Serious Incident Investigations: Full disclosure of NHS records

Guildhall Chambers (Chambers of James Townsend) | Personal Injury Law Journal | September 2016 #148
Selena Plowden discusses the legal frameworks and likely objections to the release of documents by an NHS trust ‘In the context of a request for documents in contemplation of litigation, claimant lawyers must consider whether it is right that these documents should be withheld and the legal basis for any such claim.’ This article addresses …

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Data Protection: Show and tell

Dechert LLP | Employment Law Journal | June 2016 #171
Charles Wynn-Evans reviews the use of subject access requests in light of a recent High Court decision ‘The SAR (subject access request) was undoubtedly introduced with the best of intentions to ensure that individuals can monitor what information is held on them and what is being done with it.’ Under s7 of the Data Protection …

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Disclosure: What makes data ‘personal data’?

Wilberforce Chambers | Trusts and Estates Law & Tax Journal | March 2016 #174
Paul Newman QC examines claims for trust documents under the Data Protection Act 1998, with reference to Dawson-Damer v Taylor Wessing LLP [2016] ‘The critical difference between the disclosure of trust documents and privilege is that the need to maintain confidentiality in the trust document may be overridden by the exercise of the court’s discretion.’ …

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