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Dear Liverpool City Council

I would like to know how much the Council has spent outsourcing to either Barristers Chambers or Solicitors at Employment Tribunals for all Council Staff (including Teaching Staff). Any combination of those below, between 1st April 2007 and the 1st April 2012:

1) For constructive dismissal

2) Unfair dismissal

3) One (or more) of the various discrimination claims and/or under the Protection from Harassment Act

4) Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998

5) Any other Employment issues, I may have omitted.

Please name the Solicitors/Barristers that the Council have
outsourced to: For example, 2010 Number (which is the cost spent)
Name (Name of Solicitor/Barrister). Please provide the figures in the following format e.g. 2006 – NUMBER HERE AND SOLICITOR OR
BARRISTERS NAME HERE; 2007 – NUMBER HERE AND SOLICITOR OR
BARRISTERS NAME HERE; 2008 – NUMBER HERE AND SOLICITORS OR
BARRISTERS NAME HERE ; 2010 – NUMBER HERE AND SOLICITORS OR
BARRISTERS NAME HERE; etc, thus making it easier for one to read
and to ensure there is no misunderstandings.

I would request that you include VAT in the figures. Not a before
and after VAT, a figure which included total cost including VAT.

Please also send this information as "calendar years" not financial years.

Please note that I do not seek or require any personal information such as names and addresses – only the total figures and name of the law firms whom the Council outsourced too.

I would ask that you remember the statutory duty imposed upon public authorities by virtue of Section 16 of the Freedom of Information Act to provide advice and assistance to requesters. If for any reason you are leaning toward rejecting any part of this request or if you plan to argue that it is unmanageable or unanswerable in any way then I would expect you to contact me promptly to find ways to answer this request to our mutual Satisfaction.

Yours faithfully

V Gray

Jawahier Sharif Ali, Liverpool City Council

Dear Ms Gray,

Acknowledgement of your request for information.
Thank you for your recent correspondence requesting information from the
City Council.  Your request was received in our offices on 23 August 2012
and, is being processed in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act
2000.

The information you have requested can be summarised as follows:

I would like to know how much the Council has spent outsourcing to either
Barristers Chambers or Solicitors at Employment Tribunals for all Council
Staff (including Teaching Staff). Any combination of those below, between
1st April 2007 and the 1st April 2012:

1) For constructive dismissal    

2) Unfair dismissal

3) One (or more) of the various discrimination claims and/or under the
Protection from Harassment Act

4) Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998

5) Any other Employment issues, I may have omitted.

Please name the Solicitors/Barristers that the Council have outsourced to:
For example, 2010 Number (which is the cost spent) Name (Name of
Solicitor/Barrister). Please provide the figures in the following format
e.g. 2006 – NUMBER HERE AND SOLICITOR OR BARRISTERS NAME HERE; 2007 –
NUMBER HERE AND SOLICITOR OR BARRISTERS NAME HERE; 2008 – NUMBER HERE AND
SOLICITORS OR BARRISTERS NAME HERE; 2010 – NUMBER HERE AND SOLICITORS OR
BARRISTERS NAME HERE; etc, thus making it easier for one to read and to
ensure there is no misunderstandings.

I would request that you include VAT in the figures. Not a before and
after VAT, a figure which included total cost including VAT.

Please also send this information as "calendar years" not financial years.

Please note that I do not seek or require any personal information such as
names and addresses – only the total figures and name of the law firms
whom the Council outsourced too.

If the above summary is incorrect or you wish to change any details, let
me know at the earliest opportunity.

A response will be sent to you as soon as possible and in any case within
the statutory deadline which is 20 working days from the working day after
your request was received.

For your information, the Act defines a number of exemptions which may
prevent the release of information you have requested. There will be an
assessment and, if any of the exemption categories apply, the information
will not be provided to you.  You will be informed if this is the case

Please quote the above reference number in all future communications.

