Legal Action Taken Against The Council
Dear Oxford City Council,
Please provide the following information for the last 5 years, broken down by each year.
1) How many times has the council being litigated against? (please take this to mean any type of litigation)
2) How many cases of litigation has the council had to settle?
3) What has been the cost of legal fees in defending litigation?
4) How much money has the council had to pay out in damages, costs or compensation (please specify each type of payment).
Yours faithfully,
Paula Thorpe
Dear Paula Thorpe
Freedom of Information Request, Oxford City Council - Reference:
FOI2024/00811
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Dear Paula Thorpe
Please find attached a response to your request for information received
on 20 July.
Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Officer
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Dear Oxford City Council,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Oxford City Council's handling of my FOI request 'Legal Action Taken Against The Council'.
Thank you for your response.
Following your advise I request claims issued at court. If you are unable to meet this request under Section 12, I will expect you to provide a detailed breakdown of processes and time for each stage of the retrieval process.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/l...
Yours faithfully,
Paula Thorpe
Dear Paula Thorpe
Freedom of Information Request, Oxford City Council - Reference:
FOI2024/00908
Thank you for your email. Your request was received on 13 August 2024 and
you will be sent a response by 11th September 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
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Town Hall | St Aldate's | Oxford | OX1 1BX
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Dear Paula Thorpe
Please find attached a response to your request for information received
on 13 August.
Yours sincerely
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 Oxford City Council,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Oxford City Council's handling of my FOI request 'Legal Action Taken Against The Council'.
Please provide details of the case management software you use.
Please provide a screen shot of an entry that you refer to detailing the various.
Please respond to the original request for the past 12 months:
1) How many times has the council being litigated against? (please take this to mean any type of litigation)
2) How many cases of litigation has the council had to settle?
3) What has been the cost of legal fees in defending litigation?
4) How much money has the council had to pay out in damages, costs or compensation (please specify each type of payment).
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/l...
Yours faithfully,
Paula Thorpe
Dear Paula Thorpe
Freedom of Information Request, Oxford City Council - Reference:
FOI2024/01019
Thank you for your email. Your request was received on 11 September 2024
and you will be sent a response by 9th October 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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Dear Paula Thorpe
Please find below a response to your request for information received on
11 September.
For litigation against the Council in the last 12 months (any type of
litigation at any stage of proceedings).
• 35 cases in total
• 24 settled
• Legal fees in defending £6, 836.2
• Damages £19, 750
• Costs £55, 998.24
• Compensation 0
Yours sincerely
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 Freedom of Information Team,
Thank you for your response.
Can you suggest as to how I can find out more about the 35 cases you refer to? Is information related to any of these cases published on the Council website?
What information do you hold about the 35 cases would you will be willing to provide if requested by an FOIA request?
Yours sincerely,
Paula Thorpe
Dear Paula Thorpe
Please find below a response to your request for information received on 7
October.
Can you suggest as to how I can find out more about the 35 cases you refer
to? Is information related to any of these cases published on the Council
website?
We do not publish information relating to claims against the Council on
our website.
What information do you hold about the 35 cases would you will be willing
to provide if requested by an FOIA request?
Of the 35 cases, 3 are Licensing related appeals, 5 are related to
challenges to homelessness decisions made by the Council, 2 are other
challenges to Council decisions made by Judicial Review and the remainder
are related to housing condition claims against the Council. The figure
does not include any claims made against the Council which may be dealt
with by our insurers such as personal injury claims. The figure also
refers to matters for which Legal Services has received instructions from
a Client Officer or department.
Yours sincerely
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 Oxford City Council,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Oxford City Council's handling of my FOI request 'Legal Action Taken Against The Council'.
Thank you for your response.
Please provide details you hold concerning the 5 case related to challenges to homelessness decisions made by the Council.
You might want to treat this as a new FOIA?
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/l...
Yours faithfully,
Paula Thorpe
Dear Paula Thorpe
Freedom of Information Request, Oxford City Council - Reference:
FOI2024/01235
Thank you for your email. Your request was received on 1 November 2024 and
you will be sent a response by 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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Our ref: FOI2024/01235
Dear Paula Thorpe,
I am writing with regards to your request for information, which was
received 1st November.
We have started to consider your request, however we require further
information before we are able to proceed.
Can you please specify what information you require with regards to the
cases?
As you will appreciate the statutory timescale for our response to your
request will not commence until we are supplied with the further
information which we require. In the event that we do not hear from you we
will assume that you do not wish to proceed with your request.
Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.
Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information Team | Law and Governance | Oxford City Council |
Town Hall | St Aldate's | Oxford | OX1 1BX
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