Cabinet Office and Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport v Information Commissioner (GIA)
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Judge | Judge Markus, QC |
| Neutral Citation | [2020] UKUT 140 (AAC) |
| Court | Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber) |
| Subject Matter | Information rights,Tribunal procedure,practice,Information rights - Freedom of information - public interest test,practice - statements of reasons,Markus,K |
| Date | 19 April 2020 |
| Published date | 15 June 2020 |
Cabinet Office and Department for Digital Culture Media and Sport v Information
Commissioner (GIA) [2020] UKUT 140 (AAC)
GIA/650/2019; GIA/651/2019 1
IN THE UPPER TRIBUNAL Appeal No. GIA/650/2019
ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS CHAMBER GIA/651/2019
INTERIM DECISION
On appeal from the First-tier Tribunal (General Regulatory Chamber)(Information Rights)
Between:
1. The Cabinet Office
2. Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Appellants
- v –
The Information Commissioner Respondent
Before: Upper Tribunal Judge K Markus QC
Decision date: 23rd April 2020
Determined on consideration of the papers
Representation:
Appellants: Rory Dunlop QC, instructed by Government Legal Department
Respondent: Rupert Paines, instructed by in-house Solicitor
DECISION
The appeals are allowed. The decisions of the First-tier Tribunal made on 15th November
2018 under numbers EA/2018/0120 and EA/2018/0121 were made in error of law.
Case management directions
1. Within one month of the date on which this Decision is sent to the parties, they are to
send to the Upper Tribunal (with a copy to the other party) written submissions as to the
disposal of the appeals which address the matters in paragraph 29 of the Reasons below.
2. Each party may reply to the other party’s submissions within seven days of the date on
which those submissions are sent to them.
3. The file will then be returned to me for determination of the disposal of the appeals.
4. Submissions are to be sent to the Upper Tribunal and other parties by email.
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