Information Rights Law and Practice 3rd Edition

Author: Philip Coppel
Publisher: Hart Publishing
ISBN: 9781849460118
Published In: July 2010
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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This is the third edition of the leading practitioner's work on freedom of information. Designed to provide in-depth legal analysis and practical guidance, this book has become the first port of call for anyone either seeking or handling requests for official information. The latest edition maintains its authorship of expert lawyers.

The two years since the previous edition of this book (publshed by Sweet & Maxwell) have seen numerous important decisions from the courts and from the Information Tribunal on freedom of information law. The learning from all these has been incorporated into this new edition, enabling a practitioner to see immediately all relevant cases and the principles that emerge from them.

The book is logically organised so the practitioner can quickly find the topic of choice. The work commences with an historical analysis that sets out the object of the legislation and its relationship with other aspects of public law, with full references to Hansard and other Parliamentary materials provided. This is followed by a summary of the regime in five comparative jurisdictions, providing a useful testbed for anticipated effects of discloure and a normative yardstick.

The impact of the Human Rights Act 1998 is given separate consideration. Next follows a series of chapters dealing with rights of access under provisions apart from the FOI Act: access to information held by EU bodies; access to information under the Data Protection Act; access to information under the Environmental Information Regulations; public records; and access under numerous other provisions in legislation.

Together, these provide the practitioner with sources of access that might otherwise be overlooked. All are arranged thematically. Throughout the book, full web references are given (including to all cases), facilitating ready access to primary material.

This is the third edition of the leading practitioner's work on freedom of information (The second edition was published by Sweet and Maxwell).
Provides in-depth legal analysis and practical guidance.
The first port of call for anyone either seeking or handling requests for official information.
Will be of interest to public authorities, legal advisors and journalists.

Contents:: Preface; Preface to the First Edition; Tables of Cases; Tables of Primary Legislation; Tables of Secondary legislation; Tables of EU Legislation; Tables of National Legislation; Table of Abbreviations; Web Sources; Chapter 1 Eliciting Official Information; Chapter 2 The Comparative Jurisdictions; Chapter 3 The Influence of the European Convention on Human Rights etc; Chapter 4 Rights of Access under European Union Law; Chapter 5 Access to Personal Information under the Data Protection Act 1988; Chapter 6 Access under the Environmental Information Regulations; Chapter 7 Public Records; Chapter 8 Other Domestic Rights of Access; Chapter 9 The Right to Informiation; Chapter 10 The Duty to Advise and Assist, Codes of Practice and Publication Schemes; lapter 11 The Request; Chapter 12 Disentitlement; Chapter 13 The Response; Chapter 14 Exemptions: General Principles; Chapter 15 Prejudice and the Public Interest; Chapter 16 Information Otherwise Accessible; Chapter 17 Security Bodies, National Security and Defence; Chapter 18 International and Internal Relations; Chapter 19 Economic and Financial Interests; hapter 20 Investigation, Audit, Law Enforcement and the Courts; Chapter 21 Privilege; Chapter 22 Policy Formulation and Public Affairs; Chapter 23 Health and Safety; Chapter 24 Personal Information; Chapter 25 Confidential Information; Chapter 26 Miscellaneous Exemptions; Chapter 27 The Information Commissioners and the Information Tribunal; Chapter 28 Appeals; Chapter 29 Enforcement; Materials; Principal legislative sources; FOIA Statutory Instruments; DPA Statutory Instruments; Tribunal Rules, Orders and Practice Notes; Statutory Codes of Practice; European Union Directives and Regulations; Conventions; Precedents; Procedural Guides for Dealing with Requests for Information; Parliamentary History of the Freedom of Information Act 2000; FOIA and FOI(S)A Comparative Table;