The Tribunal held that these FOIA requests were not vexatious, but upheld section 43(2) for some detailed cost data and ordered disclosure of held records and survey data.
The High Court upheld the Metropolitan Police’s overt live facial recognition policy, finding it sufficiently clear, foreseeable and constrained to satisfy Convention rights.
High Court employment dispute over redundancy, contracts and data protection. The court set aside an interim injunction, refused summary judgment and strike out, and transferred the case to Part 7.
Banfield v Stanmore College [2026] EWHC 617 (KB) (13 March 2026)
The High Court held that this employment dispute was unsuitable for Part 8, set aside an interim injunction staying redundancy, refused summary judgment and strike-out, and transferred the case to Part 7.
Claims for breach of duty to investigate crime, malicious prosecution, abuse of process, property torts, breach of fiduciary duty, data protection, Equality Act, Human Rights Act, intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress, conspiracy, and claims for company losses are struck out as legally unrecognisable, statute-barred, incoherent, or barred by res judicata, issue estoppel, or reflective loss. Claims for assault and harassment against Thames Valley Police survive strike-out but require amendment and clarification. All other claims against remaining defendants are struck out…
The High Court refused permission for judicial review of the Met’s Freemasonry disclosure policy, finding the grounds unarguable and refusing interim relief.
The claimant failed to demonstrate any arguable ground for judicial review with a realistic prospect of success because she had an adequate alternative remedy via statutory appeal to the Tribunal, and her grounds were primarily factual disputes over evidence and entitlement, not public law errors. The Tribunal is the appropriate forum to resolve such disputes, and none of the grounds justified bypassing the statutory appeal process.
The tribunal dismissed an FOIA appeal about disclosure of a senior civil servant’s name and alleged accountability records in connection with Employment Tribunal spending.
The Tribunal dismissed an appeal seeking anonymised CT600 corporation tax data, holding that disclosure would still enable identification and engage section 23 CRCA and section 44 FOIA.
Feldman & Ors v Gambling Commission [2026] EWHC 76 (KB) (19 January 2026)
The High Court dismissed claims for misuse of private information and breach of confidence arising from 888’s 2023 RNS and a 2024 Gambling Commission statement.