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Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | United Kingdom | 4 May 2022
Court finds Government’s Covid policy in care homes unlawful
In R (Gardner and Harris) v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and others [2022] EWHC 967 (Admin) the Divisional Court has found that…
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | United Kingdom | 11 Mar 2022
Court of Appeal finds no breach of positive human rights duties
The Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal by the Environment Agency (“EA”) and set aside a declaration made by the High Court which had required the…
Lexology PRO | 16 Feb 2022
Why the Bloomberg privacy case matters for data protection
The UK Supreme Court’s ruling against Bloomberg News for misuse of private information holds lessons for data protection.
Shoosmiths LLP | United Kingdom | 20 Oct 2020
What’s that? Use of private WhatsApp chat in misconduct proceedings allowed
The Scottish Courts held that private communications such as WhatsApp messages may be used as evidence in misconduct proceedings where the…
Brodies LLP | United Kingdom | 28 Aug 2020
Automated facial recognition: a controversial future tool for fighting crime
The use of automated facial recognition (AFR) is welcomed by some as technology that assists in the prevention and detection of crime and objected to…
Osborne Clarke | United Kingdom | 24 Aug 2020
Appeals court hands down the UK’s first judgment on automated facial recognition
Ruling that the use of automated facial recognition by the South Wales Police was unlawful has broader significance for businesses and organisations…
Kingsley Napley | United Kingdom | 7 Jan 2019
“A sorry state of affairs” - Lazarov v Bulgaria and R (Lazarov) v Westminster Magistrates’ Court
In the case of Lazarov v Bulgaria the High Court found itself in some legal difficulty as it sought to deal with an appeal against an extradition…
Reed Smith LLP | United Kingdom | 11 Dec 2018
Joint Committee on Human Rights launches inquiry into Article 8 and the digital revolution
The Joint Committee on Human Rights has launched an inquiry into the right to privacy under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights…
Walder Wyss Ltd | Switzerland | 10 Dec 2018
Die Voraussetzungen zur Geheimnisentbindung in Bezug auf die Einwilligung sowie Interessenabwägung von öffentlichen und privaten Interessen
Im vorliegenden Fall musste sich das Bundesgericht eingehend mit der Entbindung eines Arztes vom Berufsgeheimnis äussern. In illustrativer Weise nahm…
CMS Legal | Netherlands | 12 Oct 2018
Dutch judiciary comprehensively rejects government’s climate change appeal
On 9th October 2018, The Hague Court of Appeal handed down its judgment in a long running appeal brought by the Dutch government against a judgment…
