Dear Louis

Subject: Freedom of Information Request

Thank you for your email of 19 October 2018, in which you make the following Freedom of Information request:
I would like to submit the following FOI request:

“1. For each of the last 10 financial years, and the current financial year to 18.10.18 please state:
- the number of legal disputes between your department and other central government departments and non-departmental government bodies.

For each, please provide
-A list of the court cases related to the dispute, with current status (resolved or ongoing) -Total time period of the dispute from bringing of proceedings until conclusion.
-Total cost in legal fees and related administration costs to your department

2. For each of the last 10 financial years, and the current financial year to 18.10.18 please supply the number of legal disputes between yours department and a UK local council (including district, county, borough, unitary, parish).

For each, please provide
-A list of the court cases related to the dispute with current status (resolved or ongoing) -Total time period of the dispute from bringing of proceedings until conclusion.
-Total cost in legal fees and related administration costs to your department.

3.For each of the last 10 financial years, and the current financial year to 18.10.18 please state the number of legal disputes between your department and a regional mayoral department.

For each, please provide
-A list of the court cases related to the dispute, with current status (resolved or ongoing) -Total time period of the dispute from bringing of proceedings until conclusion.
-Total cost in legal fees and related administration costs to your department.”

As your email amounts to a request for information that the Commission may hold, in accordance with the requirements of section 10 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, we will respond promptly and in any event no later than 20 working days following the date of receipt of the request. In this instance a response will be with you no later than 16 November 2018. If for any reason we are not able to meet this deadline, we will notify you and give you an indication of when we will send you a full response.
If you have any queries please contact us using the details below.

Yours sincerely

EHRC Corporate Correspondence Team

[Equality and Human Rights Commission request email]

Correspondence Unit | Arndale Centre, Arndale House, Manchester, M4 3AQ

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Dear Louis

Subject: Freedom of Information Request

Thank you for your email dated 19 October 2018 in which you made an FOI
request.

Under section 1(3) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 ("the Act") and
in accordance with ICO guidance, we reasonably require further information
in order to identify and locate the information that you require.

In your request, you stated that you are requesting “the number of legal
disputes between your department and ….” [the specified organisations]
Please confirm if you are requesting the number of legal proceedings
brought by the EHRC (In its own name) against the specified organisations,
excluding cases where we have provided legal assistance or intervened.

When you have provided this information we will aim to expedite our
response as soon as possible and no later than within 20 working days of
its receipt.

Please note, we will be unable to progress this matter until we are in
receipt of this further information. If we do not receive appropriate
clarification of your request within 3 months from the date of this email,
we will deem this request to be closed.

If you have any queries please contact us on the details below.

Yours sincerely

Yours sincerely

EHRC Corporate Correspondence Team

[Equality and Human Rights Commission request email]

Correspondence Unit | Arndale Centre, Arndale House, Manchester, M4 3AQ

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Dear Louis,

Thank you for your reply to our Clarification Request dated 29 October 2018, we are still uncertain about the types of "legal disputes" and "court cases" that you are seeking in your FOI request.

Under section 1(3) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 ("the Act") and in accordance with ICO guidance, we reasonably require further information in order to identify and locate the information that you require.

Can you please confirm the particular type(s) of cases within EHRC's Statutory Powers under the Equality Act 2006: (Please refer to the below link for EHRC's enforcement powers:

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/200...

When you have provided this information we will aim to expedite our response as soon as possible and no later than within 20 working days of its receipt.

Please note, we will be unable to progress this matter until we are in receipt of this further information. If we do not receive appropriate clarification of your request within 3 months from the date of this email, we will deem this request to be closed.

If you have any queries please contact us on the details below.

Yours sincerely

EHRC Corporate Correspondence Team

[Equality and Human Rights Commission request email]

Correspondence Unit | Arndale Centre, Arndale House, Manchester, M4 3AQ

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Dear Louis,

Further to my last email requesting for further clarifications, you may refer to the following cases in which the EHRC has powers over, hope this will help you in deciding the types of cases that you are enquiring:

The Commission has the following powers relating to the courts:

1.to provide legal assistance to victims of discrimination (s. 28 Equality Act)
2.to intervene in or institute legal proceedings for discrimination (s. 30 Equality Act);
3.to intervene in or institute legal proceedings for human rights (s. 30 Equality Act);
4.to institute or intervene in judicial review proceedings (s. 30 Equality Act); and
5.to make applications to court for injunctions or, in Scotland, interdicts (s. 24 Equality Act).

Furthermore, if you are worried that your original request would exceed the time/cost limit under S12 of the FOI Act, you may consider refining your request to cases brought in EHRC's own name only, since there is a high possibility that going through files and records from the past 10 years may take more than 18 staff hours and hence exceed the £600 cost limit, please confirm.

Hope this helps.

Yours sincerely

EHRC Corporate Correspondence Team

[Equality and Human Rights Commission request email]

Correspondence Unit | Arndale Centre, Arndale House, Manchester, M4 3AQ

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Dear Louis

Please find attached our response to your Freedom of Information request.

Yours sincerely

EHRC Corporate Correspondence Team

[Equality and Human Rights Commission request email]

Correspondence Unit | Arndale Centre, Arndale House, Manchester, M4 3AQ

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