“The UK’s freedom of information (FOI) law watchdog was wrong to rule that an FOI request was vexatious, the Information Rights Tribunal, formerly the Information Tribunal has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 26th August 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“This interesting decision of the First-Tier Tribunal (not linked to this post, for reasons I shall explain below) goes to the circumstances in which a public authority can refuse under environmental information rules to disclose legal advice received by it.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 25th August 2011
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“The government has promised to release all cabinet papers relating to the 1989 Hillsborough disaster to the public once they have been shared with families of the deceased, after being forced to clarify its position by an e-petition that has reached more than 125,000 signatures.”
The Guardian, 24th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Students have the right to access information detailing what assessors thought of their exam answers under UK data protection laws, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 19th August 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“The government is to appeal against a ruling that Margaret Thatcher’s discussions about the Hillsborough tragedy should be made public.”
The Guardian, 17th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The BBC faces a legal challenge over a report it has kept secret – but the case is being brought from beyond the grave.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th August 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Twitter is a valid medium for freedom of information requests to be filed, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 8th August 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Legal data collection should happen as a matter of course. Lawyers and judges often scold the media for its representation of legal cases. ‘There are lots of judgments that have been criticised where it’s quite apparent that people haven’t read them,’ Mr Justice Eady told legal journalist Joshua Rozenberg earlier this year.”
The Guardian, 8th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Thousands of pieces of information about public services, from warnings of delays on the railways to details of jobs landed by new graduates, will be thrown open to scrutiny under plans for a ‘transparency revolution’ announced today by the Government.”
The Independent, 4th August 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Information Commissioner ruled that they were in the public interest, amid claims by some victims’ families that the former Conservative prime minister tried to protect the police’s reputation.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Information Commissioner says the Welsh Government should review the way it handles freedom of information requests.”
BBC News, 20th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The public asked for the release of more information from public bodies at the start of this year than at any time since the immediate aftermath of the enactment of freedom of information (FOI) laws, the Government has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 7th July 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“The government has published data on the number of late abortions carried out in England and Wales, after the High Court ordered it to do so.”
BBC News, 4th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Civil servants have been ordered to reconsider disclosing thousands of documents relating to a fund run by former MP George Galloway during Saddam Hussein’s regime.”
The Independent, 14th May 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Police forces are sacking almost 160 officers on average each year after misconduct hearings held in private, according to figures released under the Freedom of Information Act.”
The Guardian, 9th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Department of Health has lost a court battle to keep secret some details on abortion statistics.”
BBC News, 20th April 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Department of Health is making a High Court challenge today to stop figures being published on the number of late abortions on ‘less than perfect’ foetuses with physical abnormalities, including cleft palate and club foot.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th April 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Details of the European Commission’s objections to the Data Protection Act (DPA) have been revealed for the first time. A document has been published outlining why the Commission thinks the DPA fails to implement the EU’s Data Protection Directive.”
OUT-LAW.com, 22nd February 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“In estimating whether the cost of complying with a request for information would exceed the appropriate limit for the purposes of claiming exemption from the obligation to comply in reliance on section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, a public authority was not permitted by regulation 4 of the Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004 to take account of time which it expected to spend in redacting exempt information from relevant documents before disclosing them to the applicant.”
WLR Daily, 27th January 2011
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“A single body will be put in charge of how data generated by publicly owned bodies is used, the Government has said. It has outlined plans for a Public Data Corporation (PDC) to manage data and license it to others.”
OUT-LAW.com, 17th January 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
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