Index card Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office v Information Comr

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office v Information Comr

Hearings

United Kingdom

01 Oct 2021 [2021] UKUT 248 (AAC); [2022] 1 WLR 1132; [2021] WLR(D) 529, UT (Farbey J, Upper Tribunal Judges Mullan, Wikeley)

Subject Matter

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 — Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c 36), ss 17, 23, 24

[2021] UKUT 248 (AAC); [2022] 1 WLR 1132; [2021] WLR(D) 529, UT

Commentary

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FOIA and security bodies: running sections 23 and 24 together Case comment

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