Ensuring compliance with Human Rights legislation – On 19 August 2013, Mr Taylor asked the City of Edinburgh Council (the Council) for a copy of a letter and information which would show how the Council ensured that its procedures for dealing with taxi licensing and complaints about taxi / private hire drivers are compliant with Human Rights legislation. The Council withheld legal advice which fell within scope of the second part of the request.
During the investigation, the Council disclosed a copy of the requested letter.
The Commissioner found that the Council was entitled to withhold the legal advice under section 36(1) of FOISA, but that the letter provided to Mr Taylor during the investigation should have been disclosed at an earlier stage.
[2014] ScotIC 132 – 2014
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Updated: 17 December 2021; Ref: scu.535075