Attorney General: BBC
(asked on 25th November 2022) - View Source
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2022 to Question 92147, how much of the £376,775.18 incurred in legal costs up to 21 November 2022 related to her office’s submissions to the High Court on the question of costs, resulting in the judgment handed down by Mr Justice Chamberlain on 18 November 2022, His Majesty's Attorney General for England and Wales v British Broadcasting Corporation (Costs) [2022] EWHC 2925 (KB).
Approximately £6,000 was incurred in relation to the Government’s submissions to the High Court on the question of costs. Having successfully obtained an injunction in this case, it was and is the Government’s duty to seek value for money for the taxpayer by seeking its costs. |