Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council v Harron & The Information Commissioner's Office and Harron v Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council & The Information Commissioner's Office: [2023] UKUT 22 (AAC)

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by The Honourable Mrs Justice Farbey on 23 January 2023.

From:
HM Courts & Tribunals Service and Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
Published
6 February 2023
Categories:
Information rights, Tribunal procedure and practice
Sub-categories:
Information rights - Freedom of information - right of access, Tribunal procedure and practice - tribunal jurisdiction
Judges:
Farbey, J
Decision date:
23 January 2023

Read the full decision in UA-2021-000404-GIRF & UA-2022-000032-GIRF.

Judicial Summary

Information Rights - Certification of an offence of contempt to the Upper Tribunal under section 61 Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the application of the certification provisions - the scope of Certification proceedings and the First-tier Tribunal Substituted Decision Notice - Whether the certification was one which a reasonable tribunal could make. Principles in Navigator Equities Limited v Deripaska [2021] EWCA Civ 1799, para 82, applied.

Published 6 February 2023