Time frame and rules for sealing order
Dear Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service,
I am at the end of a 3 years and 11 month court case where I need to appeal the judgement and order .
The courts lost all 4 days of tapes hence we were unable to obtain transcripts which delayed this case .
The order was finally agreed over 4 weeks ago and the courts or judge still have not sealed the order hence we are unable to put the appeal into the high courts without this causing even further delays.
Is there a time frame or rule I can quote to request the order to be sealed by the judge or courts.
Yours faithfully,
WS
Dear WS,
Please note, under section 8(1) of FOIA, a request for information must comply with three requirements. It must:
(a) be in writing,
(b) state the name of the applicant and an address for correspondence, and
(c) describes the information requested.
After initial consideration, this request appears to comply with requirements (a) and (c) but it does not comply with requirement (b) because you have not provided your full name.
I am therefore not required to process your request without information that can later be referred to, as per Section 8(1)(b) FOIA. The information we require is your name.
As your request has been deemed invalid, I am not obliged to disclose the requested information at this point and I would like to take this opportunity to recommend that any future FOI submissions adhere to Section 8 of the FOIA.
To enable us to meet your request, please resubmit your application in accordance with the above requirements. We will consider your resubmitted request upon receipt as long as it meets the requirements stated above.
You will then receive the information requested within the statutory timescale of 20 working days as defined by the Act, subject to the information not being exempt.
You can find out more about Section 8 by reading the extract from the Act available at the attached link:
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000...
Kind regards,
Disclosure Team
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