Canal & River Trust
- Date 19 December 2026
- Sector Education, Other
- Decision(s) EIR 12(4)(b): Not upheld, EIR 5(2): Partly upheld, FOI 10: Partly upheld, FOI 14(1): Not upheld
The complainant has made eight separate requests for various information. The Canal and River Trust (the Trust) refused all eight requests as vexatious (section 14(1) of FOIA) and, to the extent that they sought environmental information, manifestly unreasonable (regulation 12(4)(b) of the EIR). The Commissioner’s decision is that the requests were vexatious and that the Trust was entitled to rely on section 14(1) of FOIA and regulation 12(4)(b) of the EIR to refuse them. However, he has recorded a procedural breach of section 10(1) of FOIA and regulation 5(2) of the EIR. The Commissioner does not require the Trust to take any steps as a result of this decision notice.