Request ID: FOI-2103-2324 Date published: 25 September 2023
You asked
I was also pleased to read in your response to FOI-1526-2324 that the courts have awarded costs against the five far-right Tory councils and they have started reimbursing you for the costs you incurred in defending their spurious legal challenge.
https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/transparency/freedom-of-information/foi-request-detail?referenceId=FOI-1526-2324
I am therefore writing to request a listing of each and every payment you have received to reimburse your costs. For each payment, please provide:
i) The payee (if a third party made the payment, please identify the council they are making payment in respect of)
ii) The date
iii) The amount
iv) The amount of VAT, if any, included in iii)
v) Whether it is reimbursement for your external or interal legal costs (if both, please provide breakdown of amount between external and internal)
Please include all payments you have received to the date you prepare your response.
We answered
TfL Ref: FOI-2103-2324
Thank you for your request which we received on 16 September 2023, asking for information about legal fees paid to TfL for the ULEZ judicial review.
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. I can confirm that we hold some of the information you require. You specifically asked:
I am therefore writing to request a listing of each and every payment you have received to reimburse your costs. For each payment, please provide: i) The payee (if a third party made the payment, please identify the council they are making payment in respect of) ii) The date iii) The amount iv) The amount of VAT, if any, included in iii) v) Whether it is reimbursement for your external or internal legal costs (if both, please provide breakdown of amount between external and internal)
TfL received one payment of £280,000 on 7 August 2023, on behalf of the five councils: - the London boroughs of Hillingdon, Hounslow, Bexley and Bromley, and Surrey County Council.The payment represents a proportion of the claimants’ costs liability following their unsuccessful judicial review. It was not split between external and internal legal costs and does not include VAT.
If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable to access it for any reason, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal as well as information on copyright and what to do if you would like to re-use any of the information we have disclosed.
Yours sincerely
Eva Hextall FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
