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Legal professional privilege outweighed by significant public interest in release of information
Case note or OpinionIssue date:… Ministry of Health (the Ministry) to refuse her request for a copy of two legal opinions, one from Health Legal, the … to proceed with the DOT study until such time as guidelines had been agreed by the Advisory Committee for Assisted Reproductive Technology) (ACART). Based on the …David Bain's contribution to legal aid grants - release of some information required in the public interest
Case note or OpinionIssue date:… to enforce recovery of the contributions; and the reasons for exercising their discretion under those provisions. The … 2015, the Legal Services Commissioner received a request for information relating to grants of legal aid to Mr David … preferred the earlier interpretation, namely, that for section 9(2)(a) (or any withholding ground set out in …Request for copy of reviewers’ training manual
Case note or OpinionIssue date:… do not apply A requester asked FairWay Resolution Ltd for a copy of its reviewers’ training manual. At the time, … 9(2)(i)). The Ombudsman considered the following criteria for identifying a trade secret: [2] the extent to which the … which provides a right of access to internal rules and guidelines used to make decisions that affect people …