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Cite as: [2018] UKICO fs50768789
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Gosport Borough Council
The complainant has requested legal advice relating to a planning matter. Gosport Borough Council withheld the requested information under the exemption for legal professional privilege – section 42 of the FOIA. During the Commissioner’s investigation the public authority reconsidered the request and withheld the information under the exception for the course of justice – regulation 12(5)(b) of the EIR. The Commissioner’s decision is that Gosport Borough Council wrongly handled the request under the FOIA and breached regulation 5(1), regulation 14(1) and regulation 14(5)(a) of the EIR and that it correctly withheld information under regulation 12(5)(b). The Commissioner does not require the public authority to take any steps.EIR 14(5)(a): Complaint upheld EIR 12(5)(b): Complaint not upheld EIR 5(1): Complaint not upheld EIR 14(1): Complaint not upheld
Decision notice: fs50768789