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Richards v (1) The Information Commissioner (2) The Welsh Government: [2019] UTAAC 379 (AAC)

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Church on 29 November 2019.

From:
HM Courts & Tribunals Service and Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
Published:
16 January 2020
Categories:
Information rights
Judges:
Church, TH
Decision date:
29 November 2019

Read the full decision in GIA/524/2019.

Judicial Summary

Information Rights – Proper meaning of s58 FOIA 2000; whether First-tier Tribunal was entitled to refuse the requester’s appeal AND to substitute the Information Commissioner’s notice; decides (consistent with decision in The Information Commissioner v Malnick & ACOBA [2018] UKUT 72 (AAC)) that the Tribunal misdirected itself in law when it purported to substitute its decision for that of the Information Commissioner, having dismissed the appeal.