What constitutes “personal data” in law? Helen Hart reports
The EU is promoting a broader definition of personal data, says Helen Hart
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Disclosure of confidential banking data based on suspicion of fraud will have a detrimental effect on the finance industry, says Sam Nafissi
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Dan Brown, author of The Da Vinci Code, did not reproduce ideas from an earlier work in his best-selling novel, the Court of Appeal has ruled in Baigent v Random House Group.
Is the Gowers review destined to languish in a drawer? Jeremy Drew and Georgia Warren report
Kate Wilson and Rupert Elliott explain why claims for misuse of private information have never been so fashionable
Firm strengthens global fund finance practice with London partner hire.
Partner and head of national planning team appointed
Corporate team expands in Birmingham with partner hire
An engagement ring may symbolise romance, but the courts remain decidedly practical about who keeps it after a split, writes Mark Pawlowski, barrister and professor emeritus of property law at the University of Greenwich, in this week's NLJ