CalMac Ferries Ltd (Details of severance package of former Chief Executive) [2025] ScotIC 299_2025 (11 December 2025)
The Commissioner held that while there is a legitimate public interest in transparency regarding the use of public funds, the specific details of the severance package constituted personal data and disclosure would be unfair to the individual concerned. The exemption under section 38(1)(b) of the FOISA therefore applied.
- Citation
- [2025] ScotIC 299_2025
- Parties
- Respondent: CalMac Ferries Ltd; Applicant: Applicant
- Jurisdiction
- Scotland
- Judgment Date
- 11 December 2025
- Procedural Posture
- FOI Appeal / Decision
- Outcome
- request refused
- Legal Topics
- Severance Package Disclosure, Personal Data, Public Interest Test
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Parties
CalMac Ferries Ltd
Respondent
Applicant
Applicant
Procedural Posture
FOI Appeal / Decision
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether details of the severance package of the former Chief Executive of CalMac Ferries Ltd should be disclosed under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
Ratio Decidendi
The Commissioner held that while there is a legitimate public interest in transparency regarding the use of public funds, the specific details of the severance package constituted personal data and disclosure would be unfair to the individual concerned. The exemption under section 38(1)(b) of the FOISA therefore applied.
Court Disposition
request refused
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