Mr D H Telford, on behalf of VB Contracts Ltd, requested minutes of meetings from East Lothian Council (the Council). The Council provided copies of the minutes, but redacted some information which it considered to be exempt under section 33(1)(b) of FOISA.
Following an investigation, the Commissioner found that the Council had partly dealt with Mr Telford’s request for information in accordance with Part 1 of FOISA. He found that the Council did not hold some of the information Mr Telford had asked for. However, he also decided that information which had been withheld from Mr Telford was not exempt under section 33(1)(b) of FOISA on the basis that
its disclosure would not, and would not be likely to, prejudice substantially the commercial interests of any of the parties in question. He therefore ordered the Council to disclose the information to Mr Telford.
Citations:
[2008] ScotIC 095 – 2008
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Updated: 15 April 2022; Ref: scu.434197