Legal Costs
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
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
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
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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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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