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Caerphilly County Borough Council (Local government) [2020] UKICO IC-44759 (16 November 2020)
URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKICO/2020/ic-44759.html
Cite as:
[2020] UKICO IC-44759
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Caerphilly County Borough Council
The complainant requested a copy of a report into the conduct of the previous Chief Executive. Caerphilly County Borough Council relied on section 40(2) and, later, section 31(1)(c) of the FOIA to withhold the information. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council has correctly relied upon section 31(1)(c) of the FOIA to withhold the requested information and that the balance of the public interest favours maintaining the exemption. However, as the Council failed to issue a refusal notice, citing all the exemptions on which it later came to rely, within 20 working days, it breached section 17(1) of the FOIA. The Commissioner does not require any further steps.
FOI 17:
Complaint upheld
FOI 31:
Complaint not upheld
Decision notice:
IC-44759