Freedom of information case tracker


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Practice notes

Freedom of information case tracker


Published by a ÀÏ˾»úÎçÒ¹¸£Àû Public Law expert

Practice notes
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The freedom of information (FOI) case tracker records and summarises key decisions and case Law rulings relating to enforcement of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FIA 2000) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR 2004), SI 2004/3391.

For background reading on this subject, see:

  1. •

    Freedom of information—overview

  2. •

    Environmental information regulation—overview

The trackers under each heading below highlight recent decisions of the following:

  1. •

    Court of Appeal (CA)

  2. •

    Upper Tribunal (UT)

As well as setting out key details of each decision, wherever possible this tracker contains links to news analysis and commentary from the Freedom of Information Journal, which is available to Lexis®Library subscribers.

For archived decisions, see:

  1. •

    Freedom of information case tracker [Archived]

  2. •

    Access to environmental information case tracker [Archived]

Court of Appeal (CA)

CitationSummary
Department for Business and Trade v Information Commissioner

[2023] EWCA Civ 1378

CA

22 November 2023		Court of Appeal considers the aggregation of separate public interests in non-disclosure.

Abstract:
The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, allowed the appellant, the Department for Business and Trade’s appeal
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