Question reference: S2W-31428
- Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 26 January 2007
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Current status: Answered by Johann Lamont on 16 February 2007
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much expenditure it expects to incur in (a) legal and (b) court costs in pursuing the case of The Scottish Ministers versus The Scottish Information Commissioner (William Alexander’s application).
Answer
The Opinion of the Court ofSession has been received, and its terms and implications are being considered.Any further appeal would be to the House of Lords. At this stage the level ofany expected expenditure would be speculative.