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Meanwhile, many of the provisions of the old Section 2 will remain covered by Civil Service Codes and other statutes. The 1989 Act pales into insignificance when compared with constitutional safeguards in Canada, Australia and the United States. Patrick Birkinshaw addresses the question of a Freedom of Information Act: when it might come about, what difficulties it might pose, and what might be learned from the American experience. 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The fifth edition is extensively revised following numerous developments in both UK and EU law as well as the ever expanding case law on information rights under statutory, Convention and common law provisions.  Legislation:   Justice and Security Act 2013;  Crime and Courts Act 2013 (s 34 in relation to press standards following Leveson);  Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015  Investigatory Powers Bill 2016;  Environmental Information Regulations 2004;  General Data Protection Regulation 2016;   Key cases since the last edition include:   Evans v Attorney General [2015] UKSC 21 - the SC ruled that the Attorney General had acted unlawfully in issuing a veto preventing disclosure  Kennedy v Charities Commission [2014] UKSC 20 - Supreme Court extended the ambit of the common law in relation to access to information and transparency  Case 362\/14 Schrems [2015]) - involving data transfer to the USA   PJS v Newsgroup Newspapers ltd [2016] UKSC 26 – developing the law of personal privacy  This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Local Government Law online service.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49602005631249,"sku":"GOR013755039","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53152284803345,"sku":"NIN9781784518967","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1784518964.jpg?v=1751248093"},{"product_id":"government-and-information-the-law-relating-to-access-disclosure-and-their-regul-book-patrick-birkinshaw-9781847667083","title":"Government and Information: The Law Relating to Access, Disclosure and their Regulation","description":"Government and Information: The Law relating to Access, Disclosure and their Regulation is a 'must-have' for everyone dealing with public authority information. 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