Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber

[2023] UKUT 142 (AAC)

Fecha: 21-Jun-2023

Decision date: 21 June 2023

Decided on the papers

UPPER TRIBUNAL JUDGE WEST

ON APPEAL FROM

Tribunal: First-tier Tribunal (Information Rights)

Tribunal Case No: EA/2022/0224

Tribunal Hearing Date: 1/2/2023

DETERMINATION

The decision of the First-tier Tribunal (General Regulatory Chamber) (Information Rights) (which sat on 1 February 2023) dated 20 February 2023 under file reference EA/2022/0224 does not involve an error of law. The appeal against that decision is dismissed.

This decision is made under section 11 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007.

Representation: the Appellant in person (written submissions)

Mr Harry Gillow, counsel, for the Respondent

(written submissions)

REASONS

Introduction

This is an appeal, with my permission, against the decision of the First-tier Tribunal (Judge Sophie Buckley, Tribunal Members Susan Wolf and Kate Grimley Evans) which sat to consider the matter on the papers on 1 February 2023 and reached its decision on 20 February 2023.

The Appellant is Mr Edward Williams. The Respondent is the Information Commissioner (“the ICO”). The appeal is against the decision of the ICO IC-125998-K0S6 dated 16 August 2022 that the Independent Office for Police Conduct (“the IOPC”) was entitled to rely on s.30(1)(a)(i) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“FOIA”) and that it was not required to take any steps.