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International regulatory update 7 - 11 January 2013

  • Clifford Chance LLP
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  • European Union, France, Global, India, Poland, Singapore, United Kingdom, USA
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  • January 14 2013

EMIR: Extension of scrutiny period for Commission Delegated Regulations Basel III: Basel Committee releases revised version of Liquidity Coverage

Injurious falsehood claim in relation to statements made in election campaign

  • Bird & Bird
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 31 2009

Eady J rejected the claims of injurious falsehood and infringement of the Data Protection Act 1998 brought by the Claimant, Mr Quinton, against the Defendants, Mr Peirce and Mr Copper

Subject of safeguarding alert allowed to bring claims for defamation, breaches of the Data Protection Act and breaches of his human rights

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

The High Court has allowed a claimant to proceed with claims against public bodies and their officers based on the way in which they have investigated safeguarding concerns

Landmark House of Lords ruling on FOIdata protection

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • August 7 2008

On 9 July 2008 the House of Lords gave its first judgment on the freedom of information legislation

Is there privacy for public sector workers?

  • Bird & Bird
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 20 2008

Individuals working in the private sector can expect that the personal data they provide to their employer will be kept confidential and only disclosed to third parties in very limited circumstances

FOI - mother refused access to deceased daughter's health records

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • November 6 2007

The Information Tribunal's recent decision in Mrs P Bluck v Information Commissioner and Epsom and St Helier University NHS Trust (EA20060090) explored the relationship between freedom of information and doctorpatient confidentiality

Information Tribunal considers scope of ‘commercial interests’ FOIA exemption

  • Squire Sanders
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  • United Kingdom
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  • October 29 2009

In Fred Keene v Central Office of Information, the Information Tribunal has considered the commercial interests exemption in section 43(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and how it applies to tender information

House of Lords data protection judgment delivered

  • Bird & Bird
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  • United Kingdom
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  • July 11 2008

On Wednesday 9 July, the House of Lords handed down its decision in the case of Common Services Agency v Scottish Information Commissioner

Time spent redacting information not included in cost of complying with Freedom of Information Act request

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 16 2011

In the case of Chief Constable of South Yorkshire v Information Commissioner the court held that, when estimating the cost of complying with a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA), a public authority could not take into account the cost of redacting from document information that was exempt from disclosure

Water and sewerage companies are not public authorities for the purposes of Environmental Information Regulations 2004

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 28 2011

The Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber), in Smartsource Drainage & Water Reports Limited ("Smartsource") v The Information Commissioner, has upheld the decision of the Information Commissioner ("IC") and found that privatised water and sewerage companies do not fall within the definition of public authorities for the purposes of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 ("the Regulations"

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