Dorian Grehold v The Information Commissioner & Anor - 17.01.2024
Case- Case number
- [2024] UKFTT 00040 (GRC)
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Case Description
The case concerned an appeal under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 against a refusal by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to disclose minutes and related documents concerning the choice of location and specification of the UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre. The antisemitism-related core lay in the broader policy context of establishing a national Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre, including considerations about how antisemitism and the Holocaust would be addressed in its content. The Tribunal held that the requested information related to the formulation or development of government policy within s. 35(1)(a) FOIA and that the policy remained “live” because planning permission had not been secured and legislative obstacles were still unresolved. Applying the public interest test, the Tribunal found that the need to protect a “safe space” for ongoing policy development outweighed the public interest in disclosure and dismissed the appeal. Freedom of Information Act 2000, s. 35(1)(a), s. 57.
- Name of Court
- First-tier Tribunal (General Regulatory Chamber), United Kingdom
- Date of decision
- Jan 17, 2024
- Subjects
- Holocaust Denial & Trivialisation
- Type of Court
- Court of Appeal
- Area of Law
- Administrative Law
- Year
- 2024
- Generated ID
- NAB4668-9756
- Source
- National Archives