The Register of Members' Financial Interests
As at 15 October 2018

Courts, Robert (Witney)

Courts, Robert (Witney)

1. Employment and earnings

Payments received for my work at the bar of England and Wales, all done before my election:

2 October 2017, received £1,500 plus VAT from Coles Miller LLP, 44/46 Parkstone Road, Poole BH15 2PG. (Registered 03 October 2017)

4 October 2017, received £1,968.75 plus VAT from Evans Derry, 5 Church Hill, Coleshill B46 3AD. (Registered 05 October 2017)

11 October 2017, received £4,000 plus VAT from Boyes Turner, Abbots House, Abbey Street, Reading RG1 3BD. (Registered 11 October 2017)

17 October 2017, received £2,083.33 plus VAT from Collins, 20 Station Road, Watford WD1 1AP. (Registered 27 November 2017)

16 November 2017, received £600 plus VAT from Evans Derry, 5 Church Hill, Coleshill, Warwickshire B46 3AD. (Registered 27 December 2017)

29 November 2017, received £3,100 plus VAT from Boyes Turner, Abbots House, Abbey Street, Reading RG1 3BD. (Registered 27 December 2017)

17 January 2018, received £656.25 plus VAT from Evans Derry, 5 Church Hill, Coleshill, Warwickshire B46 3AD. (Registered 22 January 2018)

31 January 2018, received £1,400 plus VAT from Evans Derry, 46 Chelmsley Circle, Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham B37 5UH. (Registered 19 February 2018)

5 March 2018, received £1,250 plus VAT from Dalgarno Solicitors, 11 Suez Street, Warrington WA1 1EF. (Registered 12 March 2018)

15 March 2018, received £3,862.50 plus VAT from Evans Derry, 5 Church Hill, Coleshill, Warwickshire B46 3AD. (Registered 19 March 2018)

5 April 2016, received £6,600 plus VAT from Coles Miller LLP, 44/46 Parkstone Road, Poole BH15 2PG. (Registered 06 April 2018)

24 April 2018, received £249.50 plus VAT from William Graham Law Ltd, 24 Neptune Court, Ocean Way, Cardiff CF24 5PJ. (Registered 26 April 2018)

22 May 2018, received £104.17 plus VAT from William Graham Law Ltd, 24 Neptune Court, Ocean Way, Cardiff CF24 5PJ. (Registered 24 May 2018)

31 May 2018, received £3,150 plus VAT from Coles Miller LLP, 44/46 Parkstone Road, Poole BH15 2PG. (Registered 04 June 2018)

31 May 2018, received £750 plus VAT from Coles Miller LLP, 44/46 Parkstone Road, Poole BH15 2PG. (Registered 18 June 2018)

18 June 2018, received £3,583.33 plus VAT from Evans Derry, 5 Church Hill, Coleshill, Warwickshire B46 3AD. (Registered 18 June 2018)

20 June 2018, received £600 plus VAT from Thorneycroft Solicitors, Bridge Street Mills, Bridge Street, Macclesfield SK11 6QA. (Registered 25 June 2018)

16 July 2018, received £2,250 plus VAT from Evans Derry, 5 Church Hill, Coleshill, Warwickshire B46 3AD. (Registered 16 July 2018)

16 July 2018, received £2,250 plus VAT from Evans Derry, 46 Chelmsley Circle, Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham B37 5UH. (Registered 27 July 2018)

24 September 2018, received £2,850 plus VAT from Thorneycrofts, Bridge Street Mills, Bridge Street, Macclesfield SK11 6QA. (Registered 24 September 2018)

20 September 2018, received £500 plus VAT from Evans Derry, 46 Chelmsley Circle, Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham B37 5UH. (Registered 25 September 2018)

26 March 2018, received £800 plus VAT from Evans Derry, 5 Church Hill, Coleshill, Warwickshire B46 3AD. (Registered 02 October 2018)

1 October 2018, received £104.17 plus VAT from William Graham Law Ltd, 24 Neptune Court, Ocean Way, Cardiff CF24 5PJ. (Registered 03 October 2018)

24 November 2017, payment of £1,800 made to my local Association by SP Broadway Consultants, 50 Broadway London SW1H 0RG in return for a speech which I gave on 16 November 2017. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 20 December 2017)

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: APPG for the Armed Forces
Address of donor: House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: seventeen dinners value £40 each; seven breakfasts value £14.25 each; total £779.75
Date received: 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017
Date accepted: 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017
Donor status: other
(Registered 16 August 2017; updated 03 July 2018)

Name of donor: International Churchill Society (UK)
Address of donor: Churchill College, Cambridge CB3 0DS
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: ticket for the Sir Winston Churchill Awards dinner, value £500
Date received: 7 November 2017
Date accepted: 7 November 2017
Donor status: other
(Registered 20 December 2017)

Name of donor: APPG for the Armed Forces
Address of donor: House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: eight dinners value £40 each; four breakfasts value £14.25 each; total £377
Date received: 1 January 2018 to 3 July 2018
Date accepted: 1 January 2018 to 3 July 2018
Donor status: other
(Registered 04 July 2018)

Name of donor: Boeing Defence UK
Address of donor: Building 630, Bristol Business Park, The Crescent, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol BS16 1EJ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: For myself and a staff member, tickets for hospitality area and refreshments at the Royal International Air Tattoo with a total value of £340 plus VAT (£170 plus VAT each)
Date received: 13 August 2018
Date accepted: 13 August 2018
Donor status: company, registration 01290439
(Registered 02 August 2018)

8. Miscellaneous

Member of the Bar of England and Wales, not currently practising. (Registered 18 November 2016)

I received passes for myself and a staff member to enter the hospitality area at the Royal International Air Tattoo on 13 August 2018. These are not available to buy but I estimate that their total value, for two people, was £136 (two entry passes, and incidental refreshments, from Airbus, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage SG1 2AS.). I also received passes from Boeing which are registered under Category 3. (Registered 02 August 2018)