FOI Update Episode 10

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  • Song Name: FOI Podcast 10
  • Artist: Ibrahim Hasan
  • Album: www.informationlaw.org.uk
  • Year: 2008

This is episode 10 of the UK’s first Freedom of Information podcast produced by information lawyer, Ibrahim Hasan.
In November and December 2007, the Information Commissioner published forty five decisions whilst the Information Tribunal published eleven. Ibrahim is here to guide you through some of these.

In this episode, amongst other things, we will be discussing:

• A Tribunal decision on vexatious requests
• Whether the time taken to redact exempt information is an allowable cost
• Disclosure of information about anthrax stockpiles
• When advice to ministers should be disclosed
• Blue sky thinking and the section 36 exemption
• Disclosure of information contained in a dead person’s social work records
• AND legal advice about sado masochism

More podcasts and articles are available at www.informationlaw.org.uk