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Thomas John Evans v The Information Commissioner: [2026] UKUT 399 (AAC)

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber ruling (on Permission to Appeal) of Judge West on 06 July 2026.

From:
HM Courts & Tribunals Service and Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
Published:
20 October 2026
Categories:
Information rights
Sub-categories:
Information rights - Data protection and Information rights - Information rights: practice and procedure
Judges:
West, M
Decision date:
6 July 2026

Read the full decision in UA-2025-001700-GDPA.

Judicial Summary

This ruling is a refusal of permission to appeal by the Upper Tribunal in relation to a decision made on an application lodged with the FTT (General Regulatory Chamber) under section 166 Data Protection Act 2018. It considers in detail the limited scope of the FTT’s jurisdiction under section 166 as confirmed in the relevant case law: Killock and Veale v Information Commissioner [2022] 1 WLR 2241 (Killock), R (Delo) v Information Commissioner (Delo) in the High Court ([2023] 1 WLR 1327) and Court of Appeal ([2023] EWCA Civ 1141) and Smith v Information Commissioner [2025] UKUT 74 (AAC) (Smith).