Application of the Indemnity principle on behalf of members of the City Council
John Coyne made this Rhyddid Gwybodaeth request to Liverpool City Council
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Dear Liverpool City Council,
On 29th November 2012 the Council's Chief Executive made an executive decision to apply the Indemnity principle to cover the legal costs of the Mayor's industrial tribunal claim.
Please disclose the reports or records of previous decisions to apply the Indemnity principle in support of members (not officers) of the City Council.
Please provide either the ten most recent occurrences of the use of the Indemnity or all occurrences after 31 December 1995, whichever is the fewer.
Yours faithfully,
John Coyne
Dear Kevin Symm,
When will you be able to provide this due response?
Yours sincerely,
John Coyne
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When will there be a response to this overdue FoI request?
Yours faithfully,
John Coyne
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I have made a complaint to the Information Commissioner about the unexplained delay to respond to this request.
Dear Mr Coyne
Please accept my apologies for this delay. I can assure you I am working on the completion of our formal response which I hope to have with you shortly
Regards,
Kevin Symm I Senior Information Officer
Liverpool City Council I Cunard Building I Liverpool I L3 1DS
T: 0151 233 0418 I E: [email address]
Postal address:
Liverpool City Council I Municipal Buildings I Dale Street I Liverpool I L2 2DH
Dear Liverpool City Council,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Liverpool City Council's handling of my FOI request 'Application of the Indemnity principle on behalf of members of the City Council'.
The response is seriously overdue. Records of the previous use of the indemnity principle, if any, should be readily available to the City Council, given the assertion that the exercise of the indemnity in favour of the Mayor's legal fees was not unusual and in line with previous uses of the indemnity principle by the Council.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/a...
Yours faithfully,
John Coyne
Please find attached response
Regards,
Kevin Symm I Senior Information Officer
Liverpool City Council I Cunard Building I Liverpool I L3 1DS
T: 0151 233 0418 I E: [1][email address]
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Dear Kevin Symm,
Thank you for the response. You have provided some of the information, but not the actual decision reports on the two instances.
Can you at least provide
(1) the dates of each of the two decisions; and
(2) confirm whether each instance was a defence by a member against an action rather than an action initiated by or on behalf of the member.
Yours sincerely,
John Coyne
Dear Mr Coyne
I will contact the relevant department and ask if the dates of each decision are recorded.
However, as you have asked for confirmation and not information in regards to point 2 this does not fall under the remit of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and, as such, I cannot assist in this matter
Regards,
Kevin Symm I Senior Information Officer
Liverpool City Council I Cunard Building I Liverpool I L3 1DS
T: 0151 233 0418 I E: [email address]
Postal address:
Liverpool City Council I Municipal Buildings I Dale Street I Liverpool I L2 2DH
Gadawodd Josie Mullen anodiad ()
I see that the Indemnity Principle had not been used in relation to employment before Anderson came along.........still waiting for Fitzgerald and the City solicitor to respond to my email and attachments!
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