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No obligation to disclose compromise agreements under the Freedom of Information Act

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • September 17 2012

The Information Tribunal has just confirmed it is not necessary to put the content of compromise agreements into the public domain

Subject to safeguards, the General Dental Council (GDC) can use patient records without consent, and without a court order

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 13 2012

In the matter of the General Dental Council v Savery & Ors, the GDC sought a declaration that it may disclose internally confidential clinical records (already in their possession) of 14 patients, without their consent

Court upholds trust’s refusal to investigate a complaint which required access to patient’s records without their consent

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 13 2012

This was the decision of the court in R (on the application of TA) v North East London NHS

Court of Appeal gives a steer on the interpretation of Section 32 of the Freedom of Information Act

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • August 8 2011

Section 32 of the Freedom of Information Act allows public bodies to refuse access to documents which are held purely for the purposes of proceedings (which can include inquests) or statutory inquiries or arbitrations

Secret filming by BBC in elderly care home justified in public interest

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 8 2010

This was the finding of the court in the recently decided case of BKM Ltd v British Broadcasting Corporation 2009 EWHC 3151 (Ch

Disclosure of medical records of detained patients

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • March 5 2009

The Upper Tribunal, in Dorset Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust v MH (2009), which can be accessed here, has provided some useful guidance for responsible authorities in respect of disclosure of medical records for the purposes of a Mental Health Review Tribunal

No duty to provide explanation for withholding report under Data Protection Act 1998

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • October 10 2008

Mr Roberts (R) suffers from a psychotic delusional disorder and bi-polar affective disorder and was admitted to a high-security hospital for which the defendant NHS trust is responsible