Breakdown of legal fees over £50,000: FOI release
- Published
- 5 July 2021
- Topic
- Law and order, Money and tax, Public sector
- FOI reference
- FOI/202100209871
- Date received
- 6 June 2021
- Date responded
- 2 July 2021
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
Information requested
1. In the last five financial years (inclusive of 2021/22), please provide the details of which matters counsel or legal advice was sought for any cumulative cost of legal fees of more than £50,000.
2. This should include live and closed matters, with "matters" taken to be a general description of the action, not the legal specifics, in a way which would eliminate any prejudice in disclosing the sums spent on the action, e.g. Alex Salmond judicial review: £500,000.
Response
The Table below provides all of the information you requested:
| Case Reference |
Case Name |
Total Spend |
| LIT/12814 |
AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS LANDLORD'S CLAIMS |
£ 825,949.29 |
| LIT/16095 |
Employment Law - PROCEDURES ADVICE |
£ 633,273.00 |
| LIT/13517 |
DAVID WHITEHOUSE |
£ 510,223.98 |
| LIT/08645 |
SCOTCH WHISKY ASSOCIATION |
£ 493,927.67 |
| LIT/10594 |
CHRISTIAN INSTITUTE |
£ 482,266.27 |
| LIT/11601 |
ROYAL SOCIETY OF PROTECTION OF BIRDS |
£ 449,378.74 |
| LIT/13516 |
PAUL CLARK |
£ 427,060.85 |
| LIT/09607 |
Trump international Golf Club |
£ 363,524.22 |
| LIT/09248 |
ROSS ESTATES LIMITED |
£ 155,774.75 |
| LIT/11764 |
MCMASTER & OTHERS |
£ 153,316.75 |
| LIT/15281 |
INEOS UPSTREAM LTD AND REACH COAL SEAM LTD |
£ 150,390.00 |
| LIT/07264 |
SHETLAND LINE |
£ 133,047.68 |
| LIT/15617 |
Continuity Bill |
£ 131,900.10 |
| LIT/05796 |
PETER THOMSON |
£ 107,034.86 |
| LIT/15195 |
PETITION OF ABC |
£ 83,943.50 |
| SGLD/0004 |
EDINBURGH TRAM INQUIRY |
£ 77,290.00 |
| LIT/11067 |
ZAIN TAJ DEAN |
£ 76,756.20 |
| LIT/18556 |
David Grier v Lord Advocate |
£ 72,002.00 |
| LIT/17382 |
Prorogation of Parliament |
£ 70,357.10 |
| LIT/18162 |
Compassion in world farming international |
£ 64,982.67 |
| LIT/09489 |
BILLY JOHN BROWN |
£ 64,362.30 |
| LIT/16444 |
Pentland Ferries Ltd |
£ 61,211.40 |
| LIT/10536 |
WILLIAM FREDERICK IAN BEGGS |
£ 56,400.02 |
| LIT/11911 |
LC SERVICES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED |
£ 56,383.00 |
| LIT/12736 |
PETER LAVERIE |
£ 52,354.67 |
| LIT/18035 |
KEATINGS |
£ 50,020.75 |
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