Richards v (1) The Information Commissioner (2) The Welsh Government: [2019] UTAAC 379 (AAC)

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Church on 29 November 2019.

• From: HM Courts & Tribunals Service and Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
• Published: 16 January 2020

• Categories: Information rights
• Judges: Church, TH
• Decision date: 29 November 2019

Read the full decision in GIA/524/2019.

Judicial Summary

Information Rights – Proper meaning of s58 FOIA 2000; whether First-tier Tribunal was entitled to refuse the requester’s appeal AND to substitute the Information Commissioner’s notice; decides (consistent with decision in The Information Commissioner v Malnick & ACOBA [2018] UKUT 72 (AAC)) that the Tribunal misdirected itself in law when it purported to substitute its decision for that of the Information Commissioner, having dismissed the appeal.

Published 16 January 2020