All Legal updates articles – Page 23
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FeatureFreedom of information: Subject access rights under the GDPR
When the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force on 25 May 2018 it will introduce a number of new obligations on data controllers. Some new data subject rights, including the right to erasure and data portability, will also be introduced. With some breaches carrying fines of up to ...
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FeatureLocal government: Councillor conduct and personal data
Local authorities are right to be punctiliously cautious about releasing sensitive personal information.
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FeatureKatie Hopkins and serious harm
On 10 March Mr Justice Warby handed down judgment in Monroe v Hopkins, finding for the claimant and awarding £24,000 in damages for the publication of two defamatory tweets.
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FeaturePrivacy and financial remedy proceedings
Ryan Giggs, in his divorce from Stacey Giggs, is the latest high-profile individual to seek press reporting restrictions in respect of financial remedy proceedings in the family court.
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FeatureTestamentary freedom – Ilott v The Blue Cross and others
Judgment finally lays to rest this extraordinarily long-running litigation saga.
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FeatureRights of audience rules
How do two recent judgments affect barristers acting as solicitor’s agents?
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FeatureDNA – an unstoppable march?
A new judgment broadens the principle of bringing cases on the basis of matching DNA alone.
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FeatureCivil procedure: discontinuing an arbitration claim
What happens if a party to arbitral proceedings decides to commence an arbitration claim in the High Court but subsequently files and serves a notice of discontinuance?
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FeatureClass certification hearings
Clear signals have been given about how the tribunal views the class action regime.
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FeatureSouthern rail passengers’ judicial review over train service
Passengers of the crisis-hit franchise seek action over the Department for Transport's handling of ongoing issues with Southern service.
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FeatureStandards regime and sanctions
Judgment gives some clarification of the different roles of parish/town councils and principal authorities in operating the local government standards regime.
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FeatureRolls-Royce – a watershed moment?
This deferred prosecution agreement offers some useful lessons and outlines emerging trends in the law.
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FeaturePost-Brexit on the pistes: winter sports and EU law
Accident victims may struggle to get recompense if access to joined-up European laws is lost when the UK leaves the EU.
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FeatureJudicial costs decisions
Appeal court case re-establishes factors which may lead to judicial intervention over costs.
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FeatureCommercial property: exclusive occupation
The law on co-working rights is not always straightforward.
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FeatureBrexit judgment: oil and water don’t mix
Politics and the law were kept well apart in the Supreme Court’s adroit and erudite judgment in Miller.
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FeatureEU data protection compliance
The General Data Protection Regulation is here to stay: well beyond the date of Brexit. What do you need to know?
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FeatureLocal government: cuts to library provision
When local authorities plan to reduce, restructure or rationalise library services, litigation often results.