18 September 2009

Attachment HallReviewFOI868 09.pdf
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Dear Mr Hall

Please find attached the outcome of your FOI review request (FOI 868-09)

Uned Rheoliadau Gwybodaeth/Information Regulations Unit Cyngor
Bwrdeistef Sirol CONWY County Borough Council E-Bost / E-Mail:
[Conwy Council request email]

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Steve Hunt left an annotation (18 September 2009)

Mr Hall, the information you asked I.E. "is sum A or sum B the greater" in no way infringes the data protection act. It does not identify me personally (or anyone else come to that). I suggest you make a formal complaint to the ICO as soon as possible.

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Steve Hunt left an annotation (29 September 2009)

Any news on how this request is progressing with the ICO?

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From: Info Regs Unit/Uned.Rheol-Gwyb
Conwy County Borough Council

16 December 2009

Unit FOI 868-09.

FS50270058

Dear Mr Hall

In accordance with the guidance received from the ICO on the 10/12/2009
please be advised that the greater figure posed in your enquiry is figure
`A'.

Yours sincerely

David Smith

Corporate Information & Complaints Manager

Cc [1][email address]

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efo Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Conwy ar unwaith. Nid yw'r Cyngor na'r un
sydd wedi anfon y neges yn derbyn unrhyw gyfrifoldeb am feirysau, a'ch
cyfrifoldeb chi yw sganio unrhyw ymgysylltiadau. Mae'r Awdurdod yn
monitro'r defnydd o e-bost/rhyngrwyd a chynnwys y rhain i ddibenion
busnes. " "This email and any attachments are confidential and intended
for the named recipient only. The content may contain privileged
information. If it has reached you by mistake, you should not copy,
distribute or show the content to anyone but should contact Conwy County
Borough Council at once. Neither the Council nor the sender accepts any
responsibility for viruses, and it is your responsibility to scan any
attachments. The Authority monitors e-mail/internet usage and content for
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Steve Hunt left an annotation (16 December 2009)

Well, that's a LIE for a start, according to the figures I have here on my desk from the Insolvency Practitioner... then there's the 100's of hours the Council has spent internally on the case - as they claimed IN COURT... or perhaps they are admitting to committing perjury yet again by once more having told complete lies to a Judge in a Court of Law? Interesting...

I think we'd best see a copy of the advice from the ICO that Mr Smith refers to (which is presumably the ICO telling the Council once more that they MUST comply with the Law!)

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