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The parties to this appeal
The parties to this appeal
The Appellant is Mr Hugh Craddock, who requested the environmental information from the public authority in question (Kent County Council, from now on simply ‘the Council’). The Respondent is the Information Commissioner. The Council has not been a party to the appeal proceedings either before the First-tier Tribunal or the Upper Tribunal.
- 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