The Blunt Truth About Testing Employees For Marijuana In California (part one)
Summary - In a recent judgment (Bloomberg LP v ZXC [2022] UKSC 5), the UK Supreme Court confirmed that suspects subject to a criminal investigation are entitled, as a general rule, to a reasonable expectation of privacy...more
The UK Supreme Court has delivered an important judgment which confirms that those (including business people) under criminal investigation have a reasonable expectation of privacy in respect of information relating to that...more
The decision exposes media outlets in the UK to liability if they identify suspects prior to charge, but carries lesser implications elsewhere. On 16 February 2022, the UK Supreme Court held that a suspect under criminal...more
Report on Supply Chain Compliance 3, no. 16 (August 20, 2020) - “Three senior judges said that South Wales Police had violated the right to privacy under the European Convention on Human Rights, as well as data protection...more
The recent case of Fearn & Others v The Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery [2019], concerned a dispute between the Tate Modern and its residential neighbours over the Tate’s public viewing platform. The case makes clear...more
The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) held in Barbulescu v Romania (Application no. 61496/08) last week that there was a breach of the right to privacy where an employer searched the contents of an...more
In the recent case of Garamukanwa v Solent NHS Trust the UK Employment Appeal Tribunal ("EAT") held that the Claimant, Mr Garamukanwa, had no reasonable expectation of privacy in respect of emails sent to a work colleague...more
A belated happy new year to you all! To celebrate the beginning of 2016 we're cantering through some key employment law news stories from the past few months below. As always, please do get in touch with a member of the team...more
In recent years, there has been an ongoing struggle between privacy and security, with many governments looking to increase their surveillance powers in the name of fighting terrorism and protecting the population. Following...more
The UK data protection watchdog has said that it will give search engines like Google some time to put measures in place to respond to requests to take down links in search results. ...more