London Borough of Hackney

The complainant requested information about historic deeds relating to a school site. The London Borough of Hackney (“the Council”) relied on section 14(1) of FOIA (vexatious) to refuse the request. The Commissioner’s decision is that the request was not vexatious and therefore the Council was not entitled to rely upon section 14(1) of FOIA to refuse it. The Commissioner requires the Council to issue a fresh response to the request that does not rely on section 14(1) of FOIA. The Council must take this step within 30 calendar days of the date of this notice.