The Weekly Law Reports
[2022] 1 WLR 1132
Upper Tribunal
*Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office v Information Commissioner and others
[2021] UKUT 248 (AAC)
2021 July 1, 2; Oct 1
Farbey J, Upper Tribunal Judges Mullan, Wikeley
Freedom of information— Disclosure— Exemption— Public authority refusing request for information in reliance on mutually exclusive statutory exemptions— Exemptions relied on in alternative to mask involvement or otherwise of security bodies— Whether public authority entitled to rely on exemptions in alternative— Whether breach of right to freedom of expression—
Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, art 10
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Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c 36), ss 17, 23, 24