LGOIMA Request Details: LG1989
Date received: 09/04/2021
Requested information: External legal spend
Status: Complete
Date responded: 28/04/2021
Response:
- Total external legal spend.
What was your total spend on external legal service fees & service providers in the years ended 30 June 2019 and 30 June 2020 respectively? 2019 $742,559 2020 $412,113
2. Amount incurred with each legal service provider (professional service providers IE- firms) also include suppliers such as "Brookers" (above $5k)
3. For each of the years ended 30 June 2019 and 30 June 2020:
(a) Legal team staffing numbers
Headcount: how many lawyers were employed or engaged in a legal role by your organisation during each year: None
FTE lawyers: if different, how many full-time equivalent (FTE) such lawyers? None
(b) Non-legal staff in legal team/law department
Headcount: how many non-legal staff were employed or engaged during each year in the legal team or otherwise directly associated with or supporting the legal staff in 3(a) above: None – we do not have a legal team
FTE non-legal staff: if different, how many FTE such staff? None – we do not have a legal team
4. Total internal legal spend. In each year ended 30 June 2019 and 30 June 2020 what was your: None – we do not have legal services internally
Direct total investment on internal legal services, including all salaries & service providers: None
The additional indirect costs of internal legal services? None
5. Chief Legal Officer reporting. At what organisational level does your most senior lawyer report? Not applicable – no legal services in house
ORGANISATIONAL FIGURES
6. Total staff numbers. In total, how many of the following were employed or otherwise utilised by your organisation as at 30 June 2019 and 30 June 2020 respectively?
A)
Total employees/staff in whatever capacity
if different, the full-time equivalent (ie FTE) number of all such employees/staff
As per Annual Report 2019 – 2020, page 106
7. Total amount of legal "work/matters" outsourced to external providers for the organisation as at 30 June 2019 and 30 June 2020 respectively? All legal costs incurred are to external suppliers as above