Motive Not Sufficient Reason to Deny Subject Access Request
2nd October, 2018One of the dilemmas the courts face from time to time is how to achieve the right balance between individual privacy and the public's right to know about things. In a recent case, a patient who had made a complaint against a GP sought publication of the expert report into the matter commissioned by the General Medical Council (GMC). The report had exonerated the GP and recommended that no disciplinary action be taken. The GMC decided that the patient's request should be treated as a 'subject access request' (SAR) under the...