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12/5/2010 'Clean Air in London' (CCAL) wins at Information Tribunal after Government admits Tribunal's ruling means "it does not have much of an appeal left"

The First Tier Information Tribunal has heard an appeal by the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs against a Decision by the Information Commissioner's Office on 2 November 2009 that it must release all information requested by the ...

2/2/2010 CoA rejects JML Direct's challenge in EPG listings dispute

The Court of Appeal today dismissed an appeal by TV shopping channel JML Direct relating to the allocation of Electronic Programme Guide (EPG) numbers by Freesat, a multi-channel TV service owned jointly by the BBC and ITV.  The ruling has ...

15/12/2009 Monckton Members Appointed to FoI Panel

Monckton Chambers are pleased to announce that a further three tenants have been appointed to the FoI Panel. Ian Rogers, Ben Lask and Alan Bates join George Peretz and Gerry Facenna.  The Treasury Solicitor's Department set up the ...

26/3/2009 "Freesat Free to Decide"

Judgment was delivered on 26 March 2009 in JML Direct Ltd v Freesat UK Ltd [2009] EWHC 616. The case concerned the allocation of Electronic Programme Guide ("EPG") numbers by Freesat, a new multi-channel TV service owned jointly by the ...