Northern Ireland Water
- Date 12 September 2012
- Sector Other
- Decision(s) FOI 40: Not upheld, FOI 42: Not upheld
The complainant requested information which formed a submission to Northern Ireland Water’s (NIW) lawyers and on which legal advice was given. NIW refused to disclose the information and relied on section 42(1) and section 40(1) to withhold the information. The Information Commissioner’s decision is that NIW was correct to classify the requested information as attracting legal professional privilege and to withhold the information under section 42(1) of FOIA. It also correctly applied section 40(2).