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Information Law weekly highlights—25 February 2021

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Ruling given on the meaning of a passage in a ‘Challenging Hateful Extremism’ report in a defamation claim (Mueen-Udin v Secretary of State for the Home Department)

Comment—do not count on UK data adequacy; legal challenges appear inevitable

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Admissibility of EncroChat evidence in criminal proceedings (R v A and others)

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Joint, several, and joint and several liability

ContractWhere a contract is made by two or more parties it may contain a promise or obligation made by two or more of those parties. Any such promise...

Conditions precedent in commercial contracts

This Practice Note considers the meaning and use of conditions precedent in commercial arrangements. It also considers typical conditions precedent...

A company’s constitution

What is a company's constitution?A company’s 'constitution' is defined under the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) as including:•the company’s articles of...

Malicious falsehood

This Practice Note provides an introduction to the tort of malicious falsehood. Unlike a claim for defamation, there is no requirement in a claim for...

Practice notes

Declaration of a director's interests—the statutory provisions

A director who is in any way, directly or indirectly, interested in:•a proposed transaction or arrangement with the company of which they are a...

9th Nov

Practice notes

Defamation—defences

DefencesThere are a number of substantive defences to a defamation claim, the majority of which are now, since the Defamation Act 2013 (DA 2013),...

Produced in partnership with 5RB 12th Jan

In-house

Practice notes

Starting a GDPR compensation claim—a practical guide

Brexit: The UK's departure from the EU on exit day ie Friday 31 January 2020 has implications for practitioners in a number of areas covered in this...

Produced in partnership with Robert Brodrick and Stephen Woodward of Payne Hicks Beach 12th Jan

Practice notes

Rome Convention—introduction and interpretation

Brexit: The UK's departure from the EU on exit day, ie Friday 31 January 2020, has implications for practitioners considering applicable law. For...

9th Nov

Practice notes

Sub-licensing intellectual property rights

An intellectual property (IP) owner may choose to license its IP to a third party. This can be an effective route to generating revenue while...

Produced in partnership with Jessica Stretch 12th Jan

In-house

Practice notes

Introduction to retained EU law

This Practice Note provides an introduction to retained EU law, which is an entirely new legal concept introduced to UK domestic law in preparation...

9th Nov

Brexit

Precedents

Standard contractual clauses—set II—controller to controller (Model Clauses)

DRAFTING FOR BREXIT: For the latest information on the impact of Brexit on the drafting, negotiation and enforceability of this Precedent, see...

9th Nov

Practice notes

No deal Brexit—jurisdiction (UK and the Lugano Convention)

This Practice Note has been produced in partnership with Guy Pendell, Liz Williams and Kushal Gandhi of CMS.STOP PRESS: This Practice Note is under...

9th Nov

Brexit

Practice notes

Model ADR clauses

Brexit: The UK's departure from the EU on exit day ie Friday 31 January 2020 has implications for practitioners considering the use of ADR as it may...

9th Nov

Precedents

Execution clause—company—deed

Option 1—deed executed by a company under its common seal (model articles, where the authorised signatory is an...

9th Nov

In-house

Practice notes

Applications for interim injunctions for breaches of privacy

This Practice Note should be read in conjunction with Practice Notes: Privacy law—misuse of private information and Privacy law—remedies.Coronavirus...

Produced in partnership with Ben Gallop and Lily Walker-Parr of 5RB and Daniel Bishop 12th Jan

Precedents

Third party intellectual property rights indemnity clause—pro-supplier

1 Intellectual property rights indemnity 1.1 The Supplier shall defend the Customer against any third party claim that...

9th Nov

In-house

Practice notes

Applicable law clauses

Brexit: The UK's departure from the EU on exit day, ie Friday 31 January 2020, has implications for practitioners considering applicable law. For...

9th Nov

Precedents

Month definition

Month means a calendar month; Close This is a suggested definition for the term 'month', which...

9th Nov

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Practice notes

Data protection and privacy—Hungary—Q&A guide

This Practice Note contains a jurisdiction-specific Q&A guide to data protection and privacy in Hungary published as part of the Lexology Getting the...

