Information Tribunal orders NTC to Publish Cracks Reports, NTC orderd to publish hydrogeological reports by 2 May Options

[Exhausted]

So in view of all that it's hardly surprising Costain should simply just accept liability; if it was your firm, woukd you? Given the amount our Council has expended would probably have restored the damage several times over, it ain't Costain who've taken us for mugs. The only winners are the lawyers.

It would be interesting to see how the legal costs have stacked up. So far, this hasn't come near a courtroom so whilst a barrister may have been instructed, how many hours could they, the men and women in dark suits, possibly have expended to get where we are. If the council have this sort of legal bill around their neck, one must assume that SLI have racked up similar costs. If so, we're looking at up to a quarter of a million being handed to the legal eagles. How many legal hours would that be I wonder and one assumes that's not the end. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj_OmtqVLxY

[Cognosco]

It would be interesting to see how the legal costs have stacked up. So far, this hasn't come near a courtroom so whilst a barrister may have been instructed, how many hours could they, the men and women in dark suits, possibly have expended to get where we are. If the council have this sort of legal bill around their neck, one must assume that SLI have racked up similar costs. If so, we're looking at up to a quarter of a million being handed to the legal eagles. How many legal hours would that be I wonder and one assumes that's not the end. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj_OmtqVLxY

And of course any figures will not be given before the election, just as they did with the Hydrological Report they will do all in their power to keep it stum, knowing this democratic, transparent, open Council?
I do believe Mark & Simon should be given a public thank you for what they had to struggle to achieve. Swift-Hook should be made to make a public apology too for all the deceit the Council has carried out.

[Simon Kirby]

I do believe Mark & Simon should be given a public thank you for what they had to struggle to achieve. Swift-Hook should be made to make a public apology too for all the deceit the Council has carried out.

Thank you, and yes, Swift-Hook has to accept the responsibility for the unwarranted secrecy. In fairness we don't know for certain that NTC have managed this dispute badly as you'd need to know the detail to judge that and of course those details will never be made public, but if NTC have managed the dispute as well as they managed the request for the reports then we have no hope, and as the only actual evidence we have as to the quality of the Council's reasoning and decision-making is the Tribunal judgement of the reports request then I suggest that the only rational view is that Swift-Hook's Town Council is hopelessly inept and cannot currently be trusted with public administration.