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Jonathan Ball (UK)
Lloyd v Google – putting the brakes on English data breach litigation?
By Steven Hadwin (UK), Ffion Flockhart (UK), Jonathan Ball (UK), Marcus Evans (UK), Charlie Weston-Simons (UK) & Rahul Mansigani (UK) on
A judgment handed down today by the English High Court will be welcomed by UK data controllers. Lloyd v Google [2018] EWHC 2599 represents a corollary to recent case law expanding the circumstances in which litigation may be brought in…
Vicarious liability in UK data breach-related litigation – is Morrisons a game-changer?
By Steven Hadwin (UK), Jonathan Ball (UK), Ffion Flockhart (UK), Marcus Evans (UK) & Ralph Wilkinson (UK) on
The High Court in London has handed down a judgment establishing that, as a matter of English law, a company can be held vicariously liable in respect of data breaches caused by its employees.
British supermarket chain faces group litigation action in the UK based on data breach
By Jonathan Ball (UK) on
In November of 2015, the English High Court in London approved a Group Litigation Order (“GLO”) allowing employees of one of the United Kingdom’s largest supermarket chains to join the pending action.