[2025] UKFTT 01314 (GRC)

These proceedings concern an application (the “Application”) under section 166(2) of the Data Protection Act 2018 (“DPA 2018”) for an order to progress the Applicant’s complaint regarding a data subject access request (“DSAR”) made to her former employer, Longwood School and Nursery Ltd (“LSNL”) on 11 December 2024. The complaint was submitted to the Information Commissioner (“IC”) on 21 January 2025 and was dealt with under reference IC-359732-Q1S8.

On 17 October 2025, upon application by the IC, Registrar Bamawo ordered that the proceedings should be struck out under rule 8(3)(c) as having no reasonable prospect of succeeding (the “Decision”). The reason given was that an outcome to the complaint had been provided, so the Tribunal has no further power to make an order under section 166(2) of the DPA 2018.

The Applicant made an application by way of form GRC 5 dated 22 October 2025 (the “reconsideration application”) for the Decision to be reconsidered afresh by a judge under Rule 4(3). The reasons given for the application were that the Registrar failed to address the Applicant’s submissions in response to the application and that the IC failed to take appropriate steps to respond to her complaint, because she says it should have asked the data controller to provide evidence of the data having been provided.

I have accordingly considered this matter afresh. In doing so, I have reviewed the Applicant’s form GRC3, the IC’s Response and strike-out application, the Decision and the Applicant’s reconsideration application