On 19 January 2015, Mr Trybis asked Argyll and Bute Council (the Council) for information concerning a proposal to sell Castle Toward for a specified figure.
The Council provided some information. In relation to one part of the request, it informed Mr Trybis that the information he was seeking was held in papers submitted to Councillors, but did not provide details to enable him to locate and access these papers. Following a review, Mr Trybis remained dissatisfied and applied to the Commissioner for a decision.
The Commissioner investigated and found that the Council had been wrong to inform Mr Trybis that all of the information falling within the scope of this part of his request was otherwise accessible. She also found that the Council had failed to provide Mr Trybis with reasonable advice and assistance as to where the information which was otherwise accessible could be found. She was satisfied that these failures had been rectified by the end of the investigation
[2015] ScotIC 162 – 2015
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Scotland
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Updated: 05 January 2022; Ref: scu.554161