Cabinet Office and Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport v Information Commissioner (GIA): [2020] UKUT 140 (AAC)

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Markus, QC on 23 April 2020.

From:
HM Courts & Tribunals Service and Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
Published
15 June 2020
Categories:
Information rights and Tribunal procedure and practice
Sub-categories:
Information rights - Freedom of information - public interest test and Tribunal procedure and practice - statements of reasons
Judges:
Markus, K
Decision date:
19 April 2020

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Judicial Summary

鈥�1. 皇冠体育app First-tier Tribunal had failed to give adequate reasons for deciding that the public interest favoured disclosure of a document. 皇冠体育app harm arising from disclosure relied upon by the public authority was different from that relied upon in relation to the remainder of the material.
2. If the tribunal had been unable to give adequate open reasons, it should have provided closed reasons. Davies v 皇冠体育app Information Commissioner (GIA) [2019] UKUT 185 (AAC) applied. 3. 皇冠体育app First-tier Tribunal鈥檚 reasons for refusing permission could not be relied upon to supplement the reasons for its decision on the appeal. 鈥�

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Published 15 June 2020