The Weekly Law Reports
[2013] 3 WLR 1631
Queen’s Bench Division
Regina (Evans)
v
Attorney General
[2013] EWHC 1960 (Admin)
2013 May 8,
9,
10;
July 9
Lord Judge CJ, Davis LJ, Globe J
Freedom of information— Exempt information— Accountable person’s certificate— Upper Tribunal ordering partial disclosure of correspondence between Prince of Wales and government departments— Attorney General issuing certificate effectively overriding requirement for disclosure— Whether certificate valid— Whether “reasonable grounds” justifying issue of certificate— Whether certification concerning environmental information permissible— Whether compatible with EU law and treaty obligations on access to environmental information—
Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c 36) (as amended by Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (SI 2004/3391), reg 20), ss 39, 53(2)
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Environmental Information Regulations 2004, reg 18
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Parliament and Council Directive 2003/4/EC, art 6
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Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (1998), art 9