tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284911.post5086970095218576691..comments2023-10-28T13:13:52.250+01:00Comments on UK Freedom of Information Blog: Court of Session rules no right to request copies of documents under FOI(S)Abloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12648604880789903629noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284911.post-70772909415806568242009-10-09T19:53:37.877+01:002009-10-09T19:53:37.877+01:00The comment which was inadvertently deleted was to...The comment which was inadvertently deleted was to the effect that, although the judges may have found that the requests made were not valid under FOI(S)A, they don't seem to have considered whether they might have been valid under the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations. I would have thought that information such as registers of roads, and other information "commonly sought when a person proposes to acquire an interest in heritable property in Scotland" might well fall into the category of environmental information.<br /><br />The SIC has previously said that requests for environmental information can be considered either under FOI(S)A or the EIR. However, if they are considered under FOI(S)A and the outcome is non-disclosure one must move on to see if the EIR permit disclosure.<br /><br />As far as I understand it, the EIR don't require the applicant to provide name and address - in those circumstances would a request from an "agent" not be pefectly valid?<br /><br />I'm not saying consideration of the EIR would necessarily have led to a different outcome in court, but I'm surprised they weren't even referred to.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01979799081126105134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284911.post-58008766414025851062009-10-09T17:20:55.581+01:002009-10-09T17:20:55.581+01:00We received a comment on this post today (Fri 9/10...We received a comment on this post today (Fri 9/10) which in the course of moderating we accidentally rejected instead of publishing. If the person would like to re-submit it, we will put it up. <br /><br />Many thanks, <br /><br />KatherineKatherine Gundersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14116535915995276101noreply@blogger.com