Some recent FOI developments
A catch-up on some freedom of information developments that are worth noting:
• Following the Treasury 1997 budget papers disclosure, the government has decided to give in on it had initially decided to fight at the Information Tribunal. Isolated instances? Or a pattern in which government lawyers are advising that further resistance on these cases are futile?
• The conflict between individual privacy and freedom of information produces some of the most complex legal disputes around FOI. is a useful summary of recent decisions, prepared by the information lawyer Ibrahim Hasan. This conflict between privacy and openness features in all countries with a freedom of information law, but the issues vary according to local custom and ethos. In the US, there's over whether to make public a list of names and addresses of residents allowed to carry concealed handguns.
• The Information Commissioner has published important guidance on the time public authorities should take to and also on the time they should take take to . These documents state that both public interest tests and internal reviews should be completed within 20 working days.
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