❓ WA Health Department spent $1,532,721.22 on legal advice since July 1, 2003, with the State Solicitor's Office receiving the largest portion. The Office of Health Review spent nothing.
AnsweredQoN 1612Legislative Council
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For each Department and Agency under the Minister’s control, including the Ministerial office, will the Minister provide the following information -
(1) The total amount spent on legal advice since July 1 2003?
(2) The name of each provider of legal advice?
(3) The amount paid to each provider of legal advice?
(4) The service for which the payments were made?
(1) The total amount spent on legal advice since July 1 2003?
(2) The name of each provider of legal advice?
(3) The amount paid to each provider of legal advice?
(4) The service for which the payments were made?
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Answered
15 September 2005
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Health
Response time
134 days
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 1. $1,532,721.22 - taking into account money recouped from the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing in relation to the Hepatitis C Settlement Scheme. It should be noted that $889,096.32 of the $1,532,721.22 was paid to the State Solicitor's Office. 2. and 3. - Allan Scalise $2,172.50 Allens Arthur Robinson $24,818.27* Blake Dawson Waldron $252,314.86 Carol Johns $2,000.00 Clayton Utz $5,180.00 Crawford and Co Australia $1,635.70 Department of Justice $76,158.07 Department of Treasury and Finance $1,127.00 Dibbs Barker Gosling $92,530.46 Geoffrey Hancy $2,712.50 Hager and Partners $1,900.00 Haynes Robinson $188.82 Helen Morton $670.50 Hoffmans $4,715.00 Jenny Pickworth $50,598.00 Jeremy Allanson $4,336.00 KJ Martin $2,675.00 Mallesons $8,767.20 Mark Umstad $550.00 Mcauliffe Williams & Partners $50,092.29 Minter Ellison $4,216.00 Mullins Hancock $23,891.26 Professor Roger Pepperell $500.00 Peter Quinlan $770.00 Phillips Fox $3,316.60 R J Aitken $1,059.00 Slater and Gordon $21.00 Sparke Helmore $43,976.45* State Solicitor's Office $889,096.32 Sutherland Legal $380.00 Talbot and Oliver $268.00 United Medical Protection $1,032.50 Victorian Government Solicitor $1,784.20 VSA Property $3,417.00 Wojtowics Kelly $624.55 Wray and Associates $14,503.00 * An amount of $41,276.83 was recouped from the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing. 4. Services provided related to obtaining legal advice on general and litigation matters (including medical negligence claims), acquisition of private hospitals and advice in relation to the Hepatitis C Settlement Scheme. OFFICE OF HEALTH REVIEW (1) Nil. (2) Not applicable. (3) Not applicable. (4) Not applicable.
1. $1,532,721.22 - taking into account money recouped from the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing in relation to the Hepatitis C Settlement Scheme. It should be noted that $889,096.32 of the $1,532,721.22 was paid to the State Solicitor's Office. 2. and 3. - Allan Scalise $2,172.50 Allens Arthur Robinson $24,818.27* Blake Dawson Waldron $252,314.86 Carol Johns $2,000.00 Clayton Utz $5,180.00 Crawford and Co Australia $1,635.70 Department of Justice $76,158.07 Department of Treasury and Finance $1,127.00 Dibbs Barker Gosling $92,530.46 Geoffrey Hancy $2,712.50 Hager and Partners $1,900.00 Haynes Robinson $188.82 Helen Morton $670.50 Hoffmans $4,715.00 Jenny Pickworth $50,598.00 Jeremy Allanson $4,336.00 KJ Martin $2,675.00 Mallesons $8,767.20 Mark Umstad $550.00 Mcauliffe Williams & Partners $50,092.29 Minter Ellison $4,216.00 Mullins Hancock $23,891.26 Professor Roger Pepperell $500.00 Peter Quinlan $770.00 Phillips Fox $3,316.60 R J Aitken $1,059.00 Slater and Gordon $21.00 Sparke Helmore $43,976.45* State Solicitor's Office $889,096.32 Sutherland Legal $380.00 Talbot and Oliver $268.00 United Medical Protection $1,032.50 Victorian Government Solicitor $1,784.20 VSA Property $3,417.00 Wojtowics Kelly $624.55 Wray and Associates $14,503.00 * An amount of $41,276.83 was recouped from the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing. 4. Services provided related to obtaining legal advice on general and litigation matters (including medical negligence claims), acquisition of private hospitals and advice in relation to the Hepatitis C Settlement Scheme. OFFICE OF HEALTH REVIEW (1) Nil. (2) Not applicable. (3) Not applicable. (4) Not applicable.
