|
|
Article: Lawyers cost Fire Service $3000 a day
- Article from:
- The Press
- Article date:
- April 6, 1999
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright 1999 The Press. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
The Fire Service has spent almost $3000 a day on legal advice and
representation since Roger Estall was appointed chairman in August
1997.
Figures supplied to Labour MP Trevor Mallard by Internal Affairs
Minister Jack Elder show that the commission spent $1.343 million
dollars on legal advice between the time of Mr Estall's appointment
and the end of March.
Mr Elder refused to break down the cost, but Mr Mallard said it
was publicly known that there had been major expenditure on: failed
Employment Court action, Mr Estall's representation by Wellington
law
firm Chen and Palmer at a parliamentary select committee inquiry,
and
separate advice for Mr Estall and his chief executive Jean Martin in ...