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Legal battle with Southwest One cost Somerset £5.9m

Somerset CC paid £5.9m to settle a contract dispute with outsourcing partner Southwest One, figures have revealed.

By Thomas Bridge | 17 July 2013

Somerset CC paid £5.9m to settle a contract dispute with outsourcing partner Southwest One, figures have revealed.

Southwest One – which carries out back office services at Somerset, Taunton Deane BC and Avon and Somerset Police - tried to sue the county council for £25m in February.

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