Unless of course the enquirer is an disgruntled ex member of staff who
does know what is held and what hasn't been produced.
>>> "Fresko, Marc" <[log in to unmask]> 04/29/04 05:59pm >>>
In principle, Elizabeth is right in saying:
> So - in my frightened opinion - YES to post-its, YES to phone
> messages, YES
> to hand-written notes on a scribble pad, YES to emails, YES
> to electronic
> diaries etc etc.
but I suppose it is only reasonable to point out that the risk of being
"caught out" by failure to disclose some of these - notably post-its -
must usually be low, so it would be inappropriate to devote inordinate
resource to ensuring they can be found and disclosed.
Is this a special case of a wider principle, namely that in most cases
public bodies will rarely be challenged if they provide an incomplete
response (i.e. if they fail to find some or all information covered by a
request)? I have in mind that it will only be in rare circumstances
that an enquirer can be confident that the body's request is
incomplete...
Marc Fresko
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