For Immediate Release – 6/8/2025
Subject: Judge’s Decision Misrepresented My Presence – Formal Complaint Lodged with Upper Tribunal President.
I have today lodged a formal complaint with Dame Judith Farbey DBE, President of the Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber), concerning a serious factual inaccuracy in the decision Dransfield v Information Commissioner [2020] UKUT 346 (AAC), authored by Judge Nicholas Wikeley.
On the very first page, the judgment claims that I appeared “in person”. This is categorically false. I was not notified of any hearing, did not attend, and the matter was determined entirely on the papers.
This misrepresentation is not a trivial error. It creates the illusion of procedural fairness where none existed, in a case that introduced a blanket FOIA ban against me under section 50(2)(c) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 — a measure with far‑reaching implications for my information rights and for the public’s right to hold authorities accountable.
I have copied my complaint to: Richard Tice MP (Boston & Skegness) The Attorney General, Mr Richard Bailey, Solicitor for the Information Commissioner’s Office.
All recipients are now formally on notice of the inaccuracy and the potential breach of my Article 6 ECHR right to a fair hearing.
As an FOI campaigner for over 15 years, I will continue to challenge factual misrepresentation and judicial bias wherever it occurs, and I expect a full public explanation from the Upper Tribunal.
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Contact: Alan M Dransfield
FOI Campaigner & Social Watchdog
Email: alanmdransfield@gmail.com
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