DCLG CONSULTING ON STATUTORY CODE FOR LOCAL AUTHORITY DATA TRANSPARENCY
Pursuant to the Government’s transparency drive, the Department for Communities and Local Government has begun consulting on its proposed statutory code of recommended practice for local authorities on...
View ArticleKEY POINTS FROM THE CAMDEN ‘SQUATTER’S ROAD MAP’ JUDGMENT
In Voyias v IC and LB Camden (EA/2011/0007), Camden Council has been ordered to disclose to a former member of the Advisory Service for Squatters lists of empty properties meeting certain descriptions....
View ArticleFOUR NEW LOCAL AUTHORITY DECISIONS BY THE FIRST-TIER TRIBUNAL
The bulk of the First-Tier Tribunal’s most recent decisions under both FOIA and the EIR have concerned local authorities. Adequate searches, deleted emails and hard drives and listed building consent...
View ArticleLocal authorities and NHS Trusts (2): unusual appeals ahead
I blogged earlier (see below) about the sorts of information law issues that arise routinely for local authorities and NHS Trusts. On a more unusual note, it is worth noting that the First-Tier...
View ArticleUpdate on recent Tribunal decisions part 2: personal data of “low inherent...
The “personal data” provisions under s. 40(2) FOIA and regulation 13 EIR can often be very difficult to apply, particularly in light of the Durant “notions of assistance”, namely biographical...
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