Upper Tribunal Tax and Chancery Chamber

UT (Tax & Chancery) UT-2024-000010 - [2024] UKUT 00416 (TCC)

Fecha: 05-Nov-2024

The Remaining grounds for the Privacy Applications

The Remaining grounds for the Privacy Applications

78.

The Tribunal’s finding, that cogent evidence has not been provided to demonstrate that publication of the relevant information would cause a significant likelihood or substantial risk of harm to the Applicant, applies not simply to the primary ground relating to psychological harm and mental illness but to each of the four grounds when considered either in isolation or cumulatively.

79.

The Tribunal considers the remaining three grounds for the Privacy Applications below.

Heading
Introduction
The Law
The Privacy Applications
Submissions and evidence on behalf of the Applicant
Adverse Impact on the Applicant’s Mental Health - evidence and submissions
The Applicant’s written evidence
[] The Applicant’s counsellor
Discussion and analysis
The evidence
Procedural history relating to the provision of the mental health evidence
The GP’s letters
The letters from the Applicant’s counsellor []
The Applicant’s personal statement
The fact that some information concerning the subject matter of a reference is already in the public domain is a factor which tends in favour of publication
The Remaining grounds for the Privacy Applications
Publication of the Decision Notices would cause reputational destruction to the Applicant
Discussion and analysis
Publication of the Decision Notices is not appropriate and there is an absence of urgency or consumer protection imperative
Discussion and Analysis
Publication of the Decision Notices would reveal irrelevant personal information about the Applicant’s financial circumstances
Discussion and Analysis
Conclusions