30th August 2022
Joan Corrigan
[xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx]
Our ref.: FOI/22/287
Dear Ms Corrigan
RE: Freedom of Information (FOI) request – Legal fees
We refer to your Freedom of Information request which was received by the Western
Health and Social Care Trust on 5th August 2022.
In your request you make reference to an Employment Tribunal legal case, quoting
reference 16346-19, involving yourself, First Choice Recruitment and Western HSC
Trust. You ask that the Trust “
outline in full the amount which has been paid (by
WHSCT, tax payers, public money)” to named solicitors representing WHSCT.
On 17th August 2022, we responded to a similar request about the same case (our
ref.: FOI/22/197). Our response remains the same, in that the information you are
requesting is not held by the Trust. As advised previously, the Directorate of Legal
Services (DLS) is the sole provider of legal services for the public Health and Social
Care Sector (HSC) in Northern Ireland and is one of the specialist professional
services provided by the Business Services Organisation (BSO). You may wish to
consider contacting BSO directly on this matter.
We hope you find this response helpful.
Yours sincerely
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Freedom of Information Office
Western Health and Social Care Trust
Freedom of Information (FOI) Office, Western HSC Trust,
Lime Villa, Gransha Park, Clooney Road, Londonderry, BT47 6WJ
e-mail: xxx.xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxx.xxx
Freedom of Information: If you are dissatisfied as to how this request has been handled, you have the
right to seek a review within the Trust in the first instance. You should write to the FOI Office, Lime
Villa, Gransha Park, Clooney Road, Londonderry, BT47 6WJ (xxx.xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxx.xxx)
within two months of the date of this response and your complaint will be considered and a response
provided, usually within 20 working days of receipt.
If, after receiving a response, you remain dissatisfied, you can refer your complaint to the Information
Commissioner at The Information Commissioner’s office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire SK9 5AF. It is important to note that if you refer any matter to the Information Commissioner,
you wil need to show evidence of having gone through the Trust’s internal review procedure to try to
resolve the matter with the Trust in the first instance.
Freedom of Information (FOI) Office, Western HSC Trust,
Lime Villa, Gransha Park, Clooney Road, Londonderry, BT47 6WJ
e-mail: xxx.xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxx.xxx