On 03/07/2011 17:20, Francis Davey wrote:

Hopefully the present government can be persuaded to do something
about it. It strikes me that a political, rather than technical or
legal, solution may be the best way to approach it. The present
government ought to be psychologically in favour of getting rid of
exclusive arrangements, especially where they bring in no revenue.

I tweeted and blogged about it, and someone else on Twitter pointed out that such an arrangement may well be contrary to section 14 of the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005. If so, that would apply to the contract with Bailii as well. So I've followed it up with another FoI request:

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/public_interest_provisions_for_e

Mark
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