Consequently, the Cabinet Office maintained that it was entitled to redact the messages for relevance. On 15 May 2023, the Cabinet Office made an application to revoke the s21 Notice in its entirety. On the validity of the s21 notice the Court held that the Chair’s notice issued to the Cabinet Office was valid. This fact does not answer the question but suggests that the approach contended for by the Cabinet Office needs to be carefully examined. Secondly the fact that a request for documents in civil proceedings for disclosure may yield some irrelevant documents does not invalidate the request, it simply means that the irrelevant documents may be redacted.

Source: The Guardian July 26, 2023 17:05 UTC