Freedom Of Information Law & FOI Cases in the UK
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Sugar v BBC & The Information Commissioner (No 2) [2010] EWCA Civ 715  -  Information exempt from disclosure if one purpose for which it is held is a genuine journalistic purpose... more...
European Commission v The Bavarian Lager Co Ltd (C-28/08 P) European Court of Justice (Grand Chamber)  -  Personal data not to be disclosed without justification... more...
Appeal by Craigdale Housing Association and Others v. The Scottish Information Commissioner [2010] CSIH 43  -  The appellants are housing associations in Strathclyde who, in 2007, made a request for information from the Chief Constable of Strathclyde Police, a public authority within the meaning of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, about the numbers of registered sex offenders residing in the Strathclyde... more...
Office of Communications (Respondent) v The Information Commissioner (Appellant) [2010] UKSC 3  -  Supreme Court Press Summary The Information Commissioner ordered the disclosure of information held by Ofcom concerning the precise location of mobile phone masts. On appeal, the Information Tribunal found that the public interest in public security, and in the protection of intellectual property... more...
Guardian News & Media Ltd v Information Commissioner, Information Tribunal, EA/2008/0084  -  Details of disciplinary action against judges exempt from disclosure:-The Information Tribunal upheld the Commissioner’s decision to refuse an application by a Guardian journalist for an order that the Ministry of Justice release details of all disciplinary action taken against judges by the Lord Chancellor... more...
Sugar (Appellant) v British Broadcasting Corporation and another (Respondents), [2009] UKHL 9  -  The BBC holds a report that it commissioned in respect of its coverage of the Middle East (“the Balen Report”). Mr Sugar asked the BBC to provide him with a copy of this report. He contended that the report was held by the BBC for purposes other than journalism, art or literature and that, in consequence,... more...
Common Services Agency (Appellants) v Scottish Information Commissioner (Respondent) (Scotland), [2008] UKHL 47  -  This appeal arises out of a request by Mr Collie to the Common Services Agency under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 to provide the details, by census wards, of all incidents of leukaemia for both sexes, in the age range 0-14, by year, from 1990 to 2003, for all of the Dumfries and Galloway... more...
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