small claims court

Summary

A requester asked the Department of Home Affairs if a specific individual had been charged in small claims court for non-payment to tradesmen. The authority responded that it does not hold the requested information and suggested it may be held by the General Registry.

Key Facts

• The request was made to the Department of Home Affairs on 2021-03-15.
• The outcome was 'Information not held'.
• The authority suggested the data might be held by the General Registry.
• The requester intended to use the information to protect themselves from future problems regarding property work.
• The case reference number is 1706501.

Data Disclosed

• 2021-03-15
• 1706501
• IM2 5AP
• 01624 694313
• 01624 621298

Original Request

Hello sir/madam. am trying to find out if a certain person has been successfully charged in the small claims court for not paying tradesman on his property. As he wants to do a lot of work on his property and I am trying to protect myself from future problems

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Chief Executive's Office DHA Headquarters Tromode, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM2 5AP

Telephone: (01624) 694313 Fax: (01624) 621298 Web address: www.gov.im/dha Email: GeneralEnquiries.DHA@dha.gov.im

Our ref: 1706501 15 March 2021

Dear ###

We write further to your request which was received on 15 March 2021 and which states:

"Hello sir/madam. am trying to find out if a certain person has been successfully charged in the small claims court for not paying tradesman on his property. As he wants to do a lot of work on his property and I am trying to protect myself from future problems"

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the public authority does not hold or cannot, after taking reasonable steps to do so, find the information that you have requested.

The data you have requested maybe held in by the General Registry.

Please quote the reference number 1706501 in any future communications with this Department.

Your right to request a review

If you are unhappy with this response to your freedom of information request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response, by completing a complaint form and submitting it electronically or by delivery/post.

An electronic version of our complaint form can be found by going to our website at https://services.gov.im/freedom-of-information/Review . If you would like a paper version of our complaint form to be sent to you by post, please contact me and I will be happy to arrange for this. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made as soon as practicable. We will respond as soon as the review has been concluded.

If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Information Commissioner for a decision on;

1. Whether we have responded to your request for information in accordance with Part 2 of the Freedom of Information Act 2015; or
2. Whether we are justified in refusing to give you the information requested.
   In response to an application for review, the Information Commissioner may, at any time, attempt to resolve a matter by negotiation, conciliation, mediation or another form of alternative dispute resolution and will have regard to any outcome of this in making any subsequent decision. More detailed information on your right to a review can be found on the Information Commissioner’s website at www.inforights.im. Should you have any queries concerning this letter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Further information about freedom of information requests can be found at www.gov.im/foi.

I will now close your request as of this date.

Yours sincerely