Taxpayers in Cheltenham Expected to Foot Pounds200,000 Legal Bill for High Court Case Against Former Council Chief Executive

Gloucestershire Echo, The › December 28, 2008

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A Landmark legal case by Cheltenham Borough Council to claim pounds750,000 in damages from former chief executive Christine Laird will be heard at the High Court.

The 38-day case is expected to cost the council and, ultimately taxpayers in Cheltenham, pounds5,000 a day in legal charges.

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Taxpayers in Cheltenham Expected to Foot Pounds200,000 Legal Bill for High Court Case Against Former Council Chief Executive

When it gets under way on January 26, it will be the first case of its kind in the UK under new legislation contained withi...

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