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07 May 2020
Issue: 7885 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Law digests: 8 May 2020

Confidential information

Greystoke v Financial Conduct Authority [2020] EWHC 1011 (QB), [2020] All ER (D) 185 (Apr)

The Financial Conduct Authority (the FCA) applied for protective measures to prevent certain confidential information being made public in proceedings brought by the claimant, alleging that the FCA had breached Art 15 of the General Data Protection Regulation 2018 (EU) (SI 2016/679) by its response to his subject access request for all the personal data the FCA held on him. The Queen’s Bench Division ruled, among other things, that, applying settled law to the facts, it was necessary to hear the present application in private to secure the administration of justice pursuant to CPR 39.2(3)(a), (c) and (g).


Easement

Mayor and Burgesses of the Brent London Borough Council and another v Malvern Mews Tenants Association Ltd [2020] EWHC 1024 (Ch), [2020] All ER (D) 192 (Apr)

In proceedings concerning the claimants’ claim to damages for trespass to their own land, the judge

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gateley Legal—Caroline Pope & Bob Maynard

Gateley Legal—Caroline Pope & Bob Maynard

Construction team bolstered by hire of senior consultant duo

Switalskis—four appointments

Switalskis—four appointments

Firm expands residential conveyancing team with quadruple appointment

mfg Solicitors—Claire Pope

mfg Solicitors—Claire Pope

Private client team welcomes senior associatein Worcester

NEWS
The controversial Mazur ruling, which caused widespread uncertainty about the role of non-solicitors in litigation work, has been overturned on appeal
Two landmark social media cases in the US could influence social media regulation in the UK, lawyers predict
Barristers have urged the government to set up Nightingale-style specialist courts, with jury trials, to prioritise rape, sexual assault and domestic abuse trials
Victims of violent crimes who suffer life-changing injuries receive less than half the financial support today than those in the 1990s, according to a senior personal injury lawyer
Rising numbers of cases, an increase in litigants in person and an overall lack of investment is piling pressure on the family court, the Law Society has warned
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