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This website forms the Portfolio of Legal Affairs e-publication scheme, developed in compliance with Section 5 of the FOI Law.
The disclosure log is updated regularly and provides details of FOI requests that we feel may have a wider public interest.
Please note that the disclosure log does not list everything that has been released under FOI. Some responses consist of large numbers of documents that are not held in electronic format. Where practical, the documents concerned have been scanned and made available online via our website.
In addition to a summary of the original request, the log indicates whether or not the information was released and what exemptions, if any, were applied.
Where the actual reply has been reproduced, the applicant’s name and other personal details were deleted.
(Please note that prior to 5th January 2009; no requests have been received as the Freedom Information Law had not come into effect).
Please be advised that as of the 1st July 2011 the “Legal Department” has been divided into two separate entities, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Attorney General’s Chambers. Consequently, the “Government Legal Department” no longer exists.
| Request Number | Request Details | Outcome |
| #44039/11 & 34548/10 | Request for disclosure of legal advice rendered by the Attorney General’s Chambers to Government Ministry. | Records exempt from disclosure pursuant to sections 17(a) and 20(c) of the Freedom of Information Law. |
| #41394/11 | Please provide “structure chart for the legal Department including staff job titles and pay band.” | Request granted in full – 1. The pay bands for the various posts in the Legal Department are as follows: Solicitor General C, Deputy Solicitor General E, Assistant Solicitor General F, Senior Crown Counsel (International) F, Senior Crown Counsel (Civil) F, Senior Crown Counsel (Grand Court) F, Senior Crown Counsel (Summary Court) F, Senior Crown Counsel (Treaties) F, Crown Counsel H, Crown Counsel I G, Crown Counsel II J, Crown Counsel I (Traffic) I, Office Assistant/Bearer Q, Grand Court Clerk P, Office Assistant Q, Summary Court Clerk P, Legal Secretary N, Executive Officer/Records Officer O, Personal Assistant L, Legal Executive M and Human Resource Manager J. 2. The salary bands are in the public domain as they have been publish as part of the Public Service Management Regulations, 2006. 3. See below for structure chart. |
| #40340/11 | Request for disclosure of “the numbers for 2010 in respect of appeals made by the Legal Department to the Grand Court and the Court of Appeal.” | Access to records granted at Internal Review stage: Total Appeals to Court of Appeal – 33 Appeals by Attorney General’s Chambers to Court of Appeal – 8 Total Appeals to Grand Court 46 |
| #39762/11 | Request for disclosure of “number of persons extradited to the Cayman Islands specifying country for 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. Name of persons extradited to the Cayman Islands for 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.” |
Access to records granted in respect of item 1: According to our records one (1) person from extradited from Jamaica to the Cayman Islands in 2005. In respect of item 2, the records were exempt from disclosure pursuant to section 23(1) of the Freedom of Information Law. |
| #39005/10 | Request for disclosure of: 1. “Number of qualified lawyers working for Legal Department in 2007, 2008, 2009. 2. Number of Crown Counsel specifying civil and criminal designation working for Legal Department in 2007, 2008, 2009 including the Solicitor-General.” |
Access to records granted: 2007 – 17 2008 – 20 2009 – 22 2007 – 11 (Crim) 6 (Civil) |
| #38667/10 | Request for disclosure of “any audit, survey or review of Legal Department of any kind in the last five years.” | Access to records granted:
1. Human Resources Audit Reviews 2007 and 2010. |
| #38176/10 | Request for disclosure of 1. “Number of case files submitted to Legal by the RCIPS 2. Number of case files ruled on by Legal Dept. for the years 2007, 2008 and 2009.” |
Access to records granted: Item 1: 2007 – 1,365 2008 – 1,358 2009 – 1,183 Item 2: |
Other Matters
1. Request for disclosure of report prepared for presentation to Cabinet exempt from disclosure pursuant to section 19(1)(a) of Freedom of Information Law.
4. The latest approved Salary Scale, listing the salary grades, and the salary points within grades. July 2008 – Annual Salary Scale for Salaried Staff