The Information Tribunal was a

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in the

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. It was established as the Data Protection Tribunal to hear appeals under the Data Protection Act 1984. Its name was changed to reflect its wider responsibilities under other

freedom of information Freedom of information is freedom of a person or people to publish and consume information. Access to information is the ability for an individual to seek, receive and impart information effectively. This sometimes includes "scientific, Indigeno ...

legislation, as it then heard appeals from notices issued by Information Commissioner under two

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, the

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and the

Freedom of Information Act 2000 The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c. 36) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that creates a public "right of access" to information held by public authorities. It is the implementation of freedom of information legislation in ...

, and two related Statutory Instruments, the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. In 2010 the tribunal became part of the General Regulatory Chamber of the

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, referred to as the First-tier Tribunal (Information Rights), as part of the reform of the structure of the UK system of tribunals. The last Chairman of the tribunal was lawyer John Angel, formerly of

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, and now a consultant with Jomati and a Visiting Professorial Fellow at

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There were nine Deputy Chairmen, all of whom were experienced solicitors or barristers.

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