Data Protection
15.05.25
“Without prejudice” correspondence: a cautionary tale
In Keith Morris v William Simon Williams [2025] EWHC 218 (KB) the Court considered the exceptions to the general rule that without prejudice correspondence is inadmissible as evidence. The law on without prejudice correspondence In Unilever PLC v The Procter & Gamble Company [1999] EWCA Civ 3027 the Court of Appeal identified six exceptions to…
Read more10.04.25
Noel Clarke libel trial drawing to a close
Noel Clarke’s libel trial against The Guardian is drawing to a close. Clarke is best known for writing, directing and starring in The Hood Trilogy, and for his role in Doctor Who. On 29 March 2021, the British Academy of Film, Television and the Arts (‘BAFTA’) announced that Mr Clarke would receive its honorary award for…
Read more7.03.25
Meta facing damages claim for failing to properly respond to Facebook complaint
In AB v Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd [2025] NIMaster 2 the Northern Ireland High Court granted permission for proceedings to be served on the defendant tech giant out of the jurisdiction. The claim relates to Meta’s alleged delay in removing content published on a Facebook page that sought to vilify the anonymous plaintiff AB. AB…
Read more12.02.25
New duties herald a new age of online regulation in the UK and set the stage for a clash with US tech giants
2025 is set to be a busy year for providers of user-to-user (e.g. social media) and online search services in the UK. The Online Safety Act 2023 (‘OSA’) – a new set of laws designed to protect children and adults online – received Royal Assent on 26 October 2023. It is a significant piece of…
Read more29.04.24
My OnlyFans content is being leaked: what can I do?
There has been a very sharp rise in self-published adult content over the last decade, driven in large part by the launch and success of OnlyFans and rival entrants to the market such as Fansly, JustForFans, and ManyVids (there are dozens of others). References in the article to OnlyFans apply equally to all similar websites….
Read more21.11.23
Is it safe to use AI for legal research? Not yet
The development and use of AI (artificial intelligence) has increased dramatically in the past year. Widely available AI apps can be used to ask complex questions and immediately receive ostensibly sophisticated answers. The use of AI has extended to the legal sector where chatbots can be used to search for cases relating to a particular…
Read more13.11.23
Court rules on meaning in Noel Clarke’s defamation claim against The Guardian
As many readers will know, Noel Clarke, the actor perhaps best known for his roles in three films constituting The Hood Trilogy and the television series Bulletproof, has sued The Guardian newspaper for libel and breach of his data protection rights in respect of eight articles in which he was accused of various forms of…
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…
Read more24.04.23
Responding to a Subject Access Request
Responding to a Subject Access Request (also known as a Data Subject Access request, SAR or DSAR) can be a burdensome task, particularly where an organisation is processing large volumes of personal data. The matter can be especially thorny where the organisation believes that the disclosure sought is effectively a means by which to obtain…
Read more14.04.23
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