A re­tired nurse has won her law­suit against the Of­fice of the Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er over a de­ci­sion to refuse to dis­close de­tails of an in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­to her daugh­ter’s “mys­te­ri­ous” death that was ruled a sui­cide.

High Court Judge Ava­son Quin­lan-Williams up­held Rosan­na Smith’s ju­di­cial re­view law­suit over the han­dling of her dis­clo­sure re­quest un­der the Free­dom of In­for­ma­tion Act (FOIA).

Jus­tice Quin­lan-Williams ruled that the de­ci­sion to refuse dis­clo­sure was un­rea­son­able, ir­ra­tional, an im­prop­er ex­er­cise of dis­cre­tion and an abuse of pow­er.