Ian Hall v The Information Commissioner

Ian Hall v The Information Commissioner

The County Council's consolidated dataset was either the same as or older than information publicly available from Historic England or individual councils, making it excepted from disclosure under Regulation 6(1)(b) EIR. Supplying the consolidated dataset falls outside the County Council's public task, so RPSI does...

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Parties
Appellant: Ian Hall; Respondent: The Information Commissioner
Jurisdiction
England and Wales
Judgment Date
08 December 2022
Procedural Posture
Appeal / Final Judgment
Outcome
appeal dismissed
Legal Topics
Disclosure of Environmental Information, Public Sector Information Re Use, Public Task Definition
Information Rights Environmental Law Administrative Law Disclosure of Environmental Information Public Sector Information Re Use Public Task Definition

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Parties

Ian Hall

Appellant

The Information Commissioner

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Appeal / Final Judgment

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether the County Council was obliged to disclose the consolidated spatial dataset under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR)
  2. 2 Whether the County Council was obliged to permit re-use of the dataset under the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015 (RPSI)

Ratio Decidendi

The County Council's consolidated dataset was either the same as or older than information publicly available from Historic England or individual councils, making it excepted from disclosure under Regulation 6(1)(b) EIR. Supplying the consolidated dataset falls outside the County Council's public task, so RPSI does not apply.

Court Disposition

appeal dismissed