Data Protection
24.11.14
Landmark trolling case against Google settles on eve of trial
The eagerly anticipated case of Hegglin v Person(s) Unknown and Google Inc has settled the day before it was due to come to trial (24 November 2014). Mr Hegglin, a former Morgan Stanley banker, had issued proceedings following a sustained campaign of internet abuse against him by an anonymous troll. Thousands of abusive and offensive articles were published by the troll referring…
Read more30.10.14
Brett Wilson LLP Partners recognised as leading individuals by Chambers 2015 for a number of areas including criminal law and defamation/reputation management
Nick Brett and Iain Wilson have been recognised as leaders in their field in the latest edition of the prestigious Chambers and Partners directory. Extracts from the 2015 directory are reproduced below:- Defamation/Reputation Management – UK Wide Iain Wilson of Brett Wilson LLP impresses sources, one of whom notes: “More than anything else, he comes across as being…
Read more2.09.14
Jennifer Lawrence and the leak of naked pictures: legal solutions
Actress Jennifer Lawrence is one of apparently 100 celebrities who have had intimate photographs of them leaked on to the internet. She is not the first celebrity to appear naked on the internet. The World Wide Web contains millions of images of celebrities in various states of undress. These have been captured (invariably in flagrant…
Read more28.08.14
The High Court grants permission for Google to be served with data protection claim outside of the jurisdiction
Mr Justice Bean sitting at the High Court of Justice has given permission for Google to be served with a claim form outside of the jurisdiction. The claim, brought by Mr Daniel Hegglin, relates to anonymous abusive and defamatory postings concerning him on the world wide web. When the claimant’s name was typed into the Google search…
Read more10.07.14
Iain Wilson interviewed by the New York Times on the impact of the Google 'right to be forgotten' ruling
Brett Wilson LLP partner Iain Wilson has been interviewed by the New York Times about the fallout from the decision in the ECJ case of Google Spain SL, Google Inc. v Agencia Espanola de Proteccion de Datos (AEPD) and Mario Costeja Gonzalez and the response of reputation management companies A copy of the online article…
Read more3.06.14
Google says that it will remove search engine results following ECJ judgment
Further to the ruling of the European Court of Justice on 13 May 2014 in Google Spain SL, Google Inc. v Agencia Espanola de Proteccion de Datos (AEPD) and Mario Costeja Gonzalez (Case C-131/12) (see our article here for more information), Google has announced that it will implement a procedure to filter out irrelevant and outdated search engine…
Read more15.05.14
'Landmark' ECJ Google ruling on Data Protection Directive
On 13 May 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled in the case of Google Spain SL, Google Inc. v Agencia Espanola de Proteccion de Datos (AEPD) and Mario Costeja Gonzalez (Case C-131/12). Mr Gonzalez had brought a claim against Google after search engine results continued to display an auction notice that had been…
Read more25.09.13
Brett Wilson LLP listed in Legal 500 in four categories
Brett Wilson LLP has been listed in the 2013 edition of the Legal 500 in four separate categories: Defamation and Privacy, Fraud/White Collar Crime, Crime and Fraud/Civil. The directory lists firms who have been recognised as being leaders in a particular field. Partners Nick Brett and Iain Wilson were also separately recommended in the editorial sections…
Read more28.12.12
12,000 wrongly labelled as criminals in inaccurate CRB checks
Figures obtained from the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) have identified that nearly 12,000 individuals have been wrongly labelled as criminals over the past five years. some 4 million checks are carried out each year, typically by prospective employers. It is understood that in more than a quarter of the cases that the information disclosed was inaccurate because…
Read more24.11.12
Employees' freedom of expression on Facebook
The recent case of Adrian smith -v- Trafford Housing Trust [2012] EWHC 3221(Ch) concerned the interesting issue of an employer disciplining an employee for remarks published on the website Facebook. The Claimant, Adrian smith, a practising Christian and lay preacher, worked as a housing manager at the Defendant Housing Trust. Mr smith posted two comments on his personal Facebook page, one of which described…
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