Summary: The complainant has requested a copy of the Option Agreement (the Agreement) made between All Souls College Oxford (the College) and [named individual]. The College refused to disclose this information under section 43(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).The Commissioner-™s decision is that the College has failed to demonstrate that section 43(2) FOIA is engaged in relation to some of the withheld information but has correctly applied section 43(2) FOIA to parts of the withheld information. The Commissioner also considers that section 40(2) FOIA should have been applied to some of the withheld information. The Commissioner requires the public authority to provide a copy of the Option Agreement with redactions made solely to the date of completion, the price and the names and personal details of the buyer and the solicitors involved in the transaction.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 40 - Complaint Not upheld, FOI 43 - Complaint Partly Upheld