PART I
Staff and Office = 4
Inspections = 4
Travels and Conferences Attended = 4
Visitors from abroad = 5
Other Activities = 6
1. Cases Rejected after a Summary Investigation = 6
2. Cases Investigated = 7
Part II
1.1. Unemployment fund’s repayment of reimbursement. Interpretation of Section 86, subsection (4) of the Unemployment Insurance Act = 22
2-1. No authority to pay senior lecturer according to the principle of differentiated salary = 22
2-2. Remission of study debt = 23
3-1. Mistaken salary placement. Revocation. The decision concept. Hearing of parties = 23
4-1. Local authority’s nomination for chairman of rent control board. Inclusion of considerations concerning the candidate’s party political affiliations. Basis of evidence = 24
4-2. Complaint about the Patients’ Complaints Board. Good administrative behaviour. Hearing of parties. Giving of grounds = 24
5-1. Refusal of access to correspondence between ministries concerning Denmark’s accession to the Treaty of Nice = 24
5-2. Party status of interest group in criminal case. Giving of grounds = 25
5-3. Postponement of case concerning advance approval. Giving of grounds = 25
5-4. Forwarding of confidential information in an adoption case = 26
5-5. Adoption order not invalid = 26
5-6. Disclosure of internal working documents. Printouts from the Central Office of Civil Registration. Appeal board’s consideration of disclosure issues = 27
5-7. Forwarding of information between institutions under the Prison Service, etc., with a view to prevention of suicide/attempted suicide = 27
6-1. Criticism of civil servant. Inclusion of criteria = 28
6-2. Annulment of preferential decision = 28
8-1. Establishment of national testing station for large windmills = 29
9-1. Residence permit pursuant to Section 9, subsection (1.2), cf. Section 9, subsection (2), of the Aliens Act = 29
11-1. Compulsory electronic exam registration = 29
11-2. Refused dispensation for fourth attempt at passing exam = 30
12-1. Cancelling by Customs and Tax of two distraint levies on weekend cottage = 30
12-2. Guidance on deadline for lawsuit in disclosure case = 31
13.1. Unintended disclosure of medical consultant’s statement. Communication pursuant to principles in Section 7 of the Patients’ Bill of Rights = 31
13-2. Sickness benefit. Complaint authority’s obligation to check observance of guarantee stipulations = 32
13-3. The Social Appeals Board’s ability to take up decisions for general or fundamental consideration = 33
13-4. Dispensation from deadline for submission of complaint. Duty to give guidance = 33
13-5. Complaint refused due to expiry of deadline without regard to complainant’s illness = 34
13-6. Complaint concerning decision on disclosure in children’s social security files. Right of access. Information principle = 34
15-1. Expropriation for establishment of pathway. Insufficient case information. Mistake = 34
15-2. Refusal of application for licence to set up a hot-dog stand. Inclusion of criteria. Balancing of discretion. Giving of grounds = 35
15-3. No Danish translation of technical requirements for fare meters. Notification = 35
15-4. Disclosure of documents concerning the Aircraft Accident Investigation Board. Identification. Guidance. Increased access in relation to the media = 36
15-5. Access to information concerning the transportation of dangerous goods across the Oresund Bridge = 37
16-1. Dismissal of chief adviser from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs = 37
17-1. Refusal of application for supplementary student grant for training in Norway = 37
17-2. Dispensation for demand for repayment of student grant. Giving of grounds. Principle of two authorities = 38
17-3. Temporary suspension and subsequent expulsion of pupil at a private upper-secondary school = 38
17-4. Warning to pupil at upper-secondary school for non-attendance = 39
19-1. Removal of tarpaulin covering woodshed = 39
19-2. Dismissal as a consequence of wrongful information during job interview concerning absence due to illness. Principle of proportionality. Retrieval, forwarding and use of health information = 40
19-3. Part-time employee not offered flexi job on full time = 40
19-4. Case worker’s note in a pension scheme case file = 41
19-5. The legal basis for admission to upper-secondary school and higher preparatory examination courses = 41
19-6. Local authority’s duty to give correct and adequate information to regulatory bodies = 42
19-7. Verbal exchange of information between two hospitals with a view to possible implementation of special measures = 42
19-8. A county first did not reply to the Ombudsman’s request for a statement, and gave wrongful information to the Ombudsman = 43
