The complainant requested a copy of the file(s) held by the public authority in connection with the trial (and associated appeals) of Chambers who was prosecuted for posting a message on Twitter considered to be of a menacing character within the meaning in section 127(1)(a) of the Communications Act 2003. The Commissioner’s decision is that the public authority was entitled to withhold all the information within the scope of the request (the disputed information) on the basis of the exemptions at sections 32(1) and 42(1) FOIA. The Commissioner does not require the public authority to take any steps.
Section of Act/EIR and Finding: FOI 32 – Complaint Not upheld, FOI 42 – Complaint Not upheld
[2013] UKICO FS50479441
Bailii
England and Wales
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Updated: 07 December 2021; Ref: scu.528964
