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Date: 9th August 2022
Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 169-2022
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below and attached.
1. Total spend on legal services in 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 – see below
2. The names of the law firms you bought services from over that period – Bevan Brittan LLP, DAC Beachcroft, Capsticks
3. A breakdown of the total spend by fees and settlement payments – see below
4. The means of procurement – e.g. a direct award, competitive tender, framework including which framework you used., etc. – Direct award
Financial Year Supplier Total NHS governance and public law Healthcare law Employment law Contract and commercial law Property and estates law Mental health law Construction law
£000s. £000s. £000s. £000s. £000s. £000s. £000s. £000s.
21/22 Capsticks Solicitors LLP 38.50 18.65 19.85 21/22 Bevan Brittan LLP 178.94 92.54 86.40 21/22 DAC Beachcroft LLP 11.49 11.49 21/22 Others. 12.58 12.58 20/21 Bevan Brittan LLP 152.89 74.45 5.09 33.93 10.05 0.20 11.95 17.22
20/21 Capsticks Solicitors LLP 28.10 4.78 23.32 20/21 DAC Beachcroft LLP 11.18 0.41 9.70 1.07 20/21 Others. 5.40 5.00 0.40 19/20 Bevan Brittan LLP 229.39 105.43 29.53 45.27 49.16 19/20 Capsticks Solicitors LLP 21.00 9.12 11.88 19/20 DAC Beachcroft LLP 39.12 23.72 15.40 19/20 Others. 2.90 2.90 Should you have any queries in relation to our response in this letter, please do not hesitate to contact me. If you are unhappy with the response you have received in relation to your request and wish to ask us to review our response, you should write to: –
– Head of Legal Services / Associate Director of Corporate Governance Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Gloucester Business Park
Brockworth
GLOUCESTER GL3 4AW
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Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information Officer
On behalf of Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust
FOI Request
I am writing to you on behalf of the Health Service Journal HSJ..
I am submitting a request for information held by the trust under the Freedom of Information Act.
Please could you provide us with following details :
1. Total spend on legal services in 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22
2. The names of the law firms you bought services from over that period
3. A breakdown of the total spend by fees and settlement payments
4. The means of procurement – e.g. a direct award, competitive tender, framework including which framework you used., etc.