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URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKICO/2024/265685.html
Cite as: [2024] UKICO 265685
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Stockton on Tees Borough Council
The complainant made a 12-part request for information linked to an investigation into the conduct of several senior staff members. Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council (the ‘Council’) initially refused to respond to the request in its entirety on the basis that it was vexatious under section 14(1) of FOIA. Following an internal review, the Council partly revised its position and responded to the majority of the request, but it maintained that section 14(1) applied to parts 4, 5 and 6. The complainant is only concerned with the Council’s reliance on section 14(1) of FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the request was vexatious, based on the oppressive burden that complying with the request would impose, and therefore the Council was entitled to rely upon section 14(1) of FOIA to refuse it. The Commissioner does not require any steps as a result of this notice.FOI 14: Complaint not upheld
Decision notice: 265685