Crossland v Information Commissioner (Recusal, Strike Out and Excluded Decisions (Judicial Review)) [2020] UKUT 264 (AAC)

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decisions by Judge Wikeley on 4 May 2020 and 23 June 2020

Read the full decision in:GIA/26/2020 (recusal application ruling) GIA/26/2020 (strike out ruling) GIA/26/2020 (final ruling)

Judicial Summary

Information rights - application to Upper Tribunal for permission to appeal from First-tier Tribunal interlocutory case management directions - whether UT Judge should recuse himself from determining application - whether application should be struck out for want of jurisdiction or for no reasonable prospects of success - whether recusal and strike out rulings are ‘excluded decisions’ under TCEA 2007 section 13(8)(c) and so subject to challenge only by way of judicial review or alternatively by application for permission to appeal to the Court of Appeal

Published 8 September 2020