Category Archives: Cheshire West FoI ban

Matters relating to Cheshire West and Chester’s ongoing plans to ban ex-employees from querying FoI / DP in the future

UPDATE ~ A (strange) response is now in… Dear Information Commissioner’s Blog…

Posted on August 20, 2013 by

From: Paul C Sent: 15 August 2013 13:12 To: ‘blog@ico.org.uk’ Subject: Enforcement Dear ICO blog, “To send a person’s financial records to the wrong fax number once is careless. To do so continually, despite being aware of the problem, is … Continue reading →

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Opinion of Senior Counsel, Hugh Tomlinson QC, on Freedom of Information ban by Cheshire West and Chester Council –

Posted on August 18, 2012 by

Following Cheshire West & Chester Council’s hideously misconceived “ban” on my statutory FoI and personal Data Protection querying rights, the time has come to release the opinion of Senior Counsel Hugh Tomlinson QC, who has granted his permission. This “ban” … Continue reading →

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Gagging Clauses – Comment added to Opendata Consultation – October 2011

Posted on November 20, 2011 by

The following comment has been added to the Government’s Opendata Consultation (recently ended): “Two UK Councils have implemented a means of preventing ex-employees from exercising their future FoI / DP querying rights.  These were drawn up within compromise agreements following … Continue reading →

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Use of the FOI / DP Gagging Clause – some UK Local Authorities publicly frown upon it

Posted on September 9, 2011 by

Actual UK Local Authority quotes on the use of FOI / DP related “gagging clauses” Both Cheshire West and Chester Council and Brent Borough Council have used a “gagging clause” within a compromise agreement to prevent former employees from getting … Continue reading →

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How can an employer remove your statutory #FOI querying rights? Read all about it here…

Posted on August 14, 2011 by

10th December 2012 Word reaches me that Simon Goacher, #QuackCWaC Head of Legal and ‘Democratic’ Services, he of the undemocratic, unscrutinised FOI / DP ban (see below) that they sought to impose on me when I left the council back … Continue reading →

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