2. and 3. - Allan Scalise $2,172.50 Allens Arthur Robinson $24,818.27* Blake Dawson Waldron $252,314.86 Carol Johns $2,000.00 Clayton Utz $5,180.00 Crawford and Co Australia $1,635.70 Department of Justice $76,158.07 Department of Treasury and Finance $1,127.00 Dibbs Barker Gosling $92,530.46 Geoffrey Hancy $2,712.50 Hager and Partners $1,900.00 Haynes Robinson $188.82 Helen Morton $670.50 Hoffmans $4,715.00 Jenny Pickworth $50,598.00 Jeremy Allanson $4,336.00 KJ Martin $2,675.00 Mallesons $8,767.20 Mark Umstad $550.00 Mcauliffe Williams & Partners $50,092.29 Minter Ellison $4,216.00 Mullins Hancock $23,891.26 Professor Roger Pepperell $500.00 Peter Quinlan $770.00 Phillips Fox $3,316.60 R J Aitken $1,059.00 Slater and Gordon $21.00 Sparke Helmore $43,976.45* State Solicitor's Office $889,096.32 Sutherland Legal $380.00 Talbot and Oliver $268.00 United Medical Protection $1,032.50 Victorian Government Solicitor $1,784.20 VSA Property $3,417.00 Wojtowics Kelly $624.55 Wray and Associates $14,503.00 * An amount of $41,276.83 was recouped from the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing. 4. Services provided related to obtaining legal advice on general and litigation matters (including medical negligence claims), acquisition of private hospitals and advice in relation to the Hepatitis C Settlement Scheme. OFFICE OF HEALTH REVIEW (1) Nil. (2) Not applicable. (3) Not applicable. (4) Not applicable.
Allan Scalise $2,172.50 Allens Arthur Robinson $24,818.27* Blake Dawson Waldron $252,314.86 Carol Johns $2,000.00 Clayton Utz $5,180.00 Crawford and Co Australia $1,635.70 Department of Justice $76,158.07 Department of Treasury and Finance $1,127.00 Dibbs Barker Gosling $92,530.46 Geoffrey Hancy $2,712.50 Hager and Partners $1,900.00 Haynes Robinson $188.82 Helen Morton $670.50 Hoffmans $4,715.00 Jenny Pickworth $50,598.00 Jeremy Allanson $4,336.00 KJ Martin $2,675.00 Mallesons $8,767.20 Mark Umstad $550.00 Mcauliffe Williams & Partners $50,092.29 Minter Ellison $4,216.00 Mullins Hancock $23,891.26 Professor Roger Pepperell $500.00 Peter Quinlan $770.00 Phillips Fox $3,316.60 R J Aitken $1,059.00 Slater and Gordon $21.00 Sparke Helmore $43,976.45* State Solicitor's Office $889,096.32 Sutherland Legal $380.00 Talbot and Oliver $268.00 United Medical Protection $1,032.50 Victorian Government Solicitor $1,784.20 VSA Property $3,417.00 Wojtowics Kelly $624.55 Wray and Associates $14,503.00 * An amount of $41,276.83 was recouped from the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing. 4. Services provided related to obtaining legal advice on general and litigation matters (including medical negligence claims), acquisition of private hospitals and advice in relation to the Hepatitis C Settlement Scheme. OFFICE OF HEALTH REVIEW (1) Nil. (2) Not applicable. (3) Not applicable. (4) Not applicable.
4. Services provided related to obtaining legal advice on general and litigation matters (including medical negligence claims), acquisition of private hospitals and advice in relation to the Hepatitis C Settlement Scheme. OFFICE OF HEALTH REVIEW (1) Nil. (2) Not applicable. (3) Not applicable. (4) Not applicable.
OFFICE OF HEALTH REVIEW (1) Nil. (2) Not applicable. (3) Not applicable. (4) Not applicable.
1. $1,532,721.22 - taking into account money recouped from the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing in relation to the Hepatitis C Settlement Scheme. It should be noted that $889,096.32 of the $1,532,721.22 was paid to the State Solicitor's Office. 2. and 3. - Allan Scalise $2,172.50 Allens Arthur Robinson $24,818.27* Blake Dawson Waldron $252,314.86 Carol Johns $2,000.00 Clayton Utz $5,180.00 Crawford and Co Australia $1,635.70 Department of Justice $76,158.07 Department of Treasury and Finance $1,127.00 Dibbs Barker Gosling $92,530.46 Geoffrey Hancy $2,712.50 Hager and Partners $1,900.00 Haynes Robinson $188.82 Helen Morton $670.50 Hoffmans $4,715.00 Jenny Pickworth $50,598.00 Jeremy Allanson $4,336.00 KJ Martin $2,675.00 Mallesons $8,767.20 Mark Umstad $550.00 Mcauliffe Williams & Partners $50,092.29 Minter Ellison $4,216.00 Mullins Hancock $23,891.26 Professor Roger Pepperell $500.00 Peter Quinlan $770.00 Phillips Fox $3,316.60 R J Aitken $1,059.00 Slater and Gordon $21.00 Sparke Helmore $43,976.45* State Solicitor's Office $889,096.32 Sutherland Legal $380.00 Talbot and Oliver $268.00 United Medical Protection $1,032.50 Victorian Government Solicitor $1,784.20 VSA Property $3,417.00 Wojtowics Kelly $624.55 Wray and Associates $14,503.00 * An amount of $41,276.83 was recouped from the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing. 4. Services provided related to obtaining legal advice on general and litigation matters (including medical negligence claims), acquisition of private hospitals and advice in relation to the Hepatitis C Settlement Scheme. OFFICE OF HEALTH REVIEW (1) Nil. (2) Not applicable. (3) Not applicable. (4) Not applicable.
