University of Kent

The complainant has requested from the University of Kent (the University) information relating to the services provided by the Kent Law Clinic (KLC), a partnership between the students of the University and solicitors and barristers in practice, to Wickhambreaux Parish Council (the Council). The University has claimed that any relevant information in the possession of the KLC would not be held by the University for the purposes of FOIA or the EIR. The Commissioner disagrees and has decided that the information would be retained for the KLC’s, and equally the University’s, own purposes. The Commissioner therefore requires the University to consider the request under the appropriate access-regime, ie FOIA or the EIR, and issue an appropriate response. This decision notice is currently under appeal to the Tribunal.