Blog
From garage to unicorn – Employment law lessons for scaling tech teams
Catherine Bourne
14 September 2016
EU-US Privacy Shield
Further to our blog post in June 2016, the EU-US Privacy Shield has now been operational for over a month. In this article, we consider the practicalities of using the scheme and comment on its future.
25 July 2016
UK: ICO guidance confirms "GDPR firmly on Brexit agenda"
The UK Information Commissioner's Office ('ICO') published, on 7 July 2016, an overview guidance of the General Data Protection Regulation ('GDPR') ('the Guidance'). The Guidance highlights similarities and differences between the GDPR and the current Data Protection Act 1998 ('the Act'), focusing on a number of topics including the legal basis for the processing, individuals' rights, data protection impact assessments and data breach notification.
3 June 2016
Further update: EU-US Privacy Shield
Further to our last blog of 26 April 2016, we have three updates on the EU-US Privacy Shield.
Firstly, MEPs have passed a non-legislative resolution calling on the European Commission (the Commission) to remedy “deficiencies” in its proposals for the EU-US Privacy Shield.
23 July 2015
Exceptional Case Funding: safety net or fig leaf?
Last week, in the High Court case of IS v The Director of Legal Aid Casework & Anor [2015] EWHC 1965 (Admin) (15 July 2015) (IS) Mr Justice Collins declared the current operation of the Exceptional Case Funding (ECF) Scheme to be unlawful and described the system as “wholly deficient”. The Public Law Project, who represented the claimant, has said the judgment will have profound implications for access to justice.
7 July 2015
Judicial review and suitable alternative remedies
It is commonplace to say judicial review is a remedy of last resort and in particular that if there is an adequate alternative remedy that is or was available to a claimant, permission to bring proceedings will normally be refused.