Record#
EV ID |
EV-0605 (wayback WB-0405) |
Title |
Freedom of Information Request – Administrative Records for BP Properties Ltd v Buckler (1974) (WhatDoTheyKnow request thread) |
Authority |
HM Courts and Tribunals Service (Ministry of Justice) |
Dates |
Sent 28 Jan 2026; last message 11 Apr 2026 |
Type |
FOI request thread: 9 messages (4 sent, 5 received), 3 attachments |
Evidence label |
CORRESPONDENCE (public FOI thread, published on WhatDoTheyKnow) |
Status |
partially successful (WhatDoTheyKnow: Partially successful) |
Outcome |
Not held by the MoJ as a public authority; records would be court records; preserved records would be at Glamorgan Archives. |
Deadlines |
Response (20 working days): due 27 Feb 2026, met (26 Feb 2026); Internal review (20 working days): due 26 Mar 2026, met (26 Mar 2026) |
References |
FOI 260201005, IR 260226049 |
Links |
Thread on WhatDoTheyKnow · Send/receive view · Archived JSON |
Related |
WhatDoTheyKnow correspondence (email copies) · all WhatDoTheyKnow threads |
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Timeline: request texts are summarised (full text on WhatDoTheyKnow); replies are summarised, with the full text below.
# |
Date |
From |
Class |
Text or summary |
Attachments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
28 Jan 2026 |
Requester |
request |
Request for administrative court records (case numbers, cause lists, register entries, retention data) for BP Properties Ltd v Buckler, Cardiff County Court, July and October 1974. |
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28 Jan 2026 |
HM Courts and Tribunals Service |
acknowledgement only |
Automated receipt from the MoJ Disclosure Team mailbox. |
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28 Jan 2026 |
HM Courts and Tribunals Service |
redirected elsewhere (s.32 mentioned) |
Reply: court records are held by the court for its own purposes; contact the court; if held by the MoJ, likely exempt under s.32. |
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1 Feb 2026 |
Requester |
follow-up |
Asks for a formal response under the Act and for administrative records to be treated separately from judicial content. |
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18 Feb 2026 |
HM Courts and Tribunals Service |
acknowledgement only |
Request logged as FOI 260201005; response due 27 February 2026. |
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26 Feb 2026 |
HM Courts and Tribunals Service |
not held |
Response FOI 260201005 (letter attached): the MoJ as a public authority holds no information in scope; any records would be court records held by the court. |
HMCTS / MoJ FOI 260201005 response: not held by the MoJ as a public authority (1974 court records) (WB-0412) |
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26 Feb 2026 |
Requester |
internal review request |
Internal review requested under s.17(7). |
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26 Mar 2026 |
HM Courts and Tribunals Service |
complaint outcome (not held; redirected to Glamorgan Archives) |
Internal review 260226049 (letter attached): original decision maintained; records selected for preservation would have gone to Glamorgan Archives, the place of deposit for Cardiff County Court records. |
signature logo HMCTS internal review 260226049: not held; preserved records would be at Glamorgan Archives (WB-0413) |
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11 Apr 2026 |
Requester |
follow-up |
Notes the review outcome; concerns about the search for administrative metadata; considering the ICO. |
Attachments (Wayback Vault):
HMCTS / MoJ FOI 260201005 response: not held by the MoJ as a public authority (1974 court records) · WB-0412 · WhatDoTheyKnow copy
HMCTS internal review 260226049: not held; preserved records would be at Glamorgan Archives · WB-0413 · WhatDoTheyKnow copy
Reply 2, 28 Jan 2026: full text as published
This is an automated confirmation that your email has been received by the
Disclosure Team (Ministry of Justice) mailbox. Please be aware, this team
deals with a high volume of emails.
Please note this email address is for requests for recorded information
under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and non-offender subject
access requests under Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA)/General Data
Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Freedom of Information requests
You can expect a response within 20 working days.
Subject Access Requests
You can expect an initial response within 1 calendar month.
Any other types of queries/requests, will be handled accordingly.
Reply 3, 28 Jan 2026: full text as published
Morning,
We understand that the information you have requested relates to a court or tribunal case. Please contact the relevant court or tribunal directly to request access to these documents under the appropriate Procedure Rules. You can find contact details here:
https://www.gov.uk/find-court-tribunal
.
Please note that the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) gives individuals the right to request recorded information held by public authorities. However, FOIA does not apply to information held by courts and tribunals for the purposes of judicial proceedings. This includes case files, court records, and correspondence relating to judicial decisions.
If you would still like us to consider your request under FOIA, please let us know. However, please be aware that the information you have requested is likely not to be held by the MOJ in the first place; this is because court and tribunal records are very often held by a court and tribunal for their own purposes only. It is likely, therefore, that any FOIA outcome from the MOJ will be that we Do Not Hold the data.
If such information is held by the MOJ it is likely to be exempt from disclosure under Section 32 of the FOIA, which exempts information from disclosure under the FOIA if it is held by the MOJ only by virtue of it being contained in a court or tribunal record.
In either situation, there exists another, more appropriate way to request access court or tribunal records, i.e. through the appropriate Procedure Rules.
Kind regards
Disclosure Team
Security and Information Directorate
Service Transformation Group
Ministry of Justice
Reply 5, 18 Feb 2026: full text as published
Dear [requester],
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request – 260201005
Thank you for your request dated 1 February 2026.
Your request is being handled under the FOIA.
The MoJ is required under section 10(1) of the FOIA to provide you with a
response within 20 working days. Therefore, we aim to provide a response
to your request by 27 February 2026.
In the event we can not meet the deadline we will inform you as soon as
possible.
Yours sincerely
Operational Support - Knowledge and Information Liaison Officer
Reply 6, 26 Feb 2026: full text as published
Dear [requester],
Please see the attached response to your request (our reference 260201005)
Regards
Operational Support - Knowledge and Information Liaison Officer
National Support Unit - HM Courts & Tribunals Service
Reply 8, 26 Mar 2026: full text as published
Dear [requester]
Please see the attached response to your request (our reference 260226049)
Regards
Operational Support - Knowledge and Information Liaison Officer
National Support Unit | HMCTS
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