Public body · SAR
52 posts · 2025–2026
Public authority under FOIA and the EIR. Escalation: Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO), referred by an MP. Court: Administrative Court (judicial review). Correspondence: 52 emails (16 sent, 36 received).
📍 Checked in at: ICO complaint (FOIA s.50)
Next step (forecast): s.50 complaint, 26 Oct 2026
Every option used up (forecast): 1 May 2028
No public statements found yet; the record below involves them.
We again ask for a claim number to identify your historical case correctly, and point you to the published County Court Records Retention and Disposition Schedule on GOV.uk for information on how records are kept and destroyed.
“we ask the parties to provide the claim number”
I explain I have no claim numbers but list known proceedings for Great House Farm from 1955 to 1988, and ask whether any records survive, were transferred, or were destroyed, also querying the earlier 'no records' reply from 4 August 2026.
“Could you tell me whether any record, index entry, warrant or bailiff's return survives for these, or for the November 1988 enforcement?”
Seen ✓ · answered 20 Oct 2026
We ask whether you have a claim number relating to your email of 28 September 2026 about the preservation notice for Great House Farm.
“Do you have any Claim Number relating to the below?”
We have completed the internal review of the Freedom of Information request FOI 260813002, originally requested on 13 August 2026, and attach the outcome letter.
“Please find attached a letter with the outcome of the review”
We are sending an extension letter for the subject access internal review under reference 260904007, without yet providing the information requested.
“Please see attached the extension letter for your request (our reference: 260904007)”
Sent a letter to Ministry of Justice / HMCTS.
“I'm already resigned to the idea that my Welsh family in Wales has been practically ethnically cleansed”
Seen ✓ · answered 2 Oct 2026
We direct you to use the online probate records search service at gov.uk/search-will-probate for the probate records you are requesting.
“please use following link for access to Probate records from the Probate Registry”
This automatic reply explains that our court will not act on the correspondence or upload it to the case system, and that professional users must instead file all documents through CE-File as required by Practice Direction 51O.
“this must be uploaded via CE-File”
This automatic reply confirms your email has been received by the Cardiff Administrative Court Team and sets out general guidance, including our 5-10 working day response time and advice to seek independent legal help.
“We aim to respond to emails between 5 & 10 working days unless they are urgent.”
I send the death certificate for Mary Williams (also known as Mary Buckler), who died in March 1983, to support my FOI request of 7 June 2026 for probate records tied to Great House Farm, Llandough, and ask you to confirm receipt and expected response date.
“please find the death certificate attached”
Seen ✓ · answered 28 Sep 2026
We are extending the deadline for your Freedom of Information request, reference 260813002, and attach the formal extension letter rather than the information requested.
“Please see attached the extension letter for your request”
We send our response to your subject access request under reference 260803049-SAR.
We confirm that no court file, finding aid, register, or destruction record survives for these 1974 possession proceedings; paper records like these would normally be destroyed three years after the last transaction under our retention rules.
“No surviving court file relating to the proceedings specified in your request has been identified.”
We send our response to your FOI request, reference 260805002, concerning the 1989 court proceedings, with details in the attached document.
I submit a new, separate FOI request for records of the January 1989 Barry Magistrates Court hearing where a charge from 29 April 1988 against William Buckler was withdrawn as "out of time," including related registers, listings and administrative records.
Seen ✓ · answered 12 Aug 2026
“we wouldn’t currently hold any existing records for it, in line with our procedures”
I ask you to clarify what historical paper records, indexes, retention schedules, and destruction or transfer records were checked, since my request was not limited to the current case management system.
“My request was not limited to whether records are currently held on that system.”
Seen ✓ · answered 4 Aug 2026
We sent our response to your subject access request, reference 260702090, on 3 August 2026.
I follow up on my 10 June 2026 request, asking whether any surviving court records exist covering the 1955 possession order, the 1962 Cardiff County Court proceedings, the 1974 case, and the Court of Appeal decision in BP Properties Ltd v Buckler, and how to obtain or inspect them.
“I am seeking confirmation of whether any surviving court records exist relating to possession, title, and related proceedings”
Seen ✓ · answered 3 Aug 2026
We ask you to provide a copy of Mary Williams's death certificate before we can process your FOI request concerning her.
“please can you provide a copy of their death certificate”
I resend my attachment and ask the Disclosure Team to reply to my earlier FOI submission, which has not yet received a response.
Seen ✓ · answered 28 Jul 2026
We could not open the proof of address document you sent and ask you to resend it in a different file format before we continue processing the request.
“Please can you send your proof of address in a different format, as we are unable to open it”
I resent the requested proof of address information after you said the earlier file format could not be opened.
Seen ✓ · answered 2 Jul 2026
We require two forms of identification, photo ID and proof of address dated within six months, before we can process the Subject Access Request.
“we ask that you provide two forms of identification”
I sent you an account statement as the requested proof of address for my Subject Access Request.
Seen ✓ · answered 1 Jul 2026
We sent our response to request 260607013, indicating we do not hold the court proceeding records sought and pointing toward the County Court as a possible source.
“Please see the attached response to your request (our reference 260607013)”
I am now making a Subject Access Request under Article 15 UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 for any personal data held about me relating to the eviction at Great House Farm and the European Court of Human Rights case Buckler v United Kingdom (1989).
