Extravagant Spending Continues in Sheriff Court.
Highland & Western Isles Valuation Joint Board spending good after bad in INV-SM11-25 and set to spiral.
The 2nd set of invoices from Anderson Strathern are in from the Highland & Western Isles Valuation Joint Board and a further £12,100 has been spent on legal fees in relation to INV-SM11-25 between 1 February & 31 March 2026.
Of course, this doesn't include April where we had an in-person hearing at Inverness Sheriff Court. The total is surely topping £40k by now and set to spiral! You are going to find out very shortly why! 😂
Very soon, I will start revealing what they are actually spending this money on and frankly, it's shocking. It partly makes me laugh it's so hideous but, it's quite serious all at the same time.
Of course, what they aren't spending it on is striking as well… more to come on that as well..
This time the spending includes £3,683 solely on dealing with FOI matters in “The Audit” on this Substack. One has to question why they would ask a solicitor to deal with FOI requests that ask for simple records such as risk registers, invoices etc. I can only guess it's in relation at least partly to a current application at the Scottish Information Commissioner because they are refusing to tell me if their Monitoring Officer has legal qualifications.
Why don't they want to answer that??
I will tell you why…. The Highland & Western Isles Valuation Joint Board has been institutionally captured… by a single senior officer from the Highland Council. And.. the question they don't want to answer is a massive key to the truth of it.
He's been found out and they are desperate to keep it under wraps… not for much longer I'm afraid..
I have a new FOI asking about the solicitor fees for my FOI requests. I'm sure there's plenty of irony in paying a solicitor to deal with my FOI request about why they are paying solicitors to deal with my FOI requests. Humour will get you through.. every time. 😂
Full invoices below.. 👇