Service Area Purpose / Use Retention Action Statutory Non-Statutory Example of Records / Format Litigation See Litigation Above Advice Destroy 3 years General advice to after the last Departments advice given - Internal e-mails Destroy 3 years - correspondence with external Common Advice solicitors and counsel providing advice after advice given Practice External Legal Advice with discretion to and opinions received retain for reference purposes Funding or Service Level Agreements Process of negotiating Destroy 6 years - Correspondence and agreeing terms after the subject - authority to enter into between public sector matter of the agreement organisations Agreement and - Completed Agreements any dispute has expired
Service Area Purpose / Use Retention Action Statutory Non-Statutory Example of Records / Format Litigation See Litigation Above Advice Advice General advice to Departments Destroy 3 years after the last advice given Common Practice - Internal e-mails - correspondence with external solicitors and counsel providing advice and opinions External Legal Advice received Destroy 3 years after advice given with discretion to retain for reference purposes Funding or Service Level Agreements Process of negotiating and agreeing terms between public sector organisations Destroy 6 years after the subject matter of the Agreement and any dispute has expired - Correspondence - authority to enter into agreement - Completed Agreements
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