British
and Irish Legal Information Institute
Freely Available British and Irish Public Legal Information
[Home] [Databases] [World Law] [Multidatabase Search] [Help] [Feedback]
Information Commissioner's Office
You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> Information Commissioner's Office >> Ministry of Justice (Decision Notice) [2012] UKICO FS50429932 (11 June 2012)
URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKICO/2012/FS50429932.html
Cite as: [2012] UKICO FS50429932
[New search] [Printable PDF version] [Help]
Ministry of Justice (Decision Notice) [2012] UKICO FS50429932 (11 June 2012)
Summary: The complainant requested copies of emails between officials and representatives of insurance organisations relating to the government-™s proposed reforms to civil litigation funding and costs in England and Wales. The Commissioner-™s decision is that the public authority was not entitled to withhold the name and role of an official in a public facing role from the email of 8 September 2011 on the basis of section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act). The public authority was not entitled to withhold the names and roles of individuals acting on behalf of lobbying groups on the basis of section 40(2) of the Act. The public authority was entitled to withhold the contact details of the official above in the email of 8 September 2011 and of the individuals acting on behalf of lobbying groups. The public authority was entitled to withhold all the information in the 3 chains of email on the basis of the exemption at section 35(1)(a) of the Act. The Commissioner requires the public authority to disclose the name and role of the official redacted from the email of 8 September 2011 on the basis of section 40(2) and disclose the names and roles of the individuals acting on behalf on lobbying groups redacted on the basis of section 40(2).
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 35 - Complaint Not upheld, FOI 40 - Complaint Partly Upheld