Staff and Office = 4
Inspections = 4
Travels and Conferences Attended = 4
Visitors from abroad = 5
Other Activities = 6
1. Cases Rejected after a Summary Investigation = 6
2. Cases Investigated = 7
Part II
1.1. Unemployment fund’s repayment of reimbursement. Interpretation of Section 86, subsection (4) of the Unemployment Insurance Act = 22
2-1. No authority to pay senior lecturer according to the principle of differentiated salary = 22
2-2. Remission of study debt = 23
3-1. Mistaken salary placement. Revocation. The decision concept. Hearing of parties = 23
4-1. Local authority’s nomination for chairman of rent control board. Inclusion of considerations concerning the candidate’s party political affiliations. Basis of evidence = 24
4-2. Complaint about the Patients’ Complaints Board. Good administrative behaviour. Hearing of parties. Giving of grounds = 24
5-1. Refusal of access to correspondence between ministries concerning Denmark’s accession to the Treaty of Nice = 24
5-2. Party status of interest group in criminal case. Giving of grounds = 25
5-3. Postponement of case concerning advance approval. Giving of grounds = 25
5-4. Forwarding of confidential information in an adoption case = 26
5-5. Adoption order not invalid = 26
5-6. Disclosure of internal working documents. Printouts from the Central Office of Civil Registration. Appeal board’s consideration of disclosure issues = 27
5-7. Forwarding of information between institutions under the Prison Service, etc., with a view to prevention of suicide/attempted suicide = 27
6-1. Criticism of civil servant. Inclusion of criteria = 28
6-2. Annulment of preferential decision = 28
8-1. Establishment of national testing station for large windmills = 29
9-1. Residence permit pursuant to Section 9, subsection (1.2), cf. Section 9, subsection (2), of the Aliens Act = 29
11-1. Compulsory electronic exam registration = 29
11-2. Refused dispensation for fourth attempt at passing exam = 30
12-1. Cancelling by Customs and Tax of two distraint levies on weekend cottage = 30
12-2. Guidance on deadline for lawsuit in disclosure case = 31
13.1. Unintended disclosure of medical consultant’s statement. Communication pursuant to principles in Section 7 of the Patients’ Bill of Rights = 31
13-2. Sickness benefit. Complaint authority’s obligation to check observance of guarantee stipulations = 32
13-3. The Social Appeals Board’s ability to take up decisions for general or fundamental consideration = 33
13-4. Dispensation from deadline for submission of complaint. Duty to give guidance = 33
13-5. Complaint refused due to expiry of deadline without regard to complainant’s illness = 34
13-6. Complaint concerning decision on disclosure in children’s social security files. Right of access. Information principle = 34
15-1. Expropriation for establishment of pathway. Insufficient case information. Mistake = 34
15-2. Refusal of application for licence to set up a hot-dog stand. Inclusion of criteria. Balancing of discretion. Giving of grounds = 35
15-3. No Danish translation of technical requirements for fare meters. Notification = 35
15-4. Disclosure of documents concerning the Aircraft Accident Investigation Board. Identification. Guidance. Increased access in relation to the media = 36
15-5. Access to information concerning the transportation of dangerous goods across the Oresund Bridge = 37
16-1. Dismissal of chief adviser from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs = 37
17-1. Refusal of application for supplementary student grant for training in Norway = 37
17-2. Dispensation for demand for repayment of student grant. Giving of grounds. Principle of two authorities = 38
17-3. Temporary suspension and subsequent expulsion of pupil at a private upper-secondary school = 38
17-4. Warning to pupil at upper-secondary school for non-attendance = 39
19-1. Removal of tarpaulin covering woodshed = 39
19-2. Dismissal as a consequence of wrongful information during job interview concerning absence due to illness. Principle of proportionality. Retrieval, forwarding and use of health information = 40
19-3. Part-time employee not offered flexi job on full time = 40
19-4. Case worker’s note in a pension scheme case file = 41
19-5. The legal basis for admission to upper-secondary school and higher preparatory examination courses = 41
19-6. Local authority’s duty to give correct and adequate information to regulatory bodies = 42
19-7. Verbal exchange of information between two hospitals with a view to possible implementation of special measures = 42
19-8. A county first did not reply to the Ombudsman’s request for a statement, and gave wrongful information to the Ombudsman = 43