Good morning Mr Francis,

 

Acknowledging receipt of your OIA request on 04 May, as set out below.

 

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response on or before 01 June 2018.

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Ross Francis [mailto:[FOI #7763 email]]
Sent: Friday, 4 May 2018 7:05 a.m.
To: correspondence, official <[Ministry of Justice request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Conflicts of Interest

 

Dear Ministry of Justice,

 

Are conflicts of interest referred to in a standard Contract for Services
agreement between the Ministry and the legal aid provider? If so, in what
year did such agreements begin to include any reference to conflicts of
interest? Please supply me with a copy of a standard Contract for Services
agreement.

 

The Practice Standards for Legal Aid Providers states at 9.1: "A lawyer
must: Take steps to avoid an actual or potential conflict of interest and
to identify any actual or potential conflict of interest at the earliest
possible opportunity." Does this requirement apply to legal aid providers
only or does the declaration of conflicts of interests apply to all
lawyers engaged by the Ministry? Under what circumstances (if any) are
lawyers engaged by the Ministry not required to declare an actual or
potential conflict of interest?

 

Please supply me with a copy of Sir Thomas Thorp’s Contract for Services
agreement and that of Sir Thomas Eichelbaum’s (each was hired to enquire
into the Peter Ellis). Please also supply me with a copy of Professor
Graham Davies’ Contract for Services agreement with which he was provided
in 2000.

 

On what date was Sir Thomas Thorp asked to enquire into the Ellis case and
on what date did he furnish his report to the Justice Ministry?

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Ross Francis

 

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Good morning Mr Francis

 

Please find attached a response to your OIA request.

 

Regards

 

 

   

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