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The Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland v The Information Commissioner: [2025] UKUT 251 (AAC)

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge West on 28 July 2025.

From:
HM Courts & Tribunals Service and Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
Published:
2 September 2025
Categories:
Information rights
Sub-categories:
Information rights - Freedom of Information - exceptions, Information rights - Freedom of information - public authority response, Information rights - Freedom of information - qualified exemptions and Information rights - Freedom of information - right of access
Judges:
West, M
Decision date:
28 July 2025

Read the full decision in UA-2024-001765-GIA.

Judicial Summary

Freedom of Information Act 2000 – legal professional privilege - information notice served under s.51(1)(a) where Information Commissioner has received an application under s.50 – whether information notice under s.51(1)(a) is subject to the requirement that the Commissioner reasonably requires the information as in s.51(1)(b) – whether ambit of the two powers is the same or different – relationship with s.51(5)(a) and (b) which provide that the public authority is not required to furnish the Commissioner with information in respect of legally privileged communications in certain circumstances.