Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber

[2024] UKUT 320 (AAC)

Fecha: 10-Sep-2024

Ground 2: Was the information ‘easily accessible’ within regulation 6(1)(b)?

Ground 2: Was the information ‘easily accessible’ within regulation 6(1)(b)?

The Information Commissioner’s Decision Notice

45.

As is evident from the passage cited above (see paragraph 23), the Information Commissioner’s Decision Notice dealt with the ‘publicly available’ and ‘easily accessible’ tests together.

Heading
The decision of the Upper Tribunal is to dismiss the appeal. The decision of the First-tier Tribunal made on 8 January 2024 under number EA/2022/0455 was not made in error of law (section 11 of the Tr
Introduction
Abbreviations
The parties to this appeal
The factual context of this appeal
The Appellant’s request for environmental information
The Information Commissioner’s Decision Notice
The First-tier Tribunal’s decision and the further grounds of appeal
Ground 1: Was the information ‘publicly available’ within regulation 6(1)(b)?
The First-tier Tribunal’s decision
The parties’ submissions on Ground 1
Discussion
Ground 2: Was the information ‘easily accessible’ within regulation 6(1)(b)?
The First-tier Tribunal’s decision
The parties’ submissions on Ground 2
Discussion
Ground 3: The application of the FOIA regime
The First-tier Tribunal’s decision
The parties’ submissions on Ground 3
Discussion
Conclusions