Administrative and Public Law Notes

Supreme Court clarifies the public interest test under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

The role of privilege in FOIA investigations

Tribunal considers what constitutes a public authority under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004

Upper Tribunal considers what constitutes a public authority under the Environmental Information Regulations

The Upper Tribunal (the “UT”) in Information Commissioner v Poplar Housing Association and Regeneration Community Association [2020] UKUT 182 (AAC) …

“Public Authorities” for the purposes of the EIR

The Information Commissioner recently published two decision notices in short succession which found that gas and electricity supplier, E.ON UK plc …

Tribunal advocates generous meaning of "public authority" within the EIR

The First-tier Tribunal ("FTT") in Poplar Housing Association and Regeneration Community Association ("Poplar") v Information Commissioner and …

Court of Appeal gives effect to the broad definition of environmental information under the EIR

The Court of Appeal in Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy v The Information Commissioner and Alex Henney [2017] EWCA Civ …