Cox v Information Commissioner and Home Office: [2018] UKUT 119 (AAC)

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Wikeley on 6 April 2018.

• From: HM Courts & Tribunals Service and Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
• Published: 24 April 2018

• Categories: Information rights
• Sub-categories: Information rights - Data protection, Information rights - Freedom of information - absolute exemptions, Information rights - Information rights: practice and procedure
• Judges: Wikeley, N
• Decision date: 6 April 2018

Read the full decision in GIA/2906/2017.

Judicial Summary

1) request for disclosure of names of junior civil servants involved in formulating policy on migration issues - FOIA section 40(2) exemption for personal data - paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to the DPA - general public interest in transparency - whether a “legitimate interest” for first of the Goldsmith questions - (2) status of open evidence referred to in course of open proceedings before FTT - rule 14 of FTT (GRC) procedural rules - whether FTT correct to treat issue as one of potential disclosure under FOIA in response to deemed request - principles of open justice

Published 24 April 2018