Tag Archives: Information Commissioner

Re: The Dransfield “Vexatious” Precedent — A National Scandal Eroding the Rule of Law

Posted on October 26, 2025 by Wirral In It Together

Dear Deputy Prime Minister, I am writing to you in your capacity as Lord Chancellor to raise what I believe to be one of the most serious constitutional failures of the last two decades — the misuse and abuse of … Continue reading →

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Re: ICO Subject Access Request Failures and Procedural Fairness | Mr Alan Dransfield, Third-Party Intervenor

Posted on September 13, 2025 by Wirral In It Together

Dear Sir/Madam, I write further to the forthcoming hearing listed for 30 September 2025 in the above matter. I wish to place on record my serious concern that the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has repeatedly failed to process my Subject … Continue reading →

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Whistleblower Disclosure – Systematic Misconduct by the Information Commissioner’s Office and Legal Officer Richard Bailey

Posted on August 25, 2025 by Wirral In It Together

Right Honourable Minister Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) 1 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0ET Date: 2 August 2025 Dear Lord Valance, I am writing under the public interest disclosure provisions to formally report serious and systemic wrongdoing within … Continue reading →

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Dear Shabana Mahmood KC, The Dransfield precedent is being used as a weapon to silence whistleblowers, deny legal rights, and suppress truths that the public has a moral and lawful right to know

Posted on July 13, 2025 by Wirral In It Together

OPEN LETTER TO THE RT HON SHABANA MAHMOOD KC MP Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor RE: Institutional Abuse of Section 14(1) FOIA and the Dransfield Precedent Dear Lord Chancellor, On the occasion of your recent appointment as … Continue reading →

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3rd July 2025. Freedom of Information. A Section 14 Vexatious Decision is overturned in court. Is the worm turning?

Posted on July 9, 2025 by Wirral In It Together

[Home] [Databases] [World Law] [Multidatabase Search] [Help] [Feedback] [DONATE] First-tier Tribunal (General Regulatory Chamber) You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> First-tier Tribunal (General Regulatory Chamber) >> Burton v Information Commissioner & Anor [2025] UKFTT 806 (GRC) (03 July 2025)URL: https://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKFTT/GRC/2025/806.htmlCite as: [2025] UKFTT 806 (GRC) [New … Continue reading →

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Wirral Council have labelled six of Birkenhead Market Trader Alan Featherstone’s Freedom of Information requests “VEXATIOUS”, even though many of his allegations are well-founded and he has been vindicated inside an internal Wirral Council investigation, recently reported upon in the local media. Alan is now rightfully appealing to the Information Commissioner and I believe he has a very strong case.

Posted on January 14, 2025 by Wirral In It Together

Here is Alan’s latest letter to Wirral Council: Dear Wirral Council On December 20, 2023, I received a message and report from Mark Niblock, the Chief Internal Auditor, concerning the comprehensive eighteen-month Birkenhead Market International Audit Investigation that I had … Continue reading →

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BBC to help young students “Identify Fake News” #Brickgate

Posted on December 7, 2017 by Wirral In It Together

A tweet came in this morning from HSBC whistleblower @nw_nicholas which immediately grabbed our attention. They're going upstairs pic.twitter.com/4k8f3i9of4 — Mr Ethical (@nw_nicholas) December 7, 2017 It turns out this is a joint effort by four BBC journalists to pass … Continue reading →

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Information Commissioner Publishes Discretionary Housing Payments Decision Notice

Posted on November 19, 2017 by Wirral In It Together

Here is the link to this decision notice. https://ico.org.uk/media/action-weve-taken/decision-notices/2017/2172699/fs50684466.pdf Following allegations of Wirral Council’s abuse of vulnerable benefit claimants, DHP audit failure and an ongoing breach of statutory law, this was a successful Freedom of Information request we placed with … Continue reading →

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#Brickgate – Angela Eagle – Merseyside Police Change Their Position on Freedom of Information Request

Posted on September 11, 2016 by Wirral In It Together

11th September 2016 Background We lodged the following original Freedom of Information request with Merseyside Police on 2nd August 2016: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/alleged_brick_thrown_through_comhttps://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/alleged_brick_thrown_through_com The police responded by refusing, withholding the information and quoting two exemptions. Merseyside Police originally said they weren’t obliged to supply … Continue reading →

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Victory for Wirral In It Together. We defeat Wirral Council – again

Posted on June 25, 2014 by Wirral In It Together

25th June 2014 Freedom of Information.  Another victory over Wirral Council’s legal “team”. Yesterday, an email came in from WhatDoTheyKnow.com … https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/with_compromise_agreements_not_b#incoming-532480 This response is another calculated exercise in minimisation and a muddying of the water, couched in the blandest and … Continue reading →

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