Steele Haughton
Date
21 December 2023
request-1055438-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Post Office
100 Wood Street
London EC2V 9ER
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Dear Steele Haughton,
Freedom of Information Request – FOI2023/00686
We are writing in response to your email received by Post Office Limited (“
Post
Office”) on 5 December, which has been dealt with under the terms of the Freedom
of Information Act 2000 (“
FOIA”).
In your email you have requested the information shown verbatim in bold below:
“
In evidence to the Post Office Horizon Inquiry Mr Jarnail Singh, former
POL senior criminal lawyer, said he had permission from Post Office Ltd to
undertake private legal practice while employed as a ful time employee of
Post Office Ltd.
Please provide details of the permission granted to Mr Singh and in
particular arrangements to avoid and/or resolve potential conflicts of
interest between Post Office Ltd and Mr Singh's private practice clients and
arrangements for isolation of costs and disbursements to ensure Post
Office Ltd did not pay any of Mr Singh's private practice costs.”
After a reasonable and proportionate search, we can confirm that Post Office does
not hold the information you have requested relating to Jarnail Singh and, therefore,
we are unable to determine what arrangements were in place with Mr Singh.
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of this response, you do have a right to
request an internal review. You can do this by writing to the address above within 40
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working days of receipt of this response stating your reasons for your internal review
request or alternatively, by emailing
xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx. If, having requested an internal review by Post Office, you are still not satisfied with
our response you also have a right of appeal to the Information Commissioner at:
Information Commissioner's Office
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Water Lane
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Cheshire SK9 5AF
Telephone: 0303 123 1113
www.ico.org.uk/foicomplaints
Yours sincerely,
Information Rights Team
xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx
https://corporate.postoffice.co.uk/en/governance/access-to-information/access-to-
information/
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how we do this can be found on our website at www.postoffice.co.uk/privacy
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