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Tower Hamlets FOI 3 Upheld, 30 Days

The ICO has upheld a Freedom of Information complaint against the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, finding that safeguarding Rapid Review information relating to child deaths or serious injuries is held by the council for the purposes of FOIA. The council had wrongly refused disclosure on the basis that the Tower Hamlets Safeguarding Children Partnership is not a public authority. The ICO requires the council to issue a fresh FOIA response acknowledging that the information is held by the council within 30 calendar days.

Royal Mint Court Residents' Association v Housing Secretary [2026] EWHC 904

The High Court of Justice issued a judgment on 17 April 2026 in case AC-2026-LON-000875 & 000874, involving the Royal Mint Court Residents' Association as claimant against the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Secretary of State for the Home Department, Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, and the Chinese Embassy in the UK as an interested party. The judgment addresses residential housing rights and government administrative obligations.