FT/EJ/2024/0007 - [2025] UKFTT 01318 (GRC)

This application relates to alleged breach of compliance with the Tribunal’s decision issued on 12 March 2024 (the “first Tribunal decision”), and alleged breach of an anonymity order made by the Tribunal.

The issue in the first Tribunal decision was whether the Respondent was entitled to rely on section 14(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“FOIA”) to withhold information requested by the Applicant. The requested information related to Governing Board Meetings from 1 January 2020 to 21 April 2023.

The Tribunal decided that the Respondent was not entitled to rely on section 14(1). The Substituted Decision Notice was as follows:

Prior to the hearing of the first Tribunal decision the Applicant had made an application for anonymity in that appeal, which was granted by Registrar Arnell on 11 December 2023. The original order was:

The Tribunal made the following order in its decision issued on 12 March 2024:

“Unless and until the Tribunal, the Upper Tribunal, or a Court orders otherwise,pursuant to rule 14(1) of the Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (General Regulatory Chamber) Rules 2009, the Appellant and/or any member of their family, is granted anonymity

No-one shall publish or reveal either directly or indirectly any information, including their names or their addresses, that is likely to lead members of the public to identify them.”

On 8 July 2024, Judge Lynn Griffin made the following order, which remains in force: