Privacy

Natalie Todd & Nicholas Bortman on the extraordinary measures parties are taking to gather evidence

The murky rise of unlawfully obtained evidence in litigation is explored in this week's NLJ by Natalie Todd of Cooke, Young & Keidan and Nicholas Bortman of Raedas. From hacked emails to covert recordings and pretexting, investigators are pushing legal boundaries—and courts in England and beyond are increasingly admitting such material if it serves the public interest, even as they condemn the methods used

The High Court has lifted a two-year super-injunction concealing the leak of a Ministry of Defence (MoD) list of more than 18,000 Afghan nationals who assisted British forces against the Taliban

Change is on the horizon for how charities communicate with their supporters: Janine Regan, Liz Gifford & Courtney Benard set out practical steps to take now

A new amendment to the Data (Use and Access) Bill will allow UK charities to send direct marketing emails to supporters without prior opt-in consent. Writing in NLJ this week, Janine Regan, legal director (commercial), Liz Gifford, senior associate (charities) and Courtney Benard, trainee solicitor (commercial) at Charles Russell Speechlys LLP explain how the change aligns charities with commercial entities, but warn that it comes with caveats

Are we approaching a new frontier for employee monitoring? Harry Lambert & Josh Neaman examine how developments in neurotechnology might impact upon legal rights in the workplace

Beverley Morris considers the issue of privacy in the operation of the family court, as well as the rise of non-court dispute resolution

As family justice becomes more open and transparent, more judgments are being published, writes Beverley Morris, partner and head of London family team, HCR Law. This raises concerns about privacy among those using the courts and is driving them to consider more out-of-court options, such as private financial dispute resolution (private FDR)

Family court judges are increasingly grappling with the admissibility of covert recording of children, professionals and other family members

Possession of non-consensual intimate images (NCII) would become a criminal offence similar to that for child sexual abuse material, under proposals launched by a parliamentary committee.