House of Commons

The Register of Members' Financial Interests
As at 27 April 2020

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. All earnings in this capacity were received subject to deductions for the costs of my chambers:

25 April 2019, received £3,000 plus VAT from Coles Miller LLP, 44/46 Parkstone Road, Poole BH15 2PG. (Registered 25 April 2019)

25 April 2019, received £700 plus VAT from Evans Derry, 5 Church Hill, Coleshill, Warwickshire B46 3AD. (Registered 25 April 2019)

16 May 2019, £1,700 plus VAT from Thorneycroft Solicitors, Bridge Street Mills, Bridge Street, Macclesfield SK11 6QA. (Registered 24 May 2019)

4 July 2019, received £2,400 plus VAT from Devonshires Solicitors, 30 Finsbury Circus, London EC2M 7DT. (Registered 04 July 2019)

26 July 2019, received £1,200 plus VAT from Thorneycroft Solicitors, Bridge Street Mills, Bridge Street, Macclesfield SK11 6QA. (Registered 29 July 2019)

26 July 2019, received £1,200 plus VAT from Thorneycroft Solicitors, Bridge Street Mills, Bridge Street, Macclesfield SK11 6QA. (Registered 31 July 2019)

27 August 2019, received £1,250 plus VAT from Thorneycroft Solicitors, Bridge Street Mills, Bridge Street, Macclesfield SK11 6QA. (Registered 23 September 2019)

30 September 2019, received £2,100 plus VAT from Evans Derry, 46 Chelmsley Circle, Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham B37 5UH. (Registered 07 October 2019)

12 November 2019, received £328.13 plus VAT from Evans Derry, 5 Church Hill, Coleshill, Warwickshire B46 3AD. (Registered 11 January 2020)

31 October 2019, received £1,000 plus VAT from Evans Derry, 46 Chelmsley Circle, Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham B37 5UH. (Registered 11 January 2020)

14 November 2019, received £284.67 plus VAT from William Graham Law Ltd, 24 Neptune Court, Ocean Way, Cardiff CF24 5PJ. (Registered 11 January 2020)

18 December 2019, received £180.50 plus VAT from William Graham Law Ltd, 24 Neptune Court, Ocean Way, Cardiff CF24 5PJ. (Registered 11 January 2020)

9 January 2020, received £76.33 plus VAT from William Graham Law Ltd, 24 Neptune Court, Ocean Way, Cardiff CF24 5PJ. (Registered 11 January 2020)

25 January 2018, received £2,025 plus VAT from Evans Derry, 5 Church Hill, Coleshill, Warwickshire B46 3AD. (Registered 10 February 2020)

26 January 2018, received £3,750 plus VAT from Boyes Turner, Abbots House, Abbey St, Reading RG1 3BD. (Registered 10 February 2020)

6 February 2018, received £350 plus VAT from Evans Derry, 5 Church Hill, Coleshill, Warwickshire B46 3AD. (Registered 10 February 2020)

6 February 2018, received £1,225 plus VAT from Evans Derry, 5 Church Hill, Coleshill, Warwickshire B46 3AD. (Registered 10 February 2020)

6 February 2018, received £2,712 plus VAT from Evans Derry, 5 Church Hill, Coleshill, Warwickshire B46 3AD. (Registered 10 February 2020)

26 February 2018, received £3,250 plus VAT from Coles Miller LLP, 44/46 Parkstone Road, Poole BH15 2PG. (Registered 10 February 2020)

23 April 2019 received £800 plus VAT from Evans Derry, 5 Church Hill, Coleshill, Warwickshire B46 3AD. (Registered 10 February 2020)

11 February 2020, received £3,344 plus VAT from Evans Derry, 5 Church Hill, Coleshill, Warwickshire B46 3AD. (Registered 11 February 2020)

13 January 2020, received £360 plus VAT from Evans Derry, 5 Church Hill, Coleshill, Warwickshire B46 3AD. (Registered 14 February 2020)

2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

Name of donor: Charles D Lockhart
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £1,700 for my 2017 fighting fund
Donor status: individual
(Registered 10 February 2020)

Name of donor: Luba Chernukhin
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £3,000 for my 2019 fighting fund
Donor status: individual
(Registered 10 February 2020)

Name of donor: Anthony McGurk
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 for my 2019 fighting fund
Donor status: individual
(Registered 10 February 2020)

Name of donor: Matthew Taylor
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 for my 2019 fighting fund
Donor status: individual
(Registered 10 February 2020)

Name of donor: Northglen Investments
Address of donor: Nicholas House, 3 Laurence Pountney Hill, London EC4R 0EU
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 for my 2019 fighting fund
Donor status: company, registration 04231841
(Registered 10 February 2020)

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: seven dinners value £40; three breakfasts value £14.25; £322.75 in total
Date of receipt: between 5 September and 11 December 2018
Date of acceptance: between 5 September and 11 December 2018
Donor status: unincorporated association
(Registered 10 February 2020)

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Conservative Friends of Israel Ltd (CFI Ltd)
Address of donor: Blick Rothenberg, 7-10 Chandos Street, London W1G 9DG
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Air travel, accommodation and hospitality with a value of £2,300
Destination of visit: Israel and the West Bank
Dates of visit: 16-21 February 2020
Purpose of visit: Fact finding political delegation.
(Registered 26 February 2020)

8. Miscellaneous

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

I received two VIP passes from the sponsors of the Royal Navy International Air Day 2019 on 13 July 2019, total value £340 (£170 per person). The sponsors were BAE Systems, MBDA, Lockheed Martin, Leonardo, Babcock, Chemring and General Dynamics. (Registered 15 July 2019)

From 12 February 2020, Chair of the Commons and Lords RAF Association. (Registered 09 March 2020)

 

Prepared 28th April 2020