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Dear South Staffordshire District Council,

Can you tell me what connections David Patison (Director of Legal and Public Health Protection)has to David Roderick Goodman OBE Barrister, Justices Clerk and Director of Legal Services for Staffordshire). Are there familial conections ? Have the two men worked closely in the same organisations at any time? are they connected through any business or business association? are they members of any social institutions togeather such as Freeemasonry or the Rotary Club, or any similar organisation?

Yours faithfully,

Jane Richards.

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Dear Jane

Please find below a response to your FOI request:

Can you tell me what connections David Patison (Director of Legal and Public Health Protection) has to David Roderick Goodman OBE Barrister, Justices Clerk and Director of Legal Services for Staffordshire). Are there familial connections ?

Mr Pattison is not aware of any familial connections between the two men referred to.

Have the two men worked closely in the same organisations at any time? are they connected through any business or business association?

Mr Pattison does not believe he has met Mr Goodman. He is not aware that they have worked in the same organisation at any time nor does he believe that have they been connected through a business or business association.

Are they members of any social institutions together such as Freeemasonry or the Rotary Club, or any similar organisation?

Mr Pattison re- states that he does not believe he has met Mr Goodman, Mr Pattison is not a member of any "social institution" or similar organisation.

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