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  • Damien Matcham and Brighton Council

    Mr Damien Matcham has a keen interest in the governance of Brighton Council (Council). On 10 April 2024, Mr Matcham submitted an assessed disclosure application to Council under the Right to Information Act 2009 (the Act) requesting a broad range of information, most of which was related to the expenditure of public money by Council.

    After assessing information responsive to Mr Matcham’s application, Council decided that some of the information requested was exempt from disclosure pursuant to ss32 and 36 of the Act.

    Mr Matcham sought an external review of Council’s decision by the Ombudsman, who determined that:

    • exemptions claimed pursuant to s32 were affirmed; and
    • exemptions claimed pursuant to s36 were varied.
    Damien Matcham and Brighton Council (PDF, 253.4 KB)
  • Damien Matcham and Brighton Council

    Mr Damien Matcham is a longstanding resident of the Brighton municipal area and has an interest in the administration of Brighton Council (Council).

    On 24 April 2024, Mr Matcham submitted an assessed disclosure application to Council under the Right to Information Act 2009 (the Act) for information regarding payments to Council employees.

    Council relied on s36 of the Act to exempt the release of the information responsive to this request. Mr Matcham sought external review.

    The Ombudsman determined that the exemptions claimed pursuant to s36 should be varied.

    Damien Matcham and Brighton Council (PDF, 208.6 KB)
  • Damien Matcham and Brighton Council

    Mr Matcham requested seven years' worth of Council related credit card statements and several years worth of the General Manager's diary appointments among other things.  Council refused the bulk of the decision under s19 on the basis the work required would be a substantial and unreasonable diversion of its resources from its other work.  Some of the information, it claimed, was already publicly available and it subsequently refused to release it under s12 of the Act.  The use of s19 was varied - set aside for the credit card statements, but affirmed for the diary entries.  A refusal under s12 is not a reviewable decision under the Act.

    Damien Matcham and Brighton Council (PDF, 1.0 MB)
Last updated: 8 October 2026