The Weekly Law Reports
[2015] 2 WLR 813
Supreme Court
Regina (Evans) v Attorney General (Campaign for Freedom of Information intervening)
[2015] UKSC 21
2014 Nov 24,
25;
2015 March 26
Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury PSC, Baroness Hale of Richmond DPSC, Lord Mance, Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore, Lord Wilson, Lord Reed, Lord Hughes JJSC
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 “reasonable grounds” justifying issue of certificate— Whether certification concerning environmental information compatible with EU law and treaty obligations on access to environmental information—
Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c 36), s 53(2)
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Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (SI 2004/3391), reg 18
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Parliament and Council Directive 2003/4/EC, art 6
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Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, art 47
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Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (1998), art 9