header-logo header-logo

Law digests: 30 June 2023

30 June 2023
Issue: 8031 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
printer mail-detail

Data protection

R (on the application of the3million and another) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and others [2023] EWHC 713 (Admin), [2023] All ER (D) 15 (Apr)

The Administrative Court ruled on the legality of statutory restrictions on data protection rights in the context of immigration control. The judicial review was a challenge to the government’s second attempt to produce an immigration exemption from the UK’s General Data Protection Regulation (the UK GDPR), which was the retained version of the EU’s GDPR (Regulation 2016/679), with certain amendments. The claimants contended that, following the first judicial review in which the government’s initial attempt to produce an immigration exemption had failed, the exemption still did not meet the requirement of being a ‘legislative measure’, necessary for compliance with Art 23 of the UK GDPR; and/or that the immigration exemption still did not comply with the mandatory requirements in Art 23(2) of the UK GDPR, because it omitted necessary substantive and procedural safeguards. The court allowed the claim, in part, ruling

If you are not a subscriber, subscribe now to read this content
If you are already a subscriber sign in
...or Register for two weeks' free access to subscriber content

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Birketts—trainee cohort

Birketts—trainee cohort

Firm welcomes new cohort of 29 trainee solicitors for 2025

Keoghs—four appointments

Keoghs—four appointments

Four partner hires expand legal expertise in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Real estate team in Yorkshire welcomes new partner

NEWS
Robert Taylor of 360 Law Services warns in this week's NLJ that adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) risks entrenching disadvantage for SME law firms, unless tools are tailored to their needs
From oligarchs to cosmetic clinics, strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) target journalists, activists and ordinary citizens with intimidating legal tactics. Writing in NLJ this week, Sadie Whittam of Lancaster University explores the weaponisation of litigation to silence critics
Delays and dysfunction continue to mount in the county court, as revealed in a scathing Justice Committee report and under discussion this week by NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School. Bulk claims—especially from private parking firms—are overwhelming the system, with 8,000 cases filed weekly
Writing in NLJ this week, Thomas Rothwell and Kavish Shah of Falcon Chambers unpack the surprise inclusion of a ban on upwards-only rent reviews in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
back-to-top-scroll