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27 May 2016
Issue: 7700 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Investigatory powers

Human Rights Watch Inc and others v Secretary of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and others [2016] UKIPTrib 15_165-CH, [2016] All ER (D) 105 (May)

The Investigatory Powers Tribunal directed enquiries into the claims of six of 663 claimants who alleged that the respondents had illegally accessed information about them. It further dismissed the human rights claims of non-UK residents for lack of jurisdiction and gave the claimants 28 days to make further submissions on the remaining claims or the proceedings would be dismissed.

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

DWF—David Kennedy

DWF—David Kennedy

DWF appoints new major injury and casualty partner in Dublin

Keystone Law—12 appointments

Keystone Law—12 appointments

Keystone Law reinforces full-service offering with 12 partner appointments

Haynes Boone—Linton Bloomberg

Haynes Boone—Linton Bloomberg

Linton Bloomberg joins Haynes Boone's London office, expanding cross-border restructuring capabilities

NEWS
Sole practitioners and small firms are struggling due to the pressure of recruitment issues and excessive regulation, the Law Society has warned
Pressure is mounting for a dedicated UK AI law, but deciding what it should achieve remains the central challenge
Legal professional privilege has checked the SRA’s investigative powers, exposing difficult questions about tackling suspected abusive litigation
Refusing mediation need not trigger a costs penalty, but litigators must justify their position
Group claims, disputed costs and judicial recruitment dominate the latest courtroom round-up
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