Data protection and confidential information

Practice notes

Rome II—application and interpretation

Rome II—application and interpretationThis Practice Note is for use when determining applicable law in respect of events giving rise to damage, where...

19th May

Q&As

Can a third party rely on ostensible/apparent authority where they know the person signing a document is an employee of a company not a director and they sign as a director and in the name of that director?

Can a third party rely on ostensible/apparent authority where they know the person signing a document is an employee of a company not a director and...

19th May

Practice notes

Brexit—exiting the EU under Article 50 [Archived]

Brexit—exiting the EU under Article 50 [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.This Practice Note contains...

Produced in partnership with Adam Cygan of University of Leicester 19th May

Brexit

Practice notes

Antibiotic drug Nitrofurantoin (AMCo, Morningside Healthcare, Morningside Pharmaceuticals and Alliance Healthcare) (50507)

Antibiotic drug Nitrofurantoin (AMCo, Morningside Healthcare, Morningside Pharmaceuticals and Alliance Healthcare) (50507)CASE HUB See further,...

19th May

Q&As

Can the board of a co-operative and community benefit society (a registered society) delegate powers to any third party, and can the registered society grant a power of attorney to a third party to execute documents on its behalf?

Can the board of a co-operative and community benefit society (a registered society) delegate powers to any third party, and can the registered...

19th May

Practice notes

Rome Convention—introduction and interpretation [Archived]

Rome Convention—introduction and interpretation [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.The UK is no longer...

19th May

Precedents

Force majeure clause

Coronavirus (COVID-19): In addition to the below content on force majeure generally, see also: • Coronavirus (COVID-19)...

19th May

COVID-19

In-house

Practice notes

Managing a breach of confidentiality or information security

Many companies and government bodies (such as HMRC) have been exposed to loss of confidential information and many other breaches of confidentiality...

19th May

Practice notes

Introduction to retained EU law

Introduction to retained EU lawThis Practice Note provides an introduction to retained EU law. It provides an overview of the key definitions and...

Produced in partnership with Dr. Kieran Laird of Gowling WLG 19th May

Brexit

Precedents

Counterparts clause

1 Counterparts—agreement 1.1 This agreement may be signed in any number of separate counterparts, each of which when...

19th May

In-house

Practice notes

Model ADR clauses

Model ADR clausesThis Practice Note considers model form alternative dispute resolution (ADR) clauses provided by a number of service providers,...

19th May

Precedents

Execution clause—company—contract

Option 1—contract signed on behalf of a company, where the authorised signatory is an individual Signed by [insert name of...

19th May

In-house

Practice notes

Requirements of the company seal

Requirements of the company sealThis Practice Note provides practical guidance regarding the requirements of the company seal. Where a company has a...

19th May

Practice notes

Brexit implementation period—enforcement [Archived]

Brexit implementation period—enforcement [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.This Practice Note considers...

19th May

Brexit

Practice notes

Subcontracting

SubcontractingThis Practice Note examines the following legal and practical matters in relation to entering into a subcontract or when granting...

19th May

Practice notes

Parallel imports

ScopeThis Practice Note explains trade mark law on parallel trade. Parallel imports, or ‘grey market’ goods, are genuine goods that are placed on the...

Produced in partnership with Taylor Wessing LLP 19th May

Q&As

Following a proposed change in suppliers (for example, transferring to a new provider of outsourced services), is the data subject’s consent required when transferring personal data from one service provider to another?

Following a proposed change in suppliers (for example, transferring to a new provider of outsourced services), is the data subject’s consent required...

Produced in partnership with Ashley Roughton of Ipchambers.eu 31st Jul

Q&As

Can you require a fee under the Data Protection Act 1998 when responding to a request for the disclosure of personal data via a court order?

Can you require a fee under the Data Protection Act 1998 when responding to a request for the disclosure of personal data via a court order?In...

31st Jul

Q&As

Would an organisation be in breach of the data export restriction under the eighth data protection principle where personal data which is stored in the EU is accessed remotely during a business trip outside the EU (eg in the USA or Japan)?

Would an organisation be in breach of the data export restriction under the eighth data protection principle where personal data which is stored in...

Produced in partnership with Daradjeet Jagpal of Information Law Solutions 31st Jul

Q&As

Do you have a data processing agreement pro data processor?

Do you have a data processing agreement pro data processor?•Supplier (data processor)—this covers: (a) intellectual property rights created by the...

31st Jul

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 Mar

In-house

Practice notes

Data portability

UK and EU data protection laws each include a right to data portability. This right allows individuals to obtain from a controller a copy of their...

Produced in partnership with Alex Brown of Simmons & Simmons 24th Mar

Practice notes

Profiling and automated decision-making

This Practice Note provides guidance on profiling and automated decision-making and sets out how these are regulated under data protection law in the...

16th Feb

Precedents