Hussain v Information Commissioner: [2024] UKUT 215 (AAC)

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Wikeley on 23 July 2024.

From:
HM Courts & Tribunals Service and Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
Published
28 August 2024
Categories:
Information rights, Tribunal procedure and practice
Sub-categories:
Information rights - Information rights: practice and procedure, Tribunal procedure and practice - tribunal practice
Judges:
Wikeley, N
Decision date:
23 July 2024

Read the full decision in UA-2024-000218-GIA.

Judicial Summary

First-tier Tribunal (FTT) struck out Freedom of Information Act requester’s appeal on application by Information Commissioner for want of jurisdiction and in the alternative as having no reasonable prospects of success - FTT made strike out decision without holding an oral hearing and overlooking Appellant’s reference to his being dyslexic and wanting an oral hearing - FTT’s failure to take into account Appellant’s dyslexia not material to outcome of case - Appeal to Upper Tribunal dismissed.

Updates to this page

Published 28 August 2024