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FOI Commissioner orders public disclosure of financial details of PFI contract

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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United Kingdom
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February 20 2008

A recent ruling of the Scottish Information Commissioner has highlighted the importance of considering the impact of Freedom of Information legislation when providing commercially sensitive information to a government agency

Proposed data protection changes: sharper teeth for the ICO?

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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United Kingdom
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February 16 2009

The Coroners and Justice Bill proposes increasing the powers of the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the regulator of the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA

Penalties, prison and personal visits from the regulator get ready for the tougher UK data privacy regime

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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United Kingdom
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December 1 2009

The time of the UK Information Commissioner's Office ("ICO") as the kindly uncle in Europe's otherwise fearsome family of data protection regulators is over

Environmental Information Regulations - Supreme Court refers interpretation of public interest test to the European Court of Justice

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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European Union, United Kingdom
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February 25 2010

The Supreme Court in Office of Communications v Information Commissioner 2010 UKSC 3 has made a reference to the European Court of Justice ("European Court") in relation to the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 ("EIR"

ConLib coalition to open up government data

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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United Kingdom
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July 6 2010

Following the Conservative's election manifesto pledge, the Prime Minister has now written to government departments outlining plans to "open up government data", including a commitment to publishing all new central government ICT contracts online

General counsel update

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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China, European Union, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Mongolia, Singapore, United Kingdom, USA
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July 11 2012

This is the thirtieth in our series of general counsel updates which aim to summarise major developments in key areas

Applications to restrict publication of evidence in an inquiry under the UK's Inquiries Act 2005

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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United Kingdom
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October 30 2012

The High Court has dismissed a claim for judicial review of a decision of the chairman of a statutory public inquiry to allow interim disclosure of surveillance evidence to the legal team of an interested party, in the context of an application by the police to restrict publication of that material

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FOI Commissioner orders public disclosure of financial details of PFI contract

Proposed data protection changes: sharper teeth for the ICO?

Penalties, prison and personal visits from the regulator get ready for the tougher UK data privacy regime

Environmental Information Regulations - Supreme Court refers interpretation of public interest test to the European Court of Justice

ConLib coalition to open up government data

General counsel update

Applications to restrict publication of evidence in an inquiry under the UK's Inquiries Act 2005

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