James Kelsall v Information Commissioner

1. The Applicant made an application for an order to progress his complaint (the “Application”) with the Information Commissioner by form GRC3 on 7 August 2025.

2. Case Management Directions were issued by the Tribunal on 13 August 2025, requiring the Respondent to provide any response to the Application and/or to make any application within 28 days of those directions being sent to the parties (i.e. by 10 September 2025). The Applicant was required to provide any Rule 24 Reply and/or any written representations in response to any applications made by the Respondent within 14 days of any such response of application being submitted to the Tribunal. .

3. On 10 September 2025, the Respondent submitted an application to strike out the proceedings under Rule 8. The Applicant was therefore required to submit any written representations in response by 24 September 2025. The Applicant did not comply with this requirement.

4. By Directions dated 16 October 2025 the Applicant was directed that he must provide written representations in response to the strike-out application by 31 October 2025. The Applicant was directed to note that failure to comply with this direction could lead to the Tribunal striking out his Application for failure to comply without further direction.

5. The Appellant failed to comply with the direction dated 16 October 2025 and accordingly there are grounds to strike out the Application.