Key information
Request reference number: MGLA210525-6390
Date of response:
Summary of request
Request:
Please accept a further FOI regarding Womble Bond Dickinson:
1. In which year was Womble Bond Dickinson first onboarded as a GLA/TfL panel solicitor firm
2. Was Womble Bond Dickinson's role in Postmasters considered and reviewed relative to court findings against the firm's abuses of data and active intent to subvert evidence
Response:
I can confirm that Transport for London (TFL) holds information in scope of your request on behalf of the GLA.
- Womble Bond Dickinson was appointed to the TfL Legal Panel in 2019
- Womble Bond Dickinson were selected following a procurement carried out under the relevant public procurement rules and were assessed against the same prescribed list of criteria as all other firms on the panel.
Advice/assistance:
- Assuming you are referring to the matters considered by the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry, the appointment of Womble Bond Dickinson pre-dated that Inquiry.
- Womble Bond Dickinson were appointed to assist with complex property and commercial development work only.