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T&T how much money was spent On Jack Warner extradition
FORMER FIFA vice president Jack Warner will have to wait a little longer to find out if he will be permitted to challenge the permanent secretary of the Office of the Attorney General for failing to disclose all invoices, fee requisitions and payments to “all barristers, solicitors and attorneys” in ongoing proceedings against him.
However, lead counsel for the State, Russell Martineau, SC, said the information Warner wants does not exist nor was he entitled to “information” under the Freedom of Information Act.
Martineau contends that the act only allows for the provision of “documents,” and did not require the State to “compile” information.
However, Warner’s attorney Richard Jaggasar said the information requested did not qualify as “personal information” but was work done by the attorneys in their professional capacity for the State, “paid for by public funds.”He admitted the State did provide some of the information but not for 12 attorneys. He also pointed out that the initial response by the State was that documents were not going to be provided because of “privilege.”
The invoices provided were redacted showing quotes received by the Office of the Attorney General but not by whom. The invoices included sums in British pounds amounting to over £400,000 while there were quotes in TT dollars amounting to over $1.5 million. It also included some requisitions. Martineau maintained that the State could not provide some of the information Warner asked for since those “documents “ did not exist. “The documents, in so far as they exist, are going to be redacted and provided.”
FORMER FIFA vice president Jack Warner will have to wait a little longer to find out if he will be permitted to challenge the permanent secretary of the Office of the Attorney General for failing to disclose all invoices, fee requisitions and payments to “all barristers, solicitors and attorneys” in ongoing proceedings against him.
However, lead counsel for the State, Russell Martineau, SC, said the information Warner wants does not exist nor was he entitled to “information” under the Freedom of Information Act.
Martineau contends that the act only allows for the provision of “documents,” and did not require the State to “compile” information.
However, Warner’s attorney Richard Jaggasar said the information requested did not qualify as “personal information” but was work done by the attorneys in their professional capacity for the State, “paid for by public funds.”He admitted the State did provide some of the information but not for 12 attorneys. He also pointed out that the initial response by the State was that documents were not going to be provided because of “privilege.”
The invoices provided were redacted showing quotes received by the Office of the Attorney General but not by whom. The invoices included sums in British pounds amounting to over £400,000 while there were quotes in TT dollars amounting to over $1.5 million. It also included some requisitions. Martineau maintained that the State could not provide some of the information Warner asked for since those “documents “ did not exist. “The documents, in so far as they exist, are going to be redacted and provided.”
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