Changes to the Freedom of Information Act highlight the Government's penchant for retrospective legislation and regulating conduct after the event. Chris Arnull sets out his views on the new law and outlines a history of outlawing that which used to be legal
February 16, 2005 at 07:03 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Legalweek
Changes to the Freedom of Information Act have prompted lawyers, including corporate counsel, to re-think their advice on how to deal with private information that may end up in the public domain.
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the implications for public bodies caught by it and for those who advise such bodies or who tender for their work, has been in force long enough for much to have been written about it.
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