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New information commissioner Christopher Graham has much to do
The new information commissioner, Christopher Graham, took up his post in June this year. Mr Graham previously ran the Advertising Standards Authority. One of his main challenges will be to tackle the lengthy backlog of cases that his office (the ICO) has been struggling with.
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Freedom of information: cabinet minutes, audit reports, BBC appeal
Probably the most controversial decision under the Freedom of Information Act was published by the Information Tribunal on 27 January 2009 (Cabinet Office and Dr Christopher Lamb v Information Commissioner (EA/2008/0024 & 0029))...
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Freedom of information: documents and diplomats
Lawyers who act as external legal advisers to large public authorities will inevitably hold a lot of documents about the subject of their instructions. Consequently, when their clients receive Freedom of Information Act requests, some of these documents may be caught by the act as being information ‘held by another ...
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Right to privacy versus the public’s right to know
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FoI) continues to surprise and baffle public sector information managers and lawyers. Every month there are an average of 20 decisions made by the information commissioner and eight by the Information Tribunal.