Legal expenses paid by SA Police Service for litigation for a request made under PAIA.

Copies of any and all records, or parts of records, relating to legal expenses paid by the Department between 9 March 2001 and 2 March 2015 for any litigation (including proposed litigation) brought in any Court regarding a decision of the Department or Minister of South African Police Service about a request for information made under the Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000 setting out the following:
1. The total amount paid (or parts of amounts paid, where only that information is available) whether made to lawyers, Counsel or any witness or other adviser, to defend or conduct that litigation,
2. The total amount paid (or parts of amounts paid, where only that information is available) as a result of:
• a costs order made by a Court, and/or
• an out of court settlement,
for the legal costs of any party or potential party (including amicus curiae) to that litigation,
3. Any internal costs and/or time spent by in-house lawyers or officers responsible for PAIA requests in the Department, to defend or conduct that litigation.
Specifically SAHA notes that this would include records reflecting costs incurred by the department in respect of the matter of: Right2Know Campaign and South African History Archive Trust v Minister of Police and Others CASE NO: 32512/13 [which arose out of SAHA’s PAIA request for records relating to places and/or areas declared as National Key Points and bank statements of the special account for the safeguarding of those National Key Points (your ref: 25/7/12/1(764) our ref: SAH-2012-SAP-0008)].