Moss v Kingston upon Thames Royal London Borough Council

Subject Matter

CONTEMPT OF COURT — Committal application — Breach of court order

[2023] EWHC 27 (KB), KBD

PRACTICE — First-tier Tribunal — Certification of “offence” to High Court — Local authority failing to comply with Tribunal order for provision of advice and assistance relating to Freedom of Information request by applicant — Tribunal certifying failure to High Court as “offence” amounting to contempt of court — Proper role of High Court on certification by tribunal — Role of applicant in proceedings — Freedom of Information Act 2000, s 61 — Data Protection Act 1998, Sch 6, para 8(1), (2)

[2023] EWCA Civ 1438; [2023] WLR(D) 510, CA

Legislation Considered

Statutes

Data Protection Act 1998 (c 29), Sch 6, para 8(1), (2)

Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c 36), s 61

Cases Cited

Cases cited in: Moss v Kingston upon Thames Royal London Borough Council [2023] EWHC 27 (KB), KBD

Bempoa (Agnes) (R on the application of) v London Borough of Southwark [2002] EWHC 153 (Admin), QBD

Cameron v Hussain [2019] UKSC 6; [2019] 1 WLR 1471; [2019] 3 All ER 1; [2019] 2 All ER (Comm) 467; [2019] RTR 15; [2019] WLR (D) 112; Case details, SC(E)

Davy International Ltd v Tazzyman [1997] 1 WLR 1256; [1997] 3 All ER 183, CA

Husson v Husson [1962] 1 WLR 1434; [1962] 3 All ER 1056, PDA

Information Comr v Moss [2020] UKUT 174 (AAC), UT

JD Wetherspoon plc v Harris [2013] EWHC 1088 (Ch); [2013] 1 WLR 3296; [2013] WLR (D) 159, Ch D

JS v Cardiff City Council [2022] EWHC 707 (Admin), QBD

JSC BTA Bank v Ablyazov (No 8) [2012] EWHC 237 (Comm), QBD

JSC BTA Bank v Ereshchenko [2013] EWCA Civ 829, CA

JSC Mezhdunarodniy Promyshlenniy Bank v Pugachev [2016] EWHC 192 (Ch), Ch D

Jacobson v Frachon (1927) 138

Masri v Consolidated Contractors International Co SAL (No 2) [2011] EWCA Civ 21; [2011] Bus LR D108; [2011] WLR (D) 11, CA

Navigator Equities Ltd v Deripaska [2021] EWCA Civ 1799; [2022] 1 WLR 3656; [2022] 2 All ER 995; [2021] WLR(D) 607, CA

R (Majera) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Bail for Immigration Detainees intervening) [2021] UKSC 46; [2022] AC 461; [2021] 3 WLR 1075; [2022] 2 All ER 305; [2021] WLR(D) 538, SC(E)

Rock Nominees Ltd. v RCO (Holdings) Plc & Ors [2003] EWHC 936 (Ch), Ch D

Walters v The Queen [1969] 2 AC 26; [1969] 2 WLR 60, PC

Cases cited in: Moss v Kingston upon Thames Royal London Borough Council [2023] EWCA Civ 1438; [2023] WLR(D) 510, CA

Burdov v Russia (2009) 49 EHRR 2

Deputy Chief Legal Ombudsman v Young [2011] EWHC 2923 (Admin); [2012] 1 WLR 3227, QBD

Hornsby v Greece (1997) 24 EHRR 250

In re An Inquiry under the Co Securities (Insider Dealing) Act 1985 [1988] AC 660; [1988] 2 WLR 33; [1988] 1 All ER 203, HL(E)

Moss v Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames [2023] EWHC 287 (KB)

R (Majera) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Bail for Immigration Detainees intervening) [2021] UKSC 46; [2022] AC 461; [2021] 3 WLR 1075; [2022] 2 All ER 305; [2021] WLR(D) 538, SC(E)

R (Project for the Registration of Children as British Citizens) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022] UKSC 3; [2023] AC 255; [2022] 2 WLR 343; [2022] 4 All ER 95; [2022] INLR 189; [2022] WLR(D) 65, SC(E)

Scordino v Italy (No. 1) (2007) EHRR 7