A recent First-tier Tribunal (Information Rights) (FTT(IR)) case, McLellan v Information Commissioner, provides a useful reminder that public authorities are not permitted to pick and choose which parts of a Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) request they respond to, even where someone has made persistent requests.
The case is an interesting example of FOIA itself being used to address concerns that a public authority was not properly fulfilling its FOI obligations.
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Our quarterly freedom of information law update blogs focus on the latest developments in freedom of information law under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (SI 2004/3391) (EIR). The blog will enable readers advising on freedom of information law to catch up on the most important cases, issues or developments on the topic. This post looks at freedom of information law developments from January to March 2016.
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February’s case digest includes a Scottish Court of Session ruling on a challenge against a procurement decision of a health board following a disputed mini competition process, and a General Court order holding that there is no need to adjudicate an appeal against a European Parliament tender decision due to the applicants’ action being devoid of any objective.
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Procurement law practitioners will no doubt have diverse views as to what the United Kingdom should decide on 23 June 2016. Some may even be concerned that their views are confused by self-interest in maintaining a lively procurement law jurisdiction. I suggest that we need have no such concern. Procurement law will not disappear upon Brexit, but might just get more interesting. Continue reading
The Parliamentary and Health Ombudsman (PHSO) recently reported that individuals who complain to the NHS are not getting the answers that they need, with the result that they are often forced to bring their complaints to the PHSO to get those answers. The PHSO report includes a snapshot of unresolved complaints brought to the PHSO for investigation, including complaints made against NHS England where family members have not been given answers explaining why their relatives have died. According to the PHSO mistakes have not been admitted, resulting in much needed improvements to services being delayed. Continue reading
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This blog summarises a campaign by an informal working party to change the law relating to the current infant class size appeals regime that is unfair to a small group of vulnerable children. Continue reading
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