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External Legal Costs

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Sarah Nielson
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Dear Oxford City Council,

I would be grateful if you could provide a detailed account of all instances in the past 36 months where the Council has expended funds for external legal services. For each instance, please provide the name of the law firm or solicitor involved, a description of the purpose for which the legal services were engaged, as well as the dates and full details of all payments made.

Yours faithfully,

Sarah Nielson

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Freedom of Information Team, Oxford City Council

Dear Sarah Nielson

Freedom of Information Request, Oxford City Council - Reference:
FOI2025/00583

Thank you for your email. Your request was received on 27 May 2025 and you
will be sent a response by 24th June 2025 in accordance with the Freedom
of Information Act 2000/ Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR),
subject to the information not being exempt or containing reference to a
third party.

Yours sincerely

Freedom of Information Team | Law and Governance | Oxford City Council |
Town Hall | St Aldate's | Oxford | OX1 1BX

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Freedom of Information Team, Oxford City Council

Dear Sarah Nielson

Freedom of Information Request, Oxford City Council - Reference:
FOI2025/00583

I am writing to you regarding your Freedom of Information Request
FOI2025/00583. Unfortunately, we are currently experiencing issues and
disruption with our systems and the response to your request may be
potentially delayed. I wish to apologise for this delay, and any resulting
inconvenience caused. Please be assured that we are actively working on
the response to your request, and will provide you with the response as
soon as possible.

Many thanks,

Freedom of Information Officer

| Freedom of Information Team | Law & Governance | Oxford City Council |
Oxford Town Hall | St Aldates | Oxford | OX1 1BX |

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Sarah Nielson
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Dear Freedom of Information Team,

Can you please provide an update on the progress of this request and clarify what systems are responsible for the delay?

Yours sincerely,

Sarah Nielson

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Freedom of Information Team, Oxford City Council

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Dear Sarah Nielson

Freedom of Information Request, Oxford City Council - Reference:
FOI2025/00583

I am writing to you regarding your Freedom of Information Request
FOI2025/00583. Unfortunately, we are still working on this, and the
response to your request has been delayed. I wish to apologise for this
delay, and any resulting inconvenience caused. Please be assured that we
are actively working on the response to your request, and will provide you
with the response as soon as possible.

I am including a previous disclosure on a similar topic for your
reference.

Many thanks,

Freedom of Information Officer

| Freedom of Information Team | Law & Governance | Oxford City Council |
Oxford Town Hall | St Aldates | Oxford | OX1 1BX |

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Sarah Nielson
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Dear Freedom of Information Team,

Your response of 4 July 2025 is confusing. You state that you are still working on the response, yet have attached a response to a different request.

Yours sincerely,

Sarah Nielson

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Freedom Of Information, Oxford City Council

Dear Ms Nielson,

Your response is getting delayed,and I attached a similar case disclosure on the subject for reference.

Freedom of Information Officer
Freedom of Information Team | Law and Governance | Oxford City Council | Town Hall | St Aldate's | Oxford | OX1 1BX
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Dear Sarah Nielson

Please find attached a response to your request for information received
on 27 May.

Yours sincerely

Freedom of Information Officer

Freedom of Information Team | Law and Governance | Oxford City Council |
Town Hall | St Aldate's | Oxford | OX1 1BX

Website: [1]www.oxford.gov.uk | Follow us on Twitter:
[2]www.twitter.com/OxfordCity | Like us on Facebook:
[3]www.facebook.com/OxfordCityCouncil

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