The complainant asked to be provided with the external legal advice provided to the London Borough of Bromley relating to the evidence the Council said it held at a planning meeting in 2002 that Manor Park was a public highway. The Information Commissioner investigated and decided that the legal advice held was exempt under section 42(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information. The Commissioner found breaches of section 17(3)(b) and 17(7) of the FOIA.
Section of Act/EIR and Finding: FOI 17 – Complaint Upheld, FOI 42 – Complaint Not upheld
Citations:
[2009] UKICO FS50204417
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
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Updated: 17 July 2022; Ref: scu.532219
