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Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Decision Notice) [2010] UKICO FS50267470 (25 May 2010)
Summary: The complainant requested eight items from the public authority to assist him in going to court about his ongoing dispute with it. The public authority applied section 14 [vexatious requests] to the request. This meant it was not obliged to comply with section 1(1)(a) or (b). It upheld its position within its internal review. The complainant referred the case to the Commissioner. The Commissioner has considered this case and believes that three elements constituted requests for the complainant-™s personal data and should have been considered separately under the Data Protection Act. Of the remaining five items, one was subsequently provided and he finds procedural breaches of sections 1(1)(a), 1(1)(b) and 10(1) for not confirming it was held or providing the information in 20 working days. For the final four elements he has studied the context and background in which the request was made and has determined that a reasonable public authority could have found these elements vexatious. He therefore upholds the application of section 14(1). He requires no remedial steps to be taken in this instance.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 10 - Complaint Upheld, FOI 14 - Complaint Not upheld