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23 March 2022
Issue: 7972 / Categories: Legal News , Cyber
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NLJ this week: Data leaks―what are the limits to litigation?

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How do the courts treat low-level data protection claims, inadvertent leaks, and third-party access to personal data? 

In this week’s NLJ, Fergus McCombie of 36 Commercial, surveys the parameters of caselaw concerning data protection.

McCombie explores the limits from the Supreme Court’s ruling last year that no damages are payable for mere loss of control to a claimant who alleges data protection breaches of child users and account holders by Tik Tok. ‘In the meantime,’ he writes, ‘the courts have been doing their best to put nuisance claims firmly in their procedural place’.

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Withers—Sophie Barrett-Brown

Withers—Sophie Barrett-Brown

Withers drives further growth in its UK immigration team with new partner Sophie Barrett-Brown

Venus Legal—Esther Amoako

Venus Legal—Esther Amoako

Venus Legal invests in next generation of legal talent as specialist litigation practice grows

Fisher Phillips—Catrina Smith

Fisher Phillips—Catrina Smith

Fisher Phillips continues momentum in London with arrival of Catrina Smith

NEWS
Restrictions on workplace non-disclosure agreements could make settlements slower, more complex and more expensive when reforms expected in 2027 take effect
Private prosecutors face closer scrutiny under Crown Prosecution Service guidance designed to strengthen accountability and consistency when intervention is requested
Foreign states cannot necessarily claim immunity for cyber operations launched abroad against computers in Britain, following a divided Supreme Court ruling
Defendants who make unsupported complaints about their lawyers risk losing legal aid while confiscation proceedings continue without representation
Lawyers advising Russian clients face different sanctions restrictions across the UK, EU and US, despite their shared objective of increasing pressure on Russia
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