The complainant requested information from the Legal Services Commission (LSC) about legal aid payments in relation to named defendants and the nature of their cases. The LSC neither confirmed or denied holding the requested information. The Commissioner’s decision is that confirmation or denial would disclose third party personal data and that the disclosure of this personal data would be in breach of the first data protection principle. His decision therefore is that the LSC correctly refused the request for information under section 40(5)(b)(i) of the FOIA. He requires no steps to be taken.
Section of Act/EIR and Finding: FOI 40 – Complaint Not upheld
Citations:
[2013] UKICO FS50470255
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
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Updated: 19 July 2022; Ref: scu.528110
