June - 2017

James Stunt -v- Associated Newspapers Ltd

James Stunt -v- Associated Newspapers Ltd Reference: EWHC 695 (QB) Court: High Court Date of judgment: 6 April 2017 The facts of the case Associated Newspapers Ltd (ANL), the publisher of the Daily Mail, the Mail on Sunday, and the MailOnline, is being sued by wealthy businessman James Stunt, the son-in-law of Formula 1 billionaire Bernie Ecclestone. Mr Stunt has brought claims against ANL for damages and/or an injunction for misuse of private information, harassment, as wel

Information Commissioner fines senior barrister

An unnamed senior barrister specialising in family law has been fined £1000 by the Information Commissioner after files containing the details of lay clients were inadvertently uploaded to the internet. Background The barrister created the documents at home on her desktop computer and organised them into files which were not encrypted. The barrister’s husband had access to the computer via an administrative account and therefore was able to access the files without a passwor