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20 days after I submitted by FOIA request, the Judicial Appointments Commission have acknowledged it today and claimed another 20 working days to respond. Please find a copy of the message below:

"FOIA Acknowledgement

To: Alison Wright;

26/11/2024 14:59

Good afternoon,

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request of 5 November 2024.

Please be advised that your request is being handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

The Judicial Appointments Commission is required under section 10(1) of the FOIA to provide you with a response within 20 working days. Therefore, we aim to provide you a response to your request by 3 December 2024.

If you have any queries regarding this Freedom of Information request, please do not hesitate to contact me via e-mail: FOIA@judicialappointments.gov.uk.

Kind regards,

Jessica Murphie

Freedom of Information and Complaints Manager | Judicial Appointments Commission

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Yesterday, the Judicial Appoints Commission informed me that they need more time than the statutory time limit, even though they had already slipped the timetable, by starting the clock later than the date I sent my FOIA request:

SAR Deadline Extension

To: Alison Wright;

03/12/2024 16:34

Good afternoon,

The Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) are treating the Freedom of Information (FOI) request that you submitted on 5th November 2024 as a Subject Access Request (SAR).

This is because your request relates to your personal information that the JAC hold in relation to your previous complaints. The JAC had intended to respond to your Subject Access Request in line with the deadline previously stated for the FOI request, by 3 December 2024.

However, in line with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) guidance, the JAC consider your request to be a complex one and therefore we require additional time to ensure a thorough and accurate response.

The reasons for it being deemed complex is because the information requested contains a mixture of information that is your personal data, personal data about other people and information that is not personal data. The JAC has a responsibility to protect other people’s rights over their information and has to consider the content of each document to assess the information they contain.

Also, in some documents, your personal information is included in confidential communications between the JAC and its legal advisors. This information is considered privileged and the JAC is required to assess each document and obtain specialist legal advice in that respect.

Therefore, the JAC are extending the response deadline by an additional calendar month to 3 January 2025.

Thank you for your understanding.

Kind regards,

Jessica Murphie

Freedom of Information and Complaints Manager | Judicial Appointments Commission

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