The Commonweal School
- Date 15 January 2019
- Sector Education
- Decision(s) FOI 42: Not upheld
The complainant has requested legal advice received by the Commonweal School (the School) on the issue of safeguarding. The School identified information within the scope of the request but withheld this on the basis that information was legally professionally privileged and therefore exempt under section 42 of the FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision, after considering the public interest test, is that the School has correctly applied this exemption and the public interest favours withholding the requested information.