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John Parker v Information Commissioner

The Tribunal dismissed John Parker’s information rights appeal, holding that the withheld documents were personal data exempt under FOIA section 40(2), and that the alleged document fabrication point was outside its jurisdiction.

  • Foia-section-40(2)-personal-data
  • Eir-regulation-13-personal-data
  • Foia/eir-regime-applicability
  • Environmental-information
  • Legitimate-interests-test-under-uk-gdpr-article-6(1)(f)
  • Section-58-foia-tribunal-jurisdiction
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Geoffrey Marney v The Information Commissioner & Anor

The Tribunal dismissed an EIR appeal about a council summerhouse dispute, holding that the withheld advice and surveyor’s name were personal data protected by regulation 13.

  • Environmental-information-regulations
  • Personal-data
  • Disclosure
  • Legitimate-interest
  • Public-authority-duties
  • Information-rights
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Information-law

Peter Stead v Information Commissioner & Anor

The Tribunal dismissed an FOIA appeal over redactions in BBC/CIISA correspondence, holding that names of senior individuals were exempt under section 40(2).

  • Freedom-of-information
  • Personal-data
  • Legitimate-interest
  • Data-protection-principles
  • Section-40(2)-foia
  • Section-40-foia
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Information-law

Alastair Logan v The Information Commissioner & Anor

The tribunal allowed this FOIA appeal in part, narrowing reliance on sections 31, 38 and 40 and ordering the Home Office to issue a fresh response.

  • Freedom-of-information
  • Personal-data
  • Special-category-data
  • Public-interest-test
  • Disclosure-exemptions
  • Information-rights
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Information-law

Rabbi Gabriel Kanter-Webber v Information Commissioner & Anor

The Tribunal dismissed an appeal for disclosure of a police misconduct hearing audio recording, holding section 40 FOIA applied because disclosure was neither necessary nor fair.

  • Freedom-of-information
  • Personal-data
  • Police-misconduct-hearings
  • Transparency
  • Section-40-foia
  • Article-6(1)(f)-uk-gdpr
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Information-law

Victor Mishiku v The Information Commissioner & Anor

The Tribunal held that Ealing could withhold most redacted personal data in a planning application, but had to disclose the name of one owner because it was not personal data.

  • Environmental-information-regulations-(eir)
  • Uk-gdpr
  • Data-protection-act-2018
  • Planning-law
  • Public-registers
  • Personal-data
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Information-rights

Peter Stead v Information Commissioner

The First-tier Tribunal dismissed Peter Stead’s FOIA appeal, upholding withholding under sections 27 and 40(2) for international relations material and personal data.

  • Freedom-of-information-act-2000
  • Copyright-and-database-exception
  • Text-and-data-mining
  • Personal-data
  • International-trade-negotiations
  • Freedom-of-information
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Information-law

Andrew White v The Information Commissioner

The Tribunal allowed an information rights appeal in part, ordering disclosure of a building control certificate with the surveyor’s name and signature redacted.

  • Environmental-information-regulations
  • Personal-data
  • Disclosure-exemptions
  • Building-control-certificates
  • Building-control
  • Information-rights-appeal
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Information-law

Aled Evans v The Information Commissioner & Anor

The Tribunal allowed the FOIA appeal in part, rejecting s31(1)(g) with s31(2)(b) but upholding refusal under s31(1)(g) with s31(2)(j), s36, s40(2) and s41.

  • Freedom-of-information
  • Personal-data
  • Confidentiality
  • Public-interest-test
  • Health-service-complaints
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Information-law

Patricia Murray v The Information Commissioner

The Tribunal dismissed an FOIA appeal seeking a vial batch label, holding the information was identifiable personal data and special category health data exempt under section 40(2).

  • Freedom-of-information
  • Personal-data
  • Special-category-data
  • Public-interest-test
  • Anonymisation
  • Disclosure-exemptions
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