IC-49329-D8M7

The complainant made an identical request for information to one that another individual had already made. The Council of the University of Durham refused this new request as vexatious. The Commissioner’s decision is that the University has not demonstrated that the request was vexatious and was therefore not entitled to rely on section 14(1) of…

IC-83951-J7L2

The complainant requested Information regarding planning permission relating to a specific house. The Commissioner’s decision is that Fareham Borough Council (“the Council”) has failed to respond to the request within 20 working days and has therefore breached Regulation 5(2) of the Environmental Information Regulations (“the EIR”). As a response has now been provided to the…

IC-44398-R5S0

The complainant submitted a request to the London Borough of Waltham Forest (the Council) seeking information about a gas purchasing consortium of which it was a member. The Council provided the complainant with some of information falling within the scope of her request but explained that it did not hold information about who the other…

IC-42264-Q8P7

The complainant has requested information about LLB law degree examinations from the University of London (‘the University’). The University has refused the request under section 43(2) of the FOIA (commercial interests) and considers that the public interest favours maintaining this exemption. The Commissioner’s decision is as follows: The University is entitled to withhold the requested…

IC-45092-T8X4

The complainant has requested the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) to provide all documents of any kind which contain any mention of the term ‘functus officio’ for the period 1 August 2016 to 1 February 2018. The PHSO refused to disclose the requested information, citing sections 40, 42 and 44(1)(a) of the FOIA. The…

33/2021 : 4 March 2021 – Opinions of the Advocate General in joined cases C-357/19C-547/19, C-379/19 , C-811/19,C-840/19

Euro Box Promotion and Others Law governing the institutions According to Advocate General Bobek, decisions of a constitutional court declaring unlawful the composition of panels of a supreme court on the ground that the right to an independent and impartial tribunal has been infringed and declaring unconstitutional the technical surveillance measures in criminal proceedings by domestic…

31/2021 : 2 March 2021 – Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-824/18

A.B. and Others (Nomination des juges à la Cour suprême – Recours) Law governing the institutions Successive amendments to the Polish Law on the National Council of the Judiciary which have the effect of removing effective judicial review of that council’s decisions proposing to the President of the Republic candidates for the office of judge at…