TY  - BOOK
AU  - Birkinshaw,Patrick 
AU  - Varney,Mike 
TI  - Government and information rights : the law relating to access, disclosure and their regulation
SN  - 9781784518967
U1  - 004.6:34 
PY  - 2019///
CY  - London , New Delhi
PB  - Bloomsbury Professional
KW  - Chapter 1 The freedom of information legislation
KW  -  Chapter 2 Data protection, access to personal information and privacy protection
KW  - Chapter 3 Access to environmental information
KW  - Chapter 4 Central government
KW  - Chapter 5 The European perspective
KW  - Chapter 6 Local government as providers and keepers of information
KW  -  Chapter 7 Restrictions on the use of, and access to, information by public officials and representatives
KW  - Chapter 8 Public access to information and access to meetings
KW  - Chapter 9 Information and open government – specific areas
KW  - Chapter 10 Information, redress of grievance and judicial review
KW  - Chapter 11 Litigation and information
KW  - Chapter 12 The National Audit Office and the Comptroller and Auditor General
KW  - Annex A Freedom of Information Act 2000, Schedule 1
KW  -  Annex B List of statutory provisions concerning prohibitions on disclosure of information
KW  - Public records -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain
KW  - Disclosure of information -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain
KW  - Public records -- Law and legislation
KW  - Government information -- Great Britain
KW  - Government information
KW  - Great Britain
N1  - Government and Information: The Law Relating to Access, Disclosure and their Regulation is the leading text offering comprehensive and practical advice on the access, disclosure and retention of government records under UK, EU and ECHR requirements. It is essential reading for all those dealing with public authority information.

The fifth edition is extensively revised following numerous developments in both UK and EU law as well as the ever expanding case law on information rights under statutory, Convention and common law provisions.

Legislation:

Justice and Security Act 2013;
Crime and Courts Act 2013 (s 34 in relation to press standards following Leveson);
Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015
Investigatory Powers Bill 2016;
Environmental Information Regulations 2004;
General Data Protection Regulation 2016;

Key cases since the last edition include:

Evans v Attorney General [2015] UKSC 21 - the SC ruled that the Attorney General had acted unlawfully in issuing a veto preventing disclosure
Kennedy v Charities Commission [2014] UKSC 20 - Supreme Court extended the ambit of the common law in relation to access to information and transparency
Case 362/14 Schrems [2015]) - involving data transfer to the USA
PJS v Newsgroup Newspapers ltd [2016] UKSC 26 – developing the law of personal privacy
ER  -