Legal action against "The Stig"

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Dear British Broadcasting Corporation,

How much has the current legal action against "The Stig" (as reported on BBC news website today) cost to date?

Are these costs covered by an insurance policy or are they met directly from the pot of money provided by the licence payer?

Please supply all meeting/notes regarding the decision making process behind taking this legal action/
Yours faithfully,

Kevin Osborne

FOI Enquiries, British Broadcasting Corporation

Dear Mr Osborne,

Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of
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2010. We shall deal with your request as promptly as possible and, at
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The reference number for your request is RFI20101181.

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Dear Mr Osborne

Please find attached the response to your request for information under
the Freedom of Information Act.
<<RFI20101181 - final response.pdf>>
Kind regards,

Rachael Ward
Adviser, Information Policy and Compliance

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Dear FOI Enquiries,

A 'clever' answer, not actually within the spirit of open information access. Could you supply the FULL costs including legal fees, staff time & associaited work... not just the cost of the court case.
Yours sincerely,

Kevin Osborne

FOI Enquiries, British Broadcasting Corporation

Dear Mr Osborne,
We have received your request for an internal review relating to legal
costs in relating to "The Stig". Your request for an internal review was
received on 30th September. We shall deal with the review as promptly as
possible and, at the latest, within 30 working days. If you have any
queries please contact us at the address below.

The reference number for your internal review is IR2010037.

Kind regards

BBC Information Policy and Compliance

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Dear Mr Osborne

Please find attached our response to your email dated 30th September.

Yours sincerely

Rachael Ward
Adviser, Information Policy and Compliance

BBC Freedom of Information
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BBC White City
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London W12 7TS, UK

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Kevin Osborne left an annotation ()

Got there in the end. Still didn't get BBC staff costs but certainly the costs associated with the legal fees is useful Also interesting to see ho this information has now been picked up by national media (The Daily Telegraph... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/top-...)

Would be nice if they name checked the site. I will contact them to see if I can get them to acknowledge the source.

Kevin Osborne left an annotation ()

Daily Mail have picked up the story as well, still no mention of the original source for the information.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...