Tag Archives: Information Commissioner

More added ~ #FoI ~ Wirral Council ~ Links to all my ICO Decision Notices

Posted on October 13, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

SCORES ON THE DOORS: Decision Notices issued: 13 Complaints upheld: 14 Complaints not upheld: 3 There are more DNs in the pipeline… 27th August 2014 (Original request lodged 7 months prior to this on 22nd January 2014 Summary: The complainant … Continue reading →

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UPDATED ~ Post ICO “vexatious” mauling – #WirralFail Council have coughed . No sign of ICO Decision Notice

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

SCROLL DOWN FOR LATEST NEWS… My FoI request, asking for information about former Chief Internal Auditor, David Garry, was not vexatious. https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/departure_of_chief_internal_audi More importantly, I, Paul Cardin, was not being “obsessive”, as deemed by a council solicitor – or whoever … Continue reading →

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UPDATE ~ #FoI ~ When is an undertaking, er… not necessarily an undertaking…?

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

When it’s been handed to Wirral Council? Here’s an email I sent to Graham “Mistakes” Burgess, Wirral’s Chief Executive on 25th September 2013… From: Paul C Sent: 25 September 2013 21:57 To: ‘Burgess, Graham’ Subject: Freedom of Information undertaking. A public … Continue reading →

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Information Commissioner Christopher Graham has a very dim view of Wirral Council

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

I’ve just spotted this interesting contribution that was posted on the web recently – on 13th February 2013. It’s a link to the UK Freedom of Information blog, a regular posting on all things FoI from The Campaign for Freedom … Continue reading →

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Fine words – but with Wirral Council, they’re always a hostage to fortune

Posted on January 12, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

Here’s a link to a fine Wirral Council document.  ‘Fine’ because its stuffed with nice sounding, positive words – strong, decisive ones.  Only later – much later – to be revealed as shitty, deceitful and hollow.  The abusive council which promised … Continue reading →

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CONFIRMED – 62 Wirral Councillors now registered with the ICO – but YOU are paying…

Posted on November 18, 2012 by Wirral In It Together

dav Back in early October, following the publishing of my email address without permission on a group of Wirral Councillors’ website, I decided to make enquiries and find out how many of our then 66 councillors were registered as ‘data … Continue reading →

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Wirral #FoI news. Council complainant ‘accidentally’ identified on Wirral Council Website

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Wirral In It Together

11th July 2012 The following FoI request was placed today, after the identity of a Highways Department complainant was ‘accidentally’ made available to the whole world via the Wirral Council Website. This was in relation to the HESPE contract, awarded to COLAS in … Continue reading →

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Compromise Agreements ~ Their Impact on Equal Pay Claims

Posted on October 28, 2012 by Wirral In It Together

A landmark judgment was announced recently by the UK Supreme Court, allowing equal pay claims to be brought in the Civil Courts, where in the past the only route was through the Employment Tribunal: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/oct/25/victory-birmingham-equal-pay?newsfeed=true A key factor in this decision … Continue reading →

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Wirral Council’s 4 Week Delay helpline investigation – was it ‘INDEPENDENT’?

Posted on October 11, 2012 by Wirral In It Together

UPDATE   8th March 2013 http://www.wirralglobe.co.uk/news/10277667.SPECIAL_REPORT__Four_week_care_delay_inquiry_branded_a__whitewash_/ The above link is to an article from today’s Wirral Globe, revealing the late publication of the choreographed Four Week Delay whitewash.  This non-independent and thoroughly insulting report is held at the following location on … Continue reading →

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#FoI Request ~ to Wirral Council. Departure of CEO Jim Wilkie

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Wirral In It Together

7th June 2012 This was the date of departure of Chief Executive Jim Wilkie from Wirral Council. It occurred a few hours before the release on the 8th June of the long awaited damning District Auditor’s report into the multi-million … Continue reading →

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