Costs of legal advice

The request was successful.

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please would you tell me the cost of legal advice specifically instructed by the Trust Chairman / Chairperson in relation to corporate governance and or foundation trust status in the financial years 2007-08; 2008-09 and in 2009-10 year to date

Yours faithfully,

Paul Fieldhouse

FOI - Freedom of Information, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Our reference: HS/FOI/814

12 November 2009

Mr Paul Fieldhouse

[1][FOI #22700 email]

Dear Mr Fieldhouse,

Request for Information

Thank you for your request for information, as received by University
Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust on 5 November 2009.  Please accept my
apologies for the delay in acknowledging receipt.  Within UHL NHS Trust,
Freedom of Information Act requests are managed centrally by the Trust
Administration Team.

The Trust will endeavour to provide a response within the required 20
working-day deadline.  I will, of course, keep you informed should this
not prove possible for any reason.

All requesters are advised that the Trust may make a charge for providing
the information to them, to cover the cost of photocopying, postage and
packaging etc - I confirm that where these costs are below £5.00 in
total, no charge will be made.  All requesters are also advised that
there may also be a charge payable to cover costs of locating the
information they have requested, as laid down in the Freedom of
Information Act Regulations published by the Government in December
2004.  Naturally, if such a charge is to be applied to your request, you
will be informed as soon as possible.

Yours sincerely

Helen Stokes

Senior Trust Administrator - University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

0116 258 8590

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FOI - Freedom of Information, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Corporate and Legal Affairs - Trust Administration

19 November 2009

Mr Paul Fieldhouse

[1][email address]

Our Reference: HS/FOI/814

Dear Mr Fieldhouse

Request for Information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FoI)

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request, as received via email
on 5 November 2009 and subsequently acknowledged on 12 November 2009.

In your request, you asked for the following information:-

"Please would you tell me the cost of legal advice specifically instructed
by the Trust Chairman/Chairperson in relation to corporate governance and
or foundation trust status in the financial years 2007-08; 2008-09 and in
2009-10 year to date"

I am advised that the Trust's Chairman has not instructed any legal advice
on the matters covered by your request.

I hope that this response is satisfactory and provides you with the
information requested (where available). If you require any further
assistance please do not hesitate to contact me. If you are dissatisfied
with the Trust's response, you can contact the Director of Corporate and
Legal Affairs on Tel. No. 0116 258 8615 to request a copy of UHL's Freedom
of Information Act complaints procedure.

We must advise you that where we have provided information we have done so
subject to the provisions of the Re-use of Public Sector Information
Regulations 2005. Accordingly you must not re-use this information
without having the consent of the Trust. Where the Trust is prepared to
provide its consent then it may levy a charge for doing so. Should you
wish to re-use documents provided then you must make your request in
writing stating your name and your address for correspondence together
with the document that you wish to re-use and the purpose for which the
information is to be re-used.

In the event that you remain dissatisfied with the way in which the Trust
has handled any complaint that you may wish to make, we would advise you
of your right to complain to the Information Commissioner at the
Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

Yours sincerely,

Helen Stokes

Senior Trust Administrator - University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

0116 258 8590

Information contained in e-mails may be subject to disclosure under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000, and confidentiality cannot therefore be
guaranteed. Please ensure that all e-mails are accurate and appropriate,
and are retained/deleted in accordance with good practice and any policies
of the Trust.

If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, please inform the
sender, delete the e-mail from your system and destroy any copies you may
have made.

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