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Written Question · S3W-17244 · Session 3

Which firms of solicitors and which advocates have provided legal advice to Scottish ministers in 2007-08 and what has been the cost in eac…

Answered Asked by George Foulkes Lab Lodged 27 Oct 2008

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive which firms of solicitors and which advocates have provided legal advice to Scottish ministers in 2007-08 and what has been the cost in each case.

The answer

Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 4 Nov 2008 · 8 days after it was lodged, on time

The undernoted firms provided legal advice to the Scottish ministers between April 2007 and March 2008. The total cost of that advice was £1,899,411.18. This figure includes fees charged by firms whose total fees during that period amounted to less than £1,000 (not listed), as well as VAT and outlays.
The undernoted advocates provided legal advice to the Scottish ministers during the same period. The cost of that advice was £952,481.09, including VAT.
Law Firms
DLA Piper
Harper MacLeod
Currie Gilmour
Pagan Osbourne
Simpson & Marwick
Ledingham Chalmers
MacLay Murray & Spens
Balfour & Manson
Brodies
Dundas & Wilson
Morton Fraser
Anderson Strathern
Pinsent Masons
Shepherd & Wedderburn
Advocates
Paul Cullen QC
A Dewar QC
I Duguid QC
R Keen QC
C Campbell QC (the Hon. Lord Malcolm)
G Moynihan QC
R Martin QC
S Woolman QC (the Hon Lord Woolman)
G Bell QC
R Anderson QC
J Wolffe QC
C MacNeill QC
L Murphy QC
J Mure
R Crawford
A Hardman
G Hawkes
B Heaney
A Poole
D Ross
D Sheldon
S Smith
K Springham
D Thomson
J Cherry
A Duncan
I Ennis
K McBrearty
E MacKenzie
M O''Carroll
A Summers
A Devlin
A McSporran
P McCormack
A Webster.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-17244 by reference.