Upper Tribunal considers what constitutes a public authority under the Environmental Information Regulations

05 August, 2020
The Upper Tribunal (the “UT”) in Information Commissioner v Poplar Housing Association and Regeneration Community Association [2020] UKUT 182 (AAC) has dismissed the Information Commissioner’s appeal against a decision by the First-tier Tribunal (the “FTT”), confirming a housing association was not a “public authority” for the purposes of regulation 2(2)(c) of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 … Read more

“Public Authorities” for the purposes of the EIR

24 March, 2020
The Information Commissioner recently published two decision notices in short succession which found that gas and electricity supplier, E.ON UK plc (“E.ON”), and Heathrow Airport Ltd (“HAL”) were both “public authorities” for the purposes of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (the “EIR”) under regulation 2(2)(c). Public authorities under regulation 2(2)(c) are “any other body or … Read more