25th Feb

Practice notes

Data protection and privacy—Sweden—Q&A guide

This Practice Note contains a jurisdiction-specific Q&A guide to data protection and privacy in Sweden published as part of the Lexology Getting the...

25th Feb

Practice notes

Data protection and privacy—France—Q&A guide

This Practice Note contains a jurisdiction-specific Q&A guide to data protection and privacy in France published as part of the Lexology Getting the...

25th Feb

Practice notes

Data protection and privacy—Netherlands—Q&A guide

This Practice Note contains a jurisdiction-specific Q&A guide to data protection and privacy in Netherlands published as part of the Lexology Getting...

25th Feb

Practice notes

Data protection and privacy—Portugal—Q&A guide

This Practice Note contains a jurisdiction-specific Q&A guide to data protection and privacy in Portugal published as part of the Lexology Getting the...

25th Feb

Practice notes

Data protection and privacy—Malta—Q&A guide

This Practice Note contains a jurisdiction-specific Q&A guide to data protection and privacy in Malta published as part of the Lexology Getting the...

25th Feb

Practice notes

Data protection and privacy—Belgium—Q&A guide

This Practice Note contains a jurisdiction-specific Q&A guide to data protection and privacy in Belgium published as part of the Lexology Getting the...

25th Feb

Practice notes

Data protection and privacy—Romania—Q&A guide

This Practice Note contains a jurisdiction-specific Q&A guide to data protection and privacy in Romania published as part of the Lexology Getting the...

25th Feb

Practice notes

Data protection and privacy—Austria—Q&A guide

This Practice Note contains a jurisdiction-specific Q&A guide to data protection and privacy in Austria published as part of the Lexology Getting the...

25th Feb

Practice notes

Data protection and privacy—Italy—Q&A guide

This Practice Note contains a jurisdiction-specific Q&A guide to data protection and privacy in Italy published as part of the Lexology Getting the...

25th Feb

Practice notes

Data protection and privacy—Greece—Q&A guide

This Practice Note contains a jurisdiction-specific Q&A guide to data protection and privacy in Greece published as part of the Lexology Getting the...

25th Feb

Practice notes

Data protection and privacy—Germany—Q&A guide

This Practice Note contains a jurisdiction-specific Q&A guide to data protection and privacy in Germany published as part of the Lexology Getting the...

25th Feb

Q&As

Organisation A (Host Organisation) was allowing Organisation B (Abandoning Organisation) to use its office space. Abandoning Organisation has now ceased trading and disappeared. Abandoning Organisation left various computer equipment (which is suspected to contain personal and other business data) at Host Organisation’s premises. What are Host Organisation’s obligations in respect of any such personal data on the equipment under the general data protection regulation (GDPR)? What steps can Host Organisation take to dispose of Abandoning Organisation’s equipment (and any associated personal data) in compliance with the GDPR?

This Q&A assumes that:•Host Organisation is based in the UK•Abandoning Organisation is a data controller in respect of at least some of the personal...

Produced in partnership with Sam Morrow 24th Feb

Q&As

Can an act or omission which occurred before 25 May 2018 result in an administrative fine under Article 83 of the GDPR?

As explained in Practice Note: The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (the...

24th Feb

Practice notes

Personal data sharing between controllers

This Practice Note explores issues and best practice relating to the sharing of personal data between controllers (including joint controllers and...

24th Feb

Practice notes

UK GDPR and EU GDPR—extra-territorial reach

On 31 January 2020, the UK ceased to be an EU Member State and entered the Brexit implementation period. This Practice Note provides a high-level...

24th Feb

Practice notes

Introduction to the EU GDPR and UK GDPR

On 31 January 2020, the UK ceased to be a member of the EU and EEA. This Practice Note introduces:•the General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation...

24th Feb

In-house

Practice notes

EU GDPR—adequacy decisions—tracker

This Practice Note is intended to be used to track the status of adequacy decisions relating to cross-border/international transfers of personal data...

24th Feb

Q&As