Legal spend
Dear North East Combined Authority,
Since 1.1.2015
1. How much has been spent on legal fees (please break down by law firm).
2. Please provide a list of all gifts and hospitality declarations relating to law firms made by staff and board members of the CA.
Yours faithfully,
Rupert Pumpkin
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From: Rupert Pumpkin
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Sent: 26 July 2016 21:05
To: Paul Woods
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Legal spend [Scanned]
Dear North East Combined Authority,
Since 1.1.2015
1. How much has been spent on legal fees (please break down by law firm).
2. Please provide a list of all gifts and hospitality declarations
relating to law firms made by staff and board members of the CA.
Yours faithfully,
Rupert Pumpkin
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Dear Mr Pumpkin
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request that we received on
27^th July 2016.
Your request was: -
“Dear North East Combined Authority,
Since 1.1.2015
1. How much has been spent on legal fees (please break down by law firm).
2. Please provide a list of all gifts and hospitality declarations
relating to law firms made by staff and board members of the CA.
Yours faithfully,
Rupert Pumpkin”
The response is
1. Expenditure on Legal Fees
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Date | Instructed | Fees (£) |
| | | |
| | | (ex VAT) |
|-------------------+--------------------------------+-------------------|
|05.05.2015 |Pinsent Masons | 4,000.00|
|-------------------+--------------------------------+-------------------|
|24.09.2015 |Clyde & Co | 9,641.00|
|-------------------+--------------------------------+-------------------|
|30.09.2015 |DWF | 2,154.30|
|-------------------+--------------------------------+-------------------|
|25.11.2015 |DWF | 2,715.90|
|-------------------+--------------------------------+-------------------|
|27.11.2016 |Pinsent Masons | 7,225.00|
|-------------------+--------------------------------+-------------------|
|27.11.2015 |James Goudie QC | 1,010.00|
|-------------------+--------------------------------+-------------------|
|24.12.2015 |Pinsent Masons | 3,613.50|
|-------------------+--------------------------------+-------------------|
|26.01.2016 |Pinsent Masons | 564.00|
|-------------------+--------------------------------+-------------------|
|02.06.2016 |Pinsent Masons | 3,184.56|
|-------------------+--------------------------------+-------------------|
|30.06.2016 |Pinsent Masons | 12,603.00|
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
2. Gifts and Hospitality
The register of gifts and hospitality has been checked for the period
referred to in your request and there are no entries relating to law firms
on any of the officers or Board Members declarations.
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