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The following correspondence relates to the handling of an Official Information
Request by Lynley Hood, author, for a brief of evidence drawn up but not
used by Bede Cooper of the ministry of Education, Christchurch .
The documents in question were eventually released. Copies of them are
included under "1995
Employment Case Documents" on this site.
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What
Lynley Hood had to say about this request:
A City Possessed: The Christchurch
Civic Crèche case
Longacre Press, 2001, page 567
The process by which I obtained the Ministry of Education file on Bede
Cooper's brief of evidence, and the Crown Law Office file on the same matter,
was a long and convoluted one. Phrases like 'getting the run-around' spring
to mind. In any event, those documents, and my interviews with some of the
people involved, enabled me to piece together an interesting story.
1998-0619 - Letter - Margaret Soper
to Bede Cooper (pdf 31 kB)
Margaret Soper, Crown Counsel, Crown
Law Office
Bede Cooper, Liasion Officer for Mgr National Operations, Dept of Education
I note your objection to the release of these two items under the Official
Information Act, but the Solicitor-General is of the view that we have no
grounds under the Act to withhold them….
1998-0617 - Letter - Bede Cooper to
Margaret Soper (pdf 60 kB)
Bede Cooper, Liasion Officer for Mgr
National Operations, Dept of Education Margaret Soper, Crown Counsel, Crown
Law Office
…….. I therefore
object to allegations made by Mrs Appleyard in her memo of 11 March1995 and
those made by J C Weston in his letter to the Solicitor-General fated 9 June
1995.
1998-0616 - File Note - Jan Breakwell (pdf 48 kB)
Jan Breakwell, Senior Solicitor, Mgr
Legal Services Division, Ministry Education
Yesterday morning I spoke briefly with Lynley Hood about Bede Cooper's brief
of evidence prepared for Employment Court proceedings relating to
Christchurch Civic Crèche employees. This morning I spoke to her at greater
length
1998-0611 - Letter - Margaret
Soper to Jan Breakwell (pdf 57 kB)
Margaret Soper, Crown Counsel, Crown
Law Office
Jan Breakwell, Manager Legal Services Division, Ministry Education
I write further to my letter of 2 June 1998 to advise that Lynley Hood has
complained to the Ombudsman over the failure to supply her with the
information that she seeks.
1998-0602 - Letter - Margaret
Soper to Jan Breakwell (pdf 44 kB)
Margaret Soper, Crown Counsel, Crown
Law Office
Jan Breakwell, Manager Legal Services Division, Ministry Education
The Solicitor-General has come to the view that we have no grounds under the
Official Information Act to withhold the correspondence between him and
Buddle Findlay and that it should be released. He has however noted your
concerns that Bede Cooper has not been given an opportunity to refute or
correct the accuracy of the information.
1998-0521 - Letter - Jan
Breakwell to Margaret Soper (pdf 83 kB)
Jan Breakwell, Manager Legal Services
Division, Ministry Education
Margaret Soper, Crown Counsel, Crown Law Office
You have asked for the Ministry's views on the release of the information
which you have enclosed with your letter. …..In this regard I refer
particularly to a letter from Buddle Findlay to the Solicitor-General dated 9
June 1995, an attachment to that letter prepared by Jo Appleyard, and the
Solicitor-General's reply dated 8 November 1995
1998-0519 - Letter - Howard Fancy to
Lynley Hood (pdf 74 kB)
Howard Fancy, Secretary for Education
Lynley Hood, Author, Dunedin
Mr Satyanand asked me to reconsider the Ministry's position on a brief of
evidence, drawn up but not used, by Bede Cooper of the Ministry's
Christchurch office. As you will know, this was intended to be used at
Employment Court proceedings in 1995 if Bede Cooper was subpoened by the
Christchurch City Council.
Links
to earlier correspondence on Employment case
Employment case 1996
Employment case
1995
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