Crossland v (1) The Information Commissioner and (2) Leeds City Council: [2020] UKUT 263 (AAC)
Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision of Mrs Justice Farbey, Chamber President on 2 September 2020.
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Judicial Summary
Information Rights – application to Upper Tribunal for permission to appeal from First-tier Tribunal interim case management directions – whether the General Regulatory Chamber exercised a discretion unreasonably in requiring the appellant to state why his appeal should not be struck under rule 8(4) of the GRC Procedure Rules - importance of overriding objective - observations on the Upper Tribunal’s power to strike out.
Case management decision taken as a matter of the tribunal’s discretion. The Upper Tribunal will not interfere unless the decision was unreasonable or the GRC misdirected itself in law.