Corporate

Legal Action and Costs for Food Standards Scotland

Request

Your request was about the following information:

Q 1. The total spend, broken down by financial or calendar year, on external legal advice since April 1, 2020. (I.e. 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23 to date).

Q 2. Please break this down by the list of associated cases or disputes, and their individual cost.

Q 3. If possible, please provide the final settlement or damages or other court mandated payment cost for any cases during which external legal advice was sought. If it is not possible to link each case to a settlement agreement, please provide the total cost of the settlements or payments.

Response

Q 1. Food Standards Scotland had no external legal advice since April 1, 2020.

Q 2. Not applicable.

Q 3. Not applicable.