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In an important judgment, Nicklin J has struck out hundreds of claims brought by police officers alleging a breach of the GDPR and/or misuse of their private information (“MPI”). The claims concerned the officers’ annual pension benefit statements (“the ABSs”)... Read more
Podcasts
The February episode of the 11KBW Employment Podcast is out now. This is an unmissable episode in our series on protected belief discrimination; Andrew Edge and Hannah Slarks discuss the important first instance decision of Miller v the University of Bristol, in which... Read more
Podcasts
The Panopticon Podcast is delighted to present this bonus episode on online safety, featuring special guest Jon Higham, Online Safety Policy Director at Ofcom (now the online safety regulator). When the Online Safety Act 2023 was enacted last year (see Episode... Read more
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The High Court has dismissed Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex’s, claim for judicial review challenging the decision of RAVEC that he should no longer be given the same degree of publicly funded protective security, provided by the police, when... Read more
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In an important judgment the FTT (Information Rights) has held that the Ministry of Defence is not entitled to rely on the s.41 FOIA exemption to refuse to disclose medical and health related information to the family of members of... Read more
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We are delighted to announce that Marcus Pilgerstorfer KC has been appointed a Deputy High Court Judge. Marcus has been appointed to the King’s Bench Division as from 21 February 2024. A full list of the Deputy High Court Judge... Read more
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Trial 1 in the Merchant Interchange Fee Umbrella Proceedings began in the Competition Appeal Tribunal last week. Thousands of UK businesses are seeking compensation from Visa and Mastercard for losses alleged to have been caused by the card schemes’ anti-competitive... Read more
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The International Court of Justice is hearing oral arguments this week in advisory proceedings concerning the legal consequences arising from Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian Territories. More than 50 states and international organisations are participating in the proceedings, which have... Read more
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This week, 11KBW members appear on opposite sides of challenges to the Government’s Carbon Budget Delivery Plan – the Government’s strategy for meeting carbon budgets set under the Climate Change Act 2008 and, ultimately, the Net Zero target. The Plan... Read more
