FOI Podcasts

This is a quaterly podcast by Ibrahim Hasan, solicitor and information law expert. It is designed to bring busy public sector practitioners up to date with the latest developments in Freedom of Information law. This is the only FOI podcast of it's kind in the UK and has been mentioned in the Times newspaper and numerous other blogs.

 

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LATEST PODCAST - EPISODE 21 (February 2010)

In the three months upto the end of January 2010 the Information Commissioner published 154 decisions whilst the Information Tribunal published 17. In this episode Ibrahim discusses decisions on:

  • Redaction costs when dealing with FOI requests
  • Another use of the ministerial veto
  • Section 36 and the opinion of the qualified person
  • The tax status of a conservative peer
  • Disclosure of information about the deceased
  • AND disclosure of university course materials

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BUY ARCHIVES AND SCRIPTS - more details

 

Ibrahim has produced 18 episodes of his podcast giving his insight into over one hundred and sixty key FOI decisions.  Many of these decisions have changed the way FOI is interpreted and its key exemptions applied. It is essential for FOI practitioners to know about these when making decisions under the Act. All eighteen FOI Podcasts (and scripts) are now available to purchase (£99 + vat) as a single package on CD containing:

  • Audio files of every podcast episode up to October 2009
  • Electronic copies of every script

This is an excellent opportunity to build up your own library of key FOI decisions together with analysis and comment from one of the UK’s leading information law experts.