EIR cases apply UT Dransfield ruling in "manifestly unreasonable" publication decisions

On 14 July 2013, the First-tier Tribunal (Information Rights) ruled in two cases that environmental information must be published in response to requests under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (SI 2004/3391), as it was in the public interest to publish, and not manifestly unreasonable to do so. The tribunal applied the recent ruling of the Upper Tribunal in Information Commissioner v Dransfield [2012] UKUT 440 (AAC) on the test for whether requests were manifestly unreasonable or vexatious. (Silverman v Information Commissioner and another (EA 2013/0027) and Yeoman v Information Commissioner and another (EA 2013/0008).)