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Dear Shetland College,

Under Freedom of Information Scotland, I wish to receive the following information in appropriate electronic format within 20 working days:

1. Total amount of Legal costs spent by the College, broken down to the following headings:
Furlough, Discipline, Grievance, Industrial Relations matters and other (please detail).
2. Please provide the separate figures for each category to cover the following time periods (1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019, 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020 and 1 January 2021 to 30 September 2021).

Yours faithfully,

John Gallacher

Shetland UHI

Dear Mr Gallacher

We acknowledge receipt of your request for information which was passed to us from Shetland UHI. This is receiving attention, and we will provide you with a response as soon as possible.

Yours sincerely

Jayne Irvine
Business Support Assistant

Shetland Islands Council
Executive Services
Office Headquarters
8 North Ness Business Park
Lerwick
Shetland
ZE1 0LZ

Ref. FOI 12361

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Elaine Laurenson, Shetland UHI

Hello John

In response to your email. Shetland UHI is a newly formed organisation, vested on 1st August 2021. In the period from 1st August 2021, we have no recorded spend in the areas you refer to.

With regards to information prior to vesting for Shetland College, you will need to be request this information from Shetland Islands Council.

Kind regards

Elaine

Elaine Laurenson
Admin Manager
[email address]
01595771268

Shetland UHI
Lerwick Campus | Gremista | Lerwick | Shetland | ZE1 0PX

01595 771000

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Shetland UHI

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Dear John,

 

I refer to your recent FOI request.  Please find our response incorporated
into your original request below.

 

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Kind regards,

Hannah

 

Hannah Cogle – Business Support Assistant

Governance & Law, Shetland Islands Council, 8 North Ness Business Park,

Lerwick, Shetland, ZE1 0LZ

 

Tel: 01595 744005

Email: [1][email address]

 

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To: Shetland UHI <[3][email address]>

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Dear Shetland College,

 

Under Freedom of Information Scotland, I wish to receive the following
information in appropriate electronic format within 20 working days:

 

1.      Total amount of Legal costs spent by the College, broken down to
the following headings:

Furlough, Discipline, Grievance, Industrial Relations matters and other
(please detail).

2.      Please provide the separate figures for each category to cover the
following time periods (1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019, 1 January 2020
to 31 December 2020 and 1 January 2021 to 30 September 2021).

 

Furlough – N/A

Discipline – N/A

Grievance – N/A

Industrial Relations matters – N/A

Other – 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019: £4781.17 legal advice on
College merger; £235.76 legal advice on contract and £104 on small debt
recovery;

1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020: £5581 legal advice on College merger;
and

1 January 2021 to 30 September 2021: £8081 legal advice on College merger.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

John Gallacher

 

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