Leighton v The Information Commissioner (No.2): [2020] UKUT 23 (AAC)

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Wikeley on 17 January 2020.

• From: HM Courts & Tribunals Service and Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
• Published: 19 February 2020

• Categories: Information rights, Tribunal procedure and practice
• Sub-categories: Information rights - Data protection, Information rights - Information rights: practice and procedure, Tribunal procedure and practice - fair hearing
• Judges: Wikeley, N
• Decision date: 17 January 2020

Read the full decision in GIA/1399/2019.

Judicial Summary

Data subject made a complaint to the Information Commissioner under Data Protection Act (DPA) 2018 section 165 about how police force handled his subject access request - First-tier Tribunal then struck out application made under DPA 2018 section 166 as having no reasonable prospects of success - Scope of DPA 2018 sections 165 and 166 - Application for recusal of registrar and judge as they were also involved in parallel freedom of information appeal involving same parties and same requested information - whether Tribunal decision needs Judge’s signature.

Published 19 February 2020