R (on the application of Cardao-Pito) v Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education [2012] EWHC 203 (Admin) *

United Kingdom - June 14 2012
This case concerns a claim for judicial review by a student against the Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education (OIA) following a complaint made by the student against the London Business School (LBS).

Co-authors: Richard Sykes, Simon Achonu, Jan Harris, Emma Angus-Smith, Gary Attle.

Subject access requests: Elliot v Lloyds TSB Bank PLC *

United Kingdom - June 7 2012
The claimant, Mr Elliott, had made subject access requests to Lloyds TSB Bank PLC and remained dissatisfied with the outcome.

Data protection reform across the EU *

European Union - January 12 2012
The European Commission is set to announce proposals to amend the current EU Data Protection Directive in order to introduce a more simplified system of data protection across the EU.