Applications such as that for access to Prince Charles’ “black spider memos” would be “doomed to failure” if they were to be made in future, according to Mark Elliott, Reader in Public Law, Cambridge University, since “s 37 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 was amended in 2010 so as to render communications with the heir to the throne absolutely exempt from disclosure”. The Supreme Court ruled 5-2 last week in Evans v Attorney General [2015] UKSC 21 that Prince Charles’ letters to government departments can be disclosed under the Act.
02 April 2015
Black spider memos
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Anthony Collins—William Hallett & Lorna Scully
Anthony Collins hires two talented legal directors
Switalskis—five appointments
Firm expands national abuse compensation team
Mathys & Squire—nine promotions
IP firm announces new partners and senior promotions across UK offices
NEWS
A High Court ruling has sent a jolt through the legal profession after a newly qualified solicitor used an internal AI tool to produce court correspondence containing a fabricated legal citation
A significant data privacy ruling has clarified what counts as valid consent under UK data protection law
Executors may be overlooking billions of pounds in estate assets hidden in forgotten investments and misplaced share certificates
Britain’s booming non-surgical cosmetics market is operating in what some critics describe as a regulatory ‘Wild West’
Family contact disputes are becoming an increasingly prominent feature of Court of Protection litigation
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