2. and 3. - Allan Scalise $2,172.50 Allens Arthur Robinson $24,818.27* Blake Dawson Waldron $252,314.86 Carol Johns $2,000.00 Clayton Utz $5,180.00 Crawford and Co Australia $1,635.70 Department of Justice $76,158.07 Department of Treasury and Finance $1,127.00 Dibbs Barker Gosling $92,530.46 Geoffrey Hancy $2,712.50 Hager and Partners $1,900.00 Haynes Robinson $188.82 Helen Morton $670.50 Hoffmans $4,715.00 Jenny Pickworth $50,598.00 Jeremy Allanson $4,336.00 KJ Martin $2,675.00 Mallesons $8,767.20 Mark Umstad $550.00 Mcauliffe Williams & Partners $50,092.29 Minter Ellison $4,216.00 Mullins Hancock $23,891.26 Professor Roger Pepperell $500.00 Peter Quinlan $770.00 Phillips Fox $3,316.60 R J Aitken $1,059.00 Slater and Gordon $21.00 Sparke Helmore $43,976.45* State Solicitor's Office $889,096.32 Sutherland Legal $380.00 Talbot and Oliver $268.00 United Medical Protection $1,032.50 Victorian Government Solicitor $1,784.20 VSA Property $3,417.00 Wojtowics Kelly $624.55 Wray and Associates $14,503.00 * An amount of $41,276.83 was recouped from the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing. 4. Services provided related to obtaining legal advice on general and litigation matters (including medical negligence claims), acquisition of private hospitals and advice in relation to the Hepatitis C Settlement Scheme. OFFICE OF HEALTH REVIEW (1) Nil. (2) Not applicable. (3) Not applicable. (4) Not applicable.
Allan Scalise $2,172.50 Allens Arthur Robinson $24,818.27* Blake Dawson Waldron $252,314.86 Carol Johns $2,000.00 Clayton Utz $5,180.00 Crawford and Co Australia $1,635.70 Department of Justice $76,158.07 Department of Treasury and Finance $1,127.00 Dibbs Barker Gosling $92,530.46 Geoffrey Hancy $2,712.50 Hager and Partners $1,900.00 Haynes Robinson $188.82 Helen Morton $670.50 Hoffmans $4,715.00 Jenny Pickworth $50,598.00 Jeremy Allanson $4,336.00 KJ Martin $2,675.00 Mallesons $8,767.20 Mark Umstad $550.00 Mcauliffe Williams & Partners $50,092.29 Minter Ellison $4,216.00 Mullins Hancock $23,891.26 Professor Roger Pepperell $500.00 Peter Quinlan $770.00 Phillips Fox $3,316.60 R J Aitken $1,059.00 Slater and Gordon $21.00 Sparke Helmore $43,976.45* State Solicitor's Office $889,096.32 Sutherland Legal $380.00 Talbot and Oliver $268.00 United Medical Protection $1,032.50 Victorian Government Solicitor $1,784.20 VSA Property $3,417.00 Wojtowics Kelly $624.55 Wray and Associates $14,503.00 * An amount of $41,276.83 was recouped from the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing. 4. Services provided related to obtaining legal advice on general and litigation matters (including medical negligence claims), acquisition of private hospitals and advice in relation to the Hepatitis C Settlement Scheme. OFFICE OF HEALTH REVIEW (1) Nil. (2) Not applicable. (3) Not applicable. (4) Not applicable.
4. Services provided related to obtaining legal advice on general and litigation matters (including medical negligence claims), acquisition of private hospitals and advice in relation to the Hepatitis C Settlement Scheme. OFFICE OF HEALTH REVIEW (1) Nil. (2) Not applicable. (3) Not applicable. (4) Not applicable.
OFFICE OF HEALTH REVIEW (1) Nil. (2) Not applicable. (3) Not applicable. (4) Not applicable.
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