Regards 
Jawahier Sharif Ali (Fatima)
Information Officer
Legal Service
Liverpool City Council
Municipal Buildings
Dale Street,
Liverpool
L2 2DH
Tel: 0151 225 3132
Email: [1][email address].uk 
Website: [2]www.liverpool.gov.uk

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Dear Jawahier Sharif Ali

Thank you for your response. I would ask that you remember the statutory duty imposed upon public authorities by virtue of Section 16 of the Freedom of Information Act to provide advice and assistance to requesters. If for any reason you are leaning toward rejecting any part of this request or if you plan to argue that it is unmanageable orunanswerable in any way then I would expect you to contact me promptly to find ways to answer this request to our mutual Satisfaction.

Yours sincerely

V Gray

Ali, Jawahier Sharif, Liverpool City Council

Dear Ms Gray,

Noted

Regards,

Jawahier Sharif Ali (Fatima) I Information Officer
Liverpool City Council I Municipal Buildings I Dale Street I Liverpool I L2 2DH
T: 0151 225 3132 I F: 0151 225 2392 I E: [email address]
Online: www.liverpool.gov.uk

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Symm, Kevin, Liverpool City Council

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Dear Ms Gray

 

I write regarding your recent request for information submitted to
Liverpool City Council in which you requested the following:

 

o I would like to know how much the Council has spent outsourcing to
either Barristers Chambers or Solicitors at Employment Tribunals for
all Council Staff (including Teaching Staff). Any combination of those
below, between 1st April 2007 and the 1st April 2012:

 

1) For constructive dismissal

2) Unfair dismissal

3) One (or more) of the various discrimination claims and/or under the
Protection from Harassment Act

4) Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998

5) Any other Employment issues, I may have omitted.

 

Please name the Solicitors/Barristers that the Council have outsourced to:
For example, 2010 Number (which is the cost spent) Name (Name of
Solicitor/Barrister). Please provide the figures in the following format
e.g. 2006 - NUMBER HERE AND SOLICITOR OR BARRISTERS NAME HERE; 2007 -
NUMBER HERE AND SOLICITOR OR BARRISTERS NAME HERE; 2008 - NUMBER HERE AND
SOLICITORS OR BARRISTERS NAME HERE ; 2010 - NUMBER HERE AND SOLICITORS OR
BARRISTERS NAME HERE; etc, thus making it easier for one to read and to
ensure there is no misunderstandings.

 

I would request that you include VAT in the figures. Not a before and
after VAT, a figure which included total cost including VAT.

 

Please also send this information as "calendar years" not financial years.

 

This request has been logged under reference 214614 and requests
information between the 1st April 2007 and the 1st April 2012

 

However, can I draw your attention to one of your previous requests
submitted to Liverpool City Council, reference 132976, which provides the
information you have requested from 1^st August 2000 to the 31^st October
2010. This information is already reasonably accessible to you and, as
such, is exempt from disclosure by virtue of Section 21 of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 which states that public authorities do not have to
provide information to applicants where it is reasonably accessible to an
applicant by other means. The information already in the public domain
relevant to your request can be accessed via:
[1]http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/em...

 

In accordance with this we will only be providing information from the
1^st November 2010 to the 1^st April 2012

 

This information will be provided to by way of our response to FOI Ref
214614

 

Regards,

 

Kevin Symm I Senior Information Officer
Liverpool City Council I Municipal Buildings I Dale Street I Liverpool I
L2 2DH
T: 0151 225 3132 I E: [2][email address]
Online: [3]www.liverpool.gov.uk

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Kevin Symm, Liverpool City Council

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Reards,

Kevin Symm I Senior Information Officer
Liverpool City Council I Municipal Buildings I Dale Street I Liverpool I
L2 2DH
T: 0151 225 3132 I E: [1][email address]
Online: [2]www.liverpool.gov.uk 

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Dear Kevin Symm

Thank you for providing the correct information.

Yours sincerely

V Gray

Symm, Kevin, Liverpool City Council

I am currently out of the office until 2 October 2012

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