DN FS50794284 - Dr Bawa-Garba - s42 FOIA – disclosure of legal advice
Dear General Medical Council,
Please provide a copy of all the information the Commissioner required you to disclose in DN FS50794284 relating to Dr Bawa-Garba dated 17 July 2019 :
https://ico.org.uk/media/action-weve-tak...
'3. The Commissioner requires the public authority to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation.
Disclose the information withheld under section 42 FOIA.'
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J Roberts
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Dear J Roberts
Your information request – IR1-3307627804
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Dear J Roberts
Your information access request
Thank you for your email dated 30 December 2021. I’ve considered your
request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).
The information you require can be found using the following link: [1]The
advice that informed our appeal - GMC (gmc-uk.org)
I hope you find this information useful. If you have any queries about
this, or need anything further, please contact me on the details below.
Yours sincerely
Remi Owolabi
Information Access Officer
General Medical Council
3 Hardman Street
Manchester M3 3AW
Email: [2][email address]
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J Roberts left an annotation ()
'We appealed the medical practitioners tribunal’s decision to suspend Dr Bawa-Garba based on legal advice.
The Information Commissioner recently decided that this legal advice and accompanying documents from our legal advisors are disclosable under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The Commissioner found that while we correctly assessed these documents as legally privileged, they can be requested through the FOIA due to the exceptional degree of public interest* in this case.
We’ve accepted the Commissioner’s decision and have published the documents below.'
https://www.gmc-uk.org/about/how-we-work...