Sentences with phrase «deny access to a public record»

But he and members of other good government groups are putting a priority on strengthening FOIL in other ways, including passing a law that would mandate the payment of attorneys» fees to a plaintiff when a court finds that an agency had no «reasonable basis» to deny access to a public record.

Not exact matches

I am involved right now in a case to which the respondent Law Society of BC was easily able to secure a court order sealing the record and denying the public access to any hearings, though it is not clear to us on what basis that order is supposedly justified.

-- A Commonwealth agency may not deny a requester access to a public record due to the intended use of the public record by the requester unless otherwise provided by law.