FOI2018-13202 Legal disputes
Updated 9 November 2018
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Dear
I am writing in response to your email dated 19 October 2018. I am treating your correspondence as a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA)
In response to your queries, I have completed a search for the information within the Defence Electronics & Components Agency (DECA), and I can confirm that we hold the information in scope of your request.
For ease, I have detailed your question below and provided answers. Please note that DECA became a Trading Agency of MOD on 1 April 2015 and the answers to your request can only be provided from 1 April 2015.
- For each of the last 10 financial years, and the current financial year to 18.10.18 please state the number of legal disputes between your department and other central government departments and non-departmental government bodies.
Nil
- For each, please provide
- A list of the court cases related to the dispute, with current status (resolved or ongoing) -Total time period of the dispute from bringing of proceedings until conclusion.
Nil
- Total cost in legal fees and related administration costs to your department
Nil
- For each of the last 10 financial years, and the current financial year to 18.10.18 please supply the number of legal disputes between yours department and a UK local council (including district, county, borough, unitary, parish).
Nil
- For each, please provide
- A list of the court cases related to the dispute with current status (resolved or ongoing) -Total time period of the dispute from bringing of proceedings until conclusion.
Nil
- Total cost in legal fees and related administration costs to your department.
Nil
- For each of the last 10 financial years, and the current financial year to 18.10.18 please state the number of legal disputes between your department and a regional mayoral department.
Nil
- For each, please provide
- A list of the court cases related to the dispute, with current status (resolved or ongoing) -Total time period of the dispute from bringing of proceedings until conclusion.
Nil
- Total cost in legal fees and related administration costs to your department
Nil
If you are not satisfied with this response or you wish to complain about any aspect of the handling of your request, then you should contact me in the first instance. If informal resolution is not possible and you are still dissatisfied then you may apply for an independent internal review by contacting the Information Rights Compliance team, Ground Floor, MOD Main Building, Whitehall, SW1A 2HB or by e-mailing CIO-FOI-IR@mod.uk. Please note that any request for an internal review must be made within 40 working days of the date on which the attempt to reach informal resolution has ended.
If you remain dissatisfied following an internal review, you may take your complaint to the Information Commissioner under the provisions of Section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act. Please note that the Information Commissioner will not investigate your case until the MOD internal review process is complete. You can find further details of the role and powers of the Information Commissioner on the Commissioner’s website
Regards
DECA FOI