Rita Dias

1. R (AB & ors) v Bristol City Council

   [2025] EWHC 893 (Admin)

   A challenge to a £90 million ‘safety valve agreement’ between the Department of Education and a local authority (led by James Goudie KC and Oliver Jackson).

2. R (Kadas) v HMRC

   Acting for HMRC defending a challenge by a high net worth individual to a decision to transfer information concerning his personal finances to the Spanish tax authorities under international tax transparency legislation (led by Rupert Paines).

3. Acting unled for a University in relation to judicial review proceedings brought by a student.

4. Assisting the Ministry of Defence in relation to the Covid-19 Inquiry.

5. Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council

   [2023] EWCA Civ 1416

   A landmark decision of the Court of Appeal, concerning Article 6 ECHR, confirming that the Court has the power to order parties to engage in alternative dispute resolution in appropriate circumstances (as a pupil, assisting Amy Rogers KC).

6. Abbasi and another v Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and another

   2023/0052

   A Supreme Court appeal concerning the privacy and free speech implications of restricted reporting orders in the context of ‘end of life’ care cases (as a pupil, assisting Tom Cross and Raphael Hogarth).

7. Judicial review proceedings concerning s. 39 FSMA

   A judicial review claim concerning the jurisdiction of the Financial Ombudsman and the scope of responsibility of principals under s.39 FSMA for acts/omissions of appointed representatives (as a pupil, assisting Stephen Kosmin).

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1. Aon UK Ltd and others v Howden Group Holdings Ltd and others

   Counsel for Aon in a major reinsurance broking ‘team move’ claim taking place across the UK and Brazil (led by Amy Rogers KC and others).

2. Instructed unled in several Employment Tribunal claims

   Rita has been instructed unled in a range of discrimination and unfair dismissal claims. This includes experience of dealing with applications for anonymity orders in the context of such disputes.

3. Secretary of State for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Respondent) v Public and Commercial Services Union (Appellant)

   UKSC 2023/0075

   The first case to reach the Supreme Court on the meaning and application of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999. The case concerned whether a union, as a third party to the relevant employment contracts, could enforce a term providing for a facility for “check-off” arrangements (as a pupil, assisting Daniel Stilitz KC).

4. Gagliardi v Evolution Capital Management LCC

   [2023] EWHC 1608 (Comm)

   A claim concerning the first post-Brexit anti-suit injunction enforcing an employee’s right to be sued in England (as a pupil, assisting Amy Rogers KC).

5. Guy Carpenter v Howden

   High Court team move litigation against Howden and certain former employees of Guy Carpenter (as a pupil, assisting Amy Rogers KC).

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1. Aon UK Ltd and others v Howden Group Holdings Ltd and others

   Counsel for Aon in a major reinsurance broking ‘team move’ claim taking place across the UK and Brazil (led by Amy Rogers KC and others).

2. Commercial Court fraud proceedings

   This matter raised complex issues of private international law (as a pupil, assisting Amy Rogers KC).

3. Guy Carpenter v Howden

   A High Court conspiracy and economic tort claim in the “team move” context involving alleged breaches of directors’ duties, fiduciary duties and misuse of confidential information, as well as breaches of employment duties (as a pupil, assisting Amy Rogers KC).

4. Gagliardi v Evolution Capital Management LCC

   [2023] EWHC 1608 (Comm)

   A claim concerning the first post-Brexit anti-suit injunction under s.15C of the CJJA 1982 enforcing an employee’s right to be sued in England (as a pupil, assisting Amy Rogers KC).

5. Secretary of State for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Respondent) v Public and Commercial Services Union (Appellant)

   UKSC 2023/0075

   The first case to reach the Supreme Court on the meaning and application of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999. The case concerned whether a union, as a third party to the relevant employment contracts, could enforce a term providing for a facility for “check-off” arrangements (as a pupil, assisting Daniel Stilitz KC).

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1. Disputes concerning breaches of the UKGDPR

   Recent matters have raised issues including: subject access requests, lawful processing & automated decision-making.

2. A matter involving claims for misuse of private information and breach of confidence.

3. Matters relating to the Online Safety Act 2023.

4. Providing pre-publication advice to a national newspaper.

5. Experian v Information Commissioner

   [2024] UKUT 105 (AAC)

   Proceedings relating to an enforcement notice issued to the Appellant in respect of its data processing activities, these being undertaken whilst providing data services to clients in support of their offline marketing activities (as a pupil, assisting Robin Hopkins).

6. Harrison v Cameron and ACL

   [2024] EWHC 1377 (KB)

   A High Court claim for a data subject access request, concerning questions relating to the meaning of “controller” and the mixed personal data exemption (as a pupil, assisting Robin Hopkins).

7. Abbasi and another v Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and another

   2023/0052

   A Supreme Court appeal concerning the privacy and free speech implications of restricted reporting orders in the context of ‘end of life’ care cases (as a pupil, assisting Tom Cross and Raphael Hogarth).

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