British Broadcasting Corporation v Sugar and Another
House of Lords
“The British Broadcasting Corporation was a public authority for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which meant that all requests for information were subject to the jurisdiction of the Information Commissioner and, on appeal, the Information Tribunal, even if the information requested was held for the purposes of art, journalism or literature.”
The Times, 12th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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