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johndyer@nuclearcrimes.com

 

Sajjad Nadi        

D J Freeman                                                                         

43 Fetter Lane

London EC4A 1JU.

23 March 2001

Your ref   SVN/CG2/0113119999

Dear Mr Nabi,

Thank you for your letter, and enclosed ‘bundle’, of the 21 March 2001. 

You state: 

‘Please find enclosed a bundle of our clients disclosure in response to your request under the Data Protection Act 1998 made in your letter of 2 February 2001.’

Who precisely are Freeman’s ‘clients’- ‘enclosed a bundle of our clients disclosure’?  Please state precisely who they are. 

Which particular Shell, and/or other company/firm and/or outfit, supplied and/or forwarded the said ‘bundle’ of documents?  Please state precisely who they are. 

My request, made under the Data Protection Act 1998 (as amended March 2000), was for all copies of all personal and other data concerning myself, held on computer and/or paper by any member, or associate, of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group.   

The documents forwarded do not even represent ‘a sample’ of all documents/records, data, correspondence concerning myself held on computer and/or paper by any member, or associate, of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group.    

Consequently, advise whether, or not, the Royal Dutch Shell Group maintains that it has sent all personal, and other documents/records, data, correspondence concerning myself held on computer and/or paper by any member, or associate, of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group- as per my request.   

If Royal Dutch/Shell maintains that the sent ‘bundle of documents’ is the full, exhaustive and complete list of all personal, and other documents/records, data, correspondence concerning myself held on computer and/or paper by any member, or associate, of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group, forward the name of the Shell individual, and/or individuals stating this.  In addition please forward an authorised statement that no ‘culling’, ‘shredding’, ‘withholding’ or ‘transferring’ of documents has been authorised, and/or known by the any member of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group and/or Associate/Associates and/or any ‘hired help’ with regard to myself and Shell Thornton/ nuclear crimes issue.   

Precisely what ‘Exemption’ sections of the Data Protection Act have Shell/Freeman’s invoked?  With particular reference to section: 

28. - (1) Personal data are exempt from any of the provisions of-


(a) the data protection principles

(b) Parts II, III and V, and if the exemption from that provision is required for the purpose of safeguarding national security if the exemption from that provision is required for the purpose of safeguarding national security.


Please state if any of section 28 has been invoked to withhold documents/records, data, and correspondence.  Should a denial be issued please state the name of the person authorising the denial.  A refusal to issue a denial will be taken as admittance. 

It ‘just’ so happened that Shell’s Legal Head (a mere day before ‘your’ letter) wrote- ‘should you (J Dyer) or we (Shell), ultimately decide to litigate’-it struck me, at the time, as most peculiar as Shell have run a proverbial mile from mentioning anything to do with its empty ‘sue’, threats –I now understand why Shell’s Legal Head, was instructed to forward the ‘decide to litigate’ lie.  Consequent, Freeman’s had then to be called in to write and forward the said ‘bundle’ of documents, in place of Shell’s legal head, who had previously been personally corresponding/dealing with my Data Protection request!  

Consequently, please confirm whether, or not, Freeman/Shell have invoked section 35: 

35. - Disclosures required by law or made in connection with legal proceedings etc.  

(1)    Personal data are exempt from the non-disclosure provisions where the disclosure is required by or under any enactment, by any rule of law or by the order of a court.    

(2)    Personal data are exempt from the non-disclosure provisions where the disclosure is necessary-

(a) for the purpose of, or in connection with, any legal proceedings (including prospective legal proceedings), or

(b) for the purpose of obtaining legal advice, or is otherwise necessary for the purposes of establishing, exercising or defending legal rights. 

Please state what, if any, of section 35 has been invoked. 

Please state that no documents/computer records etc have been withheld on legal semantic grounds.  The fact that Shell and its lawyer’s brief letter was so constructed  ‘Please find enclosed a bundle of our clients disclosure…’ conclusively demonstrates that only a lawyers committee could have agreed the crafted gobbledegook.  

Please state whether, or not, any files, documents, records, data, and/or correspondence has been transferred to any member, or associate, of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group, with particular reference to those outside of the United Kingdom-thereby falling outside of the UK Data Protection Act.  Please further confirm (any?) the ‘code’ names assigned and/or used with regard to myself and/or the Shell Thornton nuclear dumping crimes issue.

Yours sincerely,

  

John Dyer.