Contents

1. Introduction and background to the law (Clifford Chance - Patricia Barratt);
2. Publication schemes (Patricia Barratt);
3. The right of access (Charles Russell - Andrew Sharpe & Carolyn Bigg);
4. Freedom of information - exemptions (Field Fisher Waterhouse - Marcus Turle);
5. Qualified exemptions (Marcus Turle);
6. Implications for the private sector (Hugh Tomlinson QC - Matrix Chambers);
7. Freedom of information and the media (Reynolds Porter Chamberlain - Keith Mathieson);
8. The relationship between freedom of information and data protection (Antony White QC - Matrix Chambers);
9. The Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (Herbert Smith - Professor Brian Jones and Christopher Rees);
10. Enforcement and appeals (Clifford Chance - Jeremy Ison).

About the General Editors

Peter Carey is a consultant advising a wide range of organisations on data protection and freedom of information issues. He is editor of the Privacy and Data Protection Journal and was instrumental in establishing the Freedom of Information Journal. He is also editor of the Data Protection Handbook, 2nd edition (Law Society, 2008).

Marcus Turle is a partner at Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP and a founder member of FFW's Privacy and Information Law Group. He is editor of the Freedom of Information Journal and General Editor of Data Protection Laws of the World, a two volume loose-leaf title covering privacy legislation in over 60 countries.