“this request is for my own personal data only”
Seen ✓ · answered 30 Jun 2026
We confirm we are processing the request under reference 260607013, with a response deadline of 6 July.
“We are processing your request under reference 260607013. The deadline for the response is 6 July.”
I asked whether you received my earlier Freedom of Information request about Great House Farm, Llandough, as I have not seen a response yet.
“Did you receive a FOI from me recently?”
Seen ✓ · answered 22 Jun 2026
I requested details of any surviving court file from the 1974 proceedings brought by BP Pension Trust Limited over Great House Farm, including case number, pleadings, orders and whether records were transferred to an archive.
“do you hold any surviving pleadings, orders, cause books, index cards, diary sheets, listing records, or archived bundles”
Seen ✓ · answered 22 Jun 2026
We asked the family for fuller identifying details, such as full name, date of birth and related records, to search archived files, and explained that personal information about another living person will not be disclosed without authority or proof of death.
“it is a general policy of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) not to disclose, to a third party, personal information about another living person”
We confirmed receipt of the family's Freedom of Information request about Great House Farm court records and explained that a response can be expected within 20 working days.
“You can expect a response within 20 working days”
I asked you to advise on the current location and access options for records of proceedings involving Great House Farm, covering the 1915 eviction attempt and the 1955/1962 possession orders, focusing on title and equitable interest evidence.
Seen ✓ · answered 7 Jun 2026
FOI request seeking probate records, wills, affidavits, or ownership asserts for a named individual.
Seen ✓ · answered 7 Jun 2026
I gave formal pre-action notice over the historic proceedings concerning Great House Farm, Llandough, rejecting the idea that the issues can be dismissed administratively and seeking reparations and reconsideration of the 1987 ruling.
“This correspondence constitutes formal pre-action notice of my intention to pursue legal remedies arising from the historic proceedings”
Seen ✓ · answered 7 Jun 2026
I repeated formal pre-action notice under reference TO130237, arguing wrongdoing I uncovered this year restarts the limitation clock despite events almost 40 years ago, and again set out grounds for reparations and reopening the case.
Seen ✓ · answered 7 Jun 2026
We sent an automated prompt asking the family to log in and update the status of their Freedom of Information request on HM Courts and Tribunals Service records, so others can see the outcome.
“Letting everyone know whether you got the information will help us keep tabs on HM Courts and Tribunals Service”
We prompt you once more to log in and set the status of your Freedom of Information request on Administrative Records for BP Properties Ltd v Buckler (1974).
“Letting everyone know whether you got the information will help us keep tabs”
We notify you of yet another new response published for the Freedom of Information request on Administrative Records for BP Properties Ltd v Buckler (1974), and ask you to check and update its status.
“You have a new response to the Freedom of Information request”
We tell you a new response has been posted for the Freedom of Information request on Administrative Records for BP Properties Ltd v Buckler (1974) and ask you to review and mark its status.
“You have a new response to the Freedom of Information request”
We again ask you to update the status of your Freedom of Information request on Administrative Records for BP Properties Ltd v Buckler (1974) so everyone can see the outcome.
“Letting everyone know whether you got the information will help us keep tabs”
We notify you that another response has been published for the Freedom of Information request on Administrative Records for BP Properties Ltd v Buckler (1974), and ask you to review and update its status.
“You have a new response to the Freedom of Information request”
We remind you to log in and classify the outcome of your Freedom of Information request on Administrative Records for BP Properties Ltd v Buckler (1974) so others can see whether it succeeded.
“Letting everyone know whether you got the information will help us keep tabs”
We tell you that you already have an account, so your details stayed the same, and ask you to confirm via the link before we send and publish your new Freedom of Information request to HM Courts and Tribunals Service.
“Then your FOI request to HM Courts and Tribunals Service will be sent and published”
We let you know a new response has come in to the Freedom of Information request on Administrative Records for BP Properties Ltd v Buckler (1974), and ask you to review it and update its status.
“You have a new response to the Freedom of Information request”
We flag a further new response to the same Freedom of Information request on Administrative Records for BP Properties Ltd v Buckler (1974) and ask you to check it and mark its status.
“You have a new response to the Freedom of Information request”
We send a further reminder asking you to update the status of your 'BP vs Buckler 1987' Freedom of Information request.
“Your request was called 'BP vs Buckler 1987'”
We invite you to complete a short survey about your experience making this Freedom of Information request through our site, four weeks after you submitted it.
“We would like to know more about you, and your experience making a Freedom of Information request”
We again ask you to log in and update the status of your 'BP vs Buckler 1987' Freedom of Information request to show whether you got the information.
“Your request was called 'BP vs Buckler 1987'”
We ask you to log in and mark the outcome of your 'BP vs Buckler 1987' Freedom of Information request so others can see whether you received the information.
“Your request was called 'BP vs Buckler 1987'”
We notify you of a further new response to the 'BP vs Buckler 1987' Freedom of Information request and ask you to check it and update its status.
“You have a new response to the Freedom of Information request 'BP vs Buckler 1987'”
We let you know a new response has arrived for the Freedom of Information request 'BP vs Buckler 1987' made to the Ministry of Justice, and ask you to review it.
“You have a new response to the Freedom of Information request 'BP vs Buckler 1987'”
