University of Warwick

The complainant requested information relating to the curriculum for a particular course offered by Warwick Medical School. The University Council of the University of Warwick did not respond to this request. It later confirmed that it considered that the request was vexatious and was relying on section 17(6) of the FOIA to not issue a refusal notice. The Commissioner’s decision is that the request was vexatious and therefore the University was not obliged to comply with it. She also finds that the University was entitled to rely on section 17(6) of the FOIA as it would have been unreasonable in the circumstances to have expected the University to have issued a refusal notice. The Commissioner does not require further steps.