Dawson-Damer & ors v Taylor Wessing LLP & ors [2019] WTLR 1111
Wills & Trusts Law Reports | Winter 2019 #177The claimants are beneficiaries of a number of Bahamian trusts; Taylor Wessing LLP (TW) act as the solicitors for the trustees of a number of these trusts.
On 14 August 2014, the claimant served a subject access request (SAR) on TW, requesting disclosure of the personal data relating to them held by TW as the solicitors for the trustees They were unsatisfied by the disclosure provided to them by TW, and brought proceedings under s7(9) of the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA 1998).
The matter came before the Court of Appeal ([2017] 1 WLR 3255), which ...
Sabados v Facebook Ireland [2019] WTLR 1361
Wills & Trusts Law Reports | Winter 2019 #177The Claimant, who was a British citizen, was born in Bosnia but had lived in London since 1992. She formed a romantic relationship with a childhood friend called Mirza Krupalija (“Mirza”), following his divorce, which lasted six years until his death in March 2016. Their relationship was for the most part conducted at long distance, although they spent around seven weeks a year together in Bosnia. Mirza used a social media platform operated by the Defendant to post his music, photographs, poems and other personal data. According to the Claimant, some of the data on Mirza‘s Facebook page ...
Dawson-Damer & ors v Taylor Wessing LLP & anr [2018] WTLR 57
Wills & Trusts Law Reports | Spring 2018 #171The appellants were beneficiaries of a number of Bahamian trusts; the respondent solicitors (‘TW’) act on behalf of the trustee of these trusts. On 4 August 2014, the appellants served a subject access request (‘SAR’) on TW, requesting disclosure of the personal data relating to the appellants held by TW as the solicitors for the trustee. The appellants were not satisfied by TW’s response to the SAR. They therefore applied to the court to exercise its discretion under s.7(9) of the Data Protection Act 1998 (‘DPA’), and grant a declaration that TW had not complied with t...