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IN THE UPPER TRIBUNAL
ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS CHAMBER
Appeal No.UA-2024-000424-GIA
[2024] UKUT 320 (AAC)
On appeal from the First-tier Tribunal (General Regulatory Chamber)
Between:
Hugh Denis Craddock
Appellant
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The Information Commissioner
Respondent
Before: Upper Tribunal Judge Wikeley
Hearing date: 10 September 2024
Decision date: 7 October 2024
Representation:
Appellant: In person
Respondent: Mr Eric Metcalfe of Counsel, instructed by the Information Commissioner’s Legal Service Directorate
DECISION
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- 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