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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

Carey Olsen—Patrick Ormond

Carey Olsen—Patrick Ormond

Partner joinscorporate and finance practice in British Virgin Islands

Dawson Cornwell—Naomi Angell

Dawson Cornwell—Naomi Angell

Firm strengthens children department with adoption and surrogacy expert

Penningtons Manches Cooper—Graham Green

Penningtons Manches Cooper—Graham Green

Media and technology expert joins employment team as partner in Cambridge

NEWS
Freezing orders in divorce proceedings can unexpectedly ensnare third parties and disrupt businesses. In NLJ this week, Lucy James of Trowers & Hamlins explains how these orders—dubbed a ‘nuclear weapon’—preserve assets but can extend far beyond spouses to companies and business partners 
A Court of Appeal ruling has clarified that ‘rent’ must be monetary—excluding tenants paid in labour from statutory protection. In this week's NLJ, James Naylor explains Garraway v Phillips, where a tenant worked two days a week instead of paying rent
Thousands more magistrates are to be recruited, under a major shake-up to speed up and expand the hiring process
The winners of the LexisNexis Legal Awards 2026 have now been announced, marking another outstanding celebration of excellence, innovation, and impact across the legal profession
Three men wrongly imprisoned for a combined 77 years have been released—yet received ‘not a penny’ in compensation, exposing deep flaws in the justice system. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Jon Robins reports on Justin Plummer, Oliver Campbell and Peter Sullivan, whose convictions collapsed amid discredited forensics, ‘oppressive’ police interviews and unreliable ‘cell confessions’
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