APPENDIX 3
Extract from a letter to the Chairman
of the Committee from Councillor Stephen Murphy, Chairman, Greater
Manchester Police Authority
LITIGATION INVOLVING KEVIN TAYLOR
I acknowledge receipt of your letter of 3 February
1998, enquiring about the settlement of the claim brought by Kevin
Taylor. I have read Mr Michael's letter to you in which he dealt
with an earlier similar enquiry. What is perhaps not clear from
that letter is that the Greater Manchester Police Authority was
not a party to the litigation in question. Whilst the Chief Constable
and the insurers briefed the Authority as a matter of courtesy
on the progress of the case, the eventual settlement did not require
the Authority's formal approval. In those circumstances, I do
not believe that it is within the Authority's discretion to release
the information you seek. I note that you have copied your letter
to those persons who were parties to the settlement. I will leave
it to them to respond as they think appropriate.
Councillor Stephen Murphy
Chairman
Greater Manchester Police Authority
6 February 1998
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