Month: May 2023
12.05.23
Underpayment of court fee by £24 sees claim thrown out
The importance of not leaving it until the last minute to issue claims and ensuring that the correct court fee is paid was highlighted in Peterson & Anor v Howard De Walden Estates Ltd [2023] EWHC 929 (KB). In Peterson, the Court threw out a claim after solicitors acting for the Claimant underpaid the court…
Read more9.05.23
Press Release: UCU General Secretary Jo Grady pays Paul Embery Twitter libel damages
UCU General Secretary Dr Jo Grady has agreed to pay substantial damages to firefighter, trade unionist and writer Paul Embery, after defaming him on Twitter. In a statement read in the High Court today before His Honour Judge Lewis, Mr Embery’s solicitor Tom Double explained that Dr Grady had libelled Mr Embery after he had…
Read more4.05.23
The ICO needs to do more than pay lip service to data processing complaints against search engines and the press
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is the UK’s ‘supervisory authority’, as required by the Data Protection Directive (Directive 95/46/EC) (superseded by the EU General Data Protection Regulation and later the UK General Data Protection Regulation) on all matters concerning personal data. Amongst its roles, the ICO is obliged to consider complaints from members of the…
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