LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL — SUPREME COURT ACTIONS
232. Hon NICK GOIRAN to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Attorney General:
I refer
to the Attorney General's letter to the Standing Committee on Estimates
and Financial Operations dated 15 December 2021 in which he advised that
as at 9 December 2021 there had been 1 241 hours recorded by the State
Solicitor's Office in the two related Supreme Court actions involving
the President of the Legislative Council.
(1) Is that the final total of the combined hours
recorded by that office on those two related pieces of Supreme Court
litigation?
(2) In addition to those hours
spent, was the final expenditure on those matters $12 015.20?
(3) If no to either (1) or (2), what
is the final number?
(4) What were the total hours spent
by the Solicitor-General on both these matters?
Hon
MATTHEW SWINBOURN replied:
I
thank the member for some notice of the question. I provide the following
response on behalf of the Attorney General.
(1) No.
(2) Yes.
(3) The combined total of hours as
at 21 December is 1 244 hours and 18 minutes.
(4) There were 171 hours.