Trade magazine wins 'David and Goliath' FoI battle to expose rogue landlords
An environmental journalist has achieved a victory over the Information Commissioner in an attempt to obtain information about bad landlords under the Freedom of Information Act.
A tribunal has ordered the Ministry of Justice to hand over the information on convicted landlords to Tom Wall, digital editor of the Environmental Health News, after they rejected the IC’s decision that the information should be kept secret.
Wall wanted details of landlords convicted of environmental health offences under the Housing Act 2004 so that local authorities could be warned about using them in the future.
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A tribunal has ordered the Ministry of Justice to hand over the information on convicted landlords to Tom Wall, digital editor of the Environmental Health News, after they rejected the IC’s decision that the information should be kept secret.
Wall wanted details of landlords convicted of environmental health offences under the Housing Act 2004 so that local authorities could be warned about using them in the future.
Read more.