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

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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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Freeths—Rachel Crosier

Freeths—Rachel Crosier

Projects and rail practices strengthened by director hire in London

DWF—Stephen Hickling

DWF—Stephen Hickling

Real estate team in Birmingham welcomes back returning partner

Ward Hadaway—44 appointments

Ward Hadaway—44 appointments

Firm invests in national growth with 44 appointments across five offices

NEWS
The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 transformed criminal justice. Writing in NLJ this week, Ed Cape of UWE and Matthew Hardcastle and Sandra Paul of Kingsley Napley trace its ‘seismic impact’
Operational resilience is no longer optional. Writing in NLJ this week, Emma Radmore and Michael Lewis of Womble Bond Dickinson explain how UK regulators expect firms to identify ‘important business services’ that could cause ‘intolerable levels of harm’ if disrupted
Criminal juries may be convicting—or acquitting—on a misunderstanding. Writing in NLJ this week Paul McKeown, Adrian Keane and Sally Stares of The City Law School and LSE report troubling survey findings on the meaning of ‘sure’
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has narrowly preserved a key weapon in its anti-corruption arsenal. In this week's NLJ, Jonathan Fisher KC of Red Lion Chambers examines Guralp Systems Ltd v SFO, in which the High Court ruled that a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) remained in force despite the company’s failure to disgorge £2m by the stated deadline
As the drip-feed of Epstein disclosures fuels ‘collateral damage’, the rush to cry misconduct in public office may be premature. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke of Hill Dickinson warns that the offence is no catch-all for political embarrassment. It demands a ‘grave departure’ from proper standards, an ‘abuse of the public’s trust’ and conduct ‘sufficiently serious to warrant criminal punishment’
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