Government Vetoes Disclosure of Iraq Information
Jack Straw has announced that he is exercising powers under section 53 FOIA to prevent minutes of Cabinet meetings held in the period leading up to the Iraq war from being disclosed under FOIA. The...
View ArticleJACK STRAW EXERCISES MINISTERIAL VETO (AGAIN)
In February of this year, Justice Secretary Jack Straw issued the first ministerial veto under s. 53 FOIA. The veto, which met with considerable public controversy at the time, was issued in response...
View ArticleBACKDOOR ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN IRAQ WAR CABINET MINUTES FAILS
The minutes of the Cabinet meetings at which it was decided to go to war in Iraq have resurfaced for consideration by the Tribunal. First time round, the Tribunal agreed with the Commissioner that the...
View ArticleThe Prince Charles veto: JR fails due to availability of JR
As Chris Knight reported this morning, judgment has been handed down in R (Evans) v HM Attorney General [2013] EWHC 1960 (Admin). The Upper Tribunal had ordered disclosure of certain correspondence...
View ArticleA history and overview of the FOIA/EIR veto
The ‘veto’ (ministerial certificate) provision under s. 53 of FOIA (imported also into the EIRs) has been much discussed – on this blog and elsewhere – of late. Here is another excellent resource on...
View ArticleAssessing the FOIA veto power
For those of you still following the Prince of Wales correspondence veto saga, and who have access to law journals in print or online, you may be interested to read the casenote published in the latest...
View ArticleWhy Evans gets the spiders
I told you FOI was sexy. The Supreme Court’s judgment in R (Evans) v Attorney General [2015] UKSC 21 has received vast amounts of media coverage – more in a single day than everything else about FOI...
View ArticleJACK STRAW EXERCISES MINISTERIAL VETO (AGAIN)
In February of this year, Justice Secretary Jack Straw issued the first ministerial veto under s. 53 FOIA. The veto, which met with considerable public controversy at the time, was issued in response...
View ArticleBACKDOOR ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN IRAQ WAR CABINET MINUTES FAILS
The minutes of the Cabinet meetings at which it was decided to go to war in Iraq have resurfaced for consideration by the Tribunal. First time round, the Tribunal agreed with the Commissioner that the...
View ArticleThe Prince Charles veto: JR fails due to availability of JR
As Chris Knight reported this morning, judgment has been handed down in R (Evans) v HM Attorney General [2013] EWHC 1960 (Admin). The Upper Tribunal had ordered disclosure of certain correspondence...
View ArticleA history and overview of the FOIA/EIR veto
The ‘veto’ (ministerial certificate) provision under s. 53 of FOIA (imported also into the EIRs) has been much discussed – on this blog and elsewhere – of late. Here is another excellent resource on...
View ArticleAssessing the FOIA veto power
For those of you still following the Prince of Wales correspondence veto saga, and who have access to law journals in print or online, you may be interested to read the casenote published in the latest...
View ArticleWhy Evans gets the spiders
I told you FOI was sexy. The Supreme Court’s judgment in R (Evans) v Attorney General [2015] UKSC 21 has received vast amounts of media coverage – more in a single day than everything else about FOI...
View ArticleGovernment Vetoes Disclosure of Iraq Information
Jack Straw has announced that he is exercising powers under section 53 FOIA to prevent minutes of Cabinet meetings held in the period leading up to the Iraq war from being disclosed under FOIA. The...
View ArticleJACK STRAW EXERCISES MINISTERIAL VETO (AGAIN)
In February of this year, Justice Secretary Jack Straw issued the first ministerial veto under s. 53 FOIA. The veto, which met with considerable public controversy at the time, was issued in response...
View ArticleBACKDOOR ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN IRAQ WAR CABINET MINUTES FAILS
The minutes of the Cabinet meetings at which it was decided to go to war in Iraq have resurfaced for consideration by the Tribunal. First time round, the Tribunal agreed with the Commissioner that the...
View ArticleThe Prince Charles veto: JR fails due to availability of JR
As Chris Knight reported this morning, judgment has been handed down in R (Evans) v HM Attorney General [2013] EWHC 1960 (Admin). The Upper Tribunal had ordered disclosure of certain correspondence...
View ArticleA history and overview of the FOIA/EIR veto
The ‘veto’ (ministerial certificate) provision under s. 53 of FOIA (imported also into the EIRs) has been much discussed – on this blog and elsewhere – of late. Here is another excellent resource on...
View ArticleAssessing the FOIA veto power
For those of you still following the Prince of Wales correspondence veto saga, and who have access to law journals in print or online, you may be interested to read the casenote published in the latest...
View ArticleWhy Evans gets the spiders
I told you FOI was sexy. The Supreme Court’s judgment in R (Evans) v Attorney General [2015] UKSC 21 has received vast amounts of media coverage – more in a single day than everything else about FOI...
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