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08 June 2018
Issue: 7796 / Categories: Features , Civil way , Procedure & practice
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Civil way: 8 June 2018

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GDPR nice bits; how to meet a LiP; ‘It was me or my wife’; company address changes

FUNDS FUN

No need to be intimidated by the Court Funds Office’s updates on 25 May 2018 of its 33 forms. The amendment to each form is restricted to the addition of a link to its privacy notice. The old forms may still be used.

GDPR ANTIDOTE 1st DOSE

Significant decisions made solely on automated processing (SOAP) are now challengeable under s 14 of the Data Protection Act 2018 (commenced on 25 May 2018 by SI 2018/625 and see Art 22(2)(b) of GDPR). We could be looking here at knockbacks for mortgage and other credit applications and recruitment aptitude tests. The controller must give written notification to the data subject as soon as reasonably practicable that a SOAP decision has been made. Within one month the subject may request reconsideration or a new non-SOAP decision. The controller must comply without undue delay and in any event within one month with that period extendable by up to two

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Browne Jacobson—Vicky Tomlinson

Browne Jacobson—Vicky Tomlinson

Browne Jacobson appoints Vicky Tomlinson as Head of Independent Health and Care

DWF—five appointments

DWF—five appointments

DWF further strengthens major injury and casualty offering with new partner and four directors from DAC Beachcroft

Switalskis—Laura Ornsby

Switalskis—Laura Ornsby

Switalskis strengthens Grimsby child care team

NEWS
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NLJ this week: Employment law’s four-point check
The Supreme Court has settled a long-running dispute over part-time workers: unfavourable treatment need be a significant or effective cause, not the sole cause
NLJ this week: Privacy meets the courtroom
Arbitration may be private, but its confidentiality is no impenetrable shield. Writing in NLJ this week, James Glaysher of Kingsley Napley examines when courts will permit arbitral material to surface in open litigation
NLJ this week: Auditors tighten the disclosure screws
The Financial Reporting Council’s revised Audit Enforcement Procedure will alter the balance of power in corporate investigations
NLJ this week: Telecoms tenants caught in a legal gap
A telecoms operator may be able to hold over under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, yet still be unable to secure a renewal: an outcome described as a legal ‘paradox’
NLJ this week: Due process holds the line

Safety fears do not automatically justify shutting an interested person out of a statutory will application

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