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• Data Protection Breaches – Recent Cases

  • Posted18 May 2012

  In a recent case, Plymouth Hospital NHS Trust was ordered to pay compensation to a patient after one of its employees unlawfully gained access to the man’s medical records. The...

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• EU Proposals for Data Protection Reform

  • Posted10 May 2012

  The European Commission has published its framework for modernising data protection legislation across the EU. The General Data Protection Regulation will replace the EC Data Protection Directive, which is...

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• Parent Company Liable in Landmark Asbestos Case

  • Posted8 May 2012

  A worker who developed asbestosis after being exposed to high levels of asbestos between 1959 and 1961 was unable to pursue a personal injury claim against his former employer, which...

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• Competition – New Market Investigation

  • Posted1 May 2012

  The aggregates, cement and ready-mixed concrete industries are the latest to come under the spotlight of the Competition Commission. The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has identified a number of...

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• Companies Take Note – Dividends Can Be Proceeds of Crime

  • Posted12 April 2012

  Problems with doing ‘clean’ business in some jurisdictions are almost insurmountable, yet the Bribery Act 2010 is clear that offering inducements can easily amount to unlawful activity. It may...

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• Court Protects Wind Farmer When Board Freezes Him Out

  • Posted29 March 2012

  When the co-founder of two companies in the wind farm business was effectively ‘frozen out’ of them by his fellow shareholders and excluded from participating in their management, he went...

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