‘R (All the Citizens) v SoS (2022) EWHC 960 (Admin), a Divisional Court is concerned with whether there is a legal duty, enforceable by judicial review, to create and maintain records so that they are available for posterity, and whether policies are enforceable as a matter of public law.’
Local Government Law, 4th May 2022
Source: local-government-law.11kbw.com
‘Controversial plans to delete more than 2.5m public records have been abandoned by the government’s company registration agency.’
The Guardian,24th November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Ministry of Defence is unlawfully holding thousands of files that should have been declassified and transferred to the National Archive under the 30-year rule, including large numbers of documents about the conflict in Northern Ireland.”
The Guardian, 6th October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Undercover officers created aliases based on details found in birth and death records, Guardian investigation reveals.”
The Guardian, 3rd February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The review team set up to examine how public records are made available has recommended that the government halves the number of years the public must wait to see government information.”
Ministry of Justice, 29th January 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The proposal to halve from 30 to 15 years the period before government records are publicly released is both welcome and overdue. But this is only part of the answer to the question of what, and when, the public should know about how decisions are taken on their behalf, as is recognised in yesterday’s independent review by a panel including Paul Dacre, Editor of the Daily Mail, who was chairman; Professor Sir David Cannadine, the historian; and Sir Joe Pilling, a retired Permanent Secretary.”
The Times, 30th January 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Secret Government documents could be released earlier when a report is published into whether the 30-year-rule should be relaxed.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th January 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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