[2024] UKUT 178 (AAC)

Mr Dally appealed unsuccessfully to the First-tier Tribunal against the Commissioner’s decision notice. The Tribunal found that there was no public interest in disclosure of the information sought by Mr Dally and dismissed his appeal. Regarding the arguments advanced by Mr Dally, the Tribunal’s reasons included the following:

while Mr Dally made claims about the current legality of MDH’s operations, and said that an MP had been misled, the Council’s letter to the MP, “explicitly states that the advice was taken some time ago and the Council has confirmed with DEFRA that its interpretation is correct” (paragraph 10 of the Tribunal’s reasons);

questions as to the current legality of MDH’s operations were distinct from “the question of legal advice obtained some time before the [2018 Regulations] made some changes to the position of some kennels” (paragraph 11);