First-tier Tribunal holds Home Office not obliged to disclose details of visa refusals | Practical Law

First-tier Tribunal holds Home Office not obliged to disclose details of visa refusals | Practical Law

The First-tier Tribunal (Information Rights) has held that the Information Commissioner correctly applied the personal data exemption under section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 when he decided that the Home Office did not have to disclose details of two of its immigration decisions following an information request from Goldsmith International Business School. (Goldsmith International Business School v Information Commissioner, Case EA/2013/0190, 27 January 2014.)

First-tier Tribunal holds Home Office not obliged to disclose details of visa refusals

Practical Law UK Legal Update Case Report 8-555-9786 (Approx. 3 pages)

First-tier Tribunal holds Home Office not obliged to disclose details of visa refusals

by Practical Law IP&IT
Published on 30 Jan 2014 • United Kingdom
The First-tier Tribunal (Information Rights) has held that the Information Commissioner correctly applied the personal data exemption under section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 when he decided that the Home Office did not have to disclose details of two of its immigration decisions following an information request from Goldsmith International Business School. (Goldsmith International Business School v Information Commissioner, Case EA/2013/0190, 27 January 2014.)