Thorsen and Department of Justice and Attorney-General

Application number:
1993 S0009
Decision date:
Friday, Jun 06, 1997

Thorsen and Department of Justice and Attorney-General
 (1993 S0009, 6 June 1997)

 

This case involved a number of 'sufficiency of search' issues which the Information Commissioner approached according to the principles set out in Shepherd and Department of Housing, Local Government and Planning (1994) 1 QAR 464.

 

 

The Information Commissioner determined that, following the location of additional documents in the course of my review, there were no reasonable grounds to believe that the respondent held further documents falling within the terms of the initial FOI access application.  Applying the principles set out in Smith and Administrative Services Department (1993) 1 QAR 22, the Information Commissioner also determined that a number of documents were exempt under s.43(1) - the legal professional privilege exemption.