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Meet the new Commissioner (same as the old Commissioner?)
The new Scottish Information Commissioner, Rosemary Agnew, took office on 1 May 2012. No doubt some public authorities will have been hoping that the new Commissioner might take a different approach...
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Responding to FOI requests and Ockham’s Razor
The Scottish Information Commissioner’s decision 008/2013 provides useful guidance for public authorities when considering how to respond to a freedom of information request which may be unclear. On 28...
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A trip to bonny Dundee for the annual SOLAR conference
Last Thursday and Friday, Jackie and I were in Dundee for the annual conference of the Society of Local Authority Lawyers & Administrators in Scotland (which is a bit of a mouthful, and so,...
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South Lanarkshire Council unsuccessful in FOI pay scales appeal
In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court has ordered South Lanarkshire Council to release information on its pay scales under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (“FOISA”). You can read...
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The Scottish Independence Referendum and Freedom of Information Requests
Last Thursday Christine, Charles and I attended the Scottish Public Law Group’s autumn seminar on Freedom of Information. Both the UK Information Commissioner (Christopher Graham) and Scottish...
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Freedom of Information Update – 2016
There have been a couple of developments on the Scottish FOI front which may interest our readers. SIC’s Annual Report and Accounts Firstly, the Scottish Information Commissioner recently issued her...
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What is ‘disproportionate effort’? New guidance from the Information...
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published new updates to its Subject Access Code of Practice. The changes follow the two English Court of Appeal judgments in the Dawson-Damer v Taylor...
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