Supreme Court overturns Information Commissioner's order to disclose record of Michael Shine review meeting

The Supreme Court has overturned the Information Commissioner's decision requiring the Minister for Health to give a man a record of his meeting with a retired judge who reviewed allegations of sexual abuse against retired surgeon Michael Shine.

The court's unanimous judgment involved it addressing, for the first time, the meaning of the phrase "any record held by a public body" in section 6.1 of the Freedom of Information Act.