Government Legal Department
- Date 16 May 2016
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) FOI 1: Upheld, FOI 10: Upheld
The complainant requested information relating to documents between the Government Legal Department (GLD) and the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) in relation to the complainant’s status as a vexatious litigant. The Commissioner’s decision is that GLD breached section 1(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act) because it did not issue a response to one of the complainant’s requests. The GLD also breached section 10(1) as it did not respond within the statutory timeframe. Regarding whether the GLD provided all of the relevant information it holds, the Commissioner’s decision is that on the balance of probability it is unlikely that any information relevant to these requests is held by the GLD.