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<p>The cost to the public purse of (a) the Department for International Trade’s (DIT)
legal team was £146,752.61, and (b) the cost to the public purse in legal fees to
the appellant for this Department’s defence of the 2017 High Court case on arms sales
to Saudi Arabia was £45,000. In addition, other money disbursed from the public purse
for the purposes of this case was £138,292.14. This figure represents DIT legal costs
to date associated with the Special Advocate representing the Appellant in closed
proceedings in the Judicial Review.</p><p> </p><p>The figures provided comprise net
legal costs, including disbursement costs and these represent the legal cost to DIT.
The legal costs provided here do not include figures spent by the Foreign and Commonwealth
Office and the Ministry of Defence. There may also be further legal costs that have
not yet been billed to the department.</p><p> </p>
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