GDPR One Year On - What have we learnt?
On 30 May, the ICO published its report “GDPR one year on”, summarising the lessons and experience it learned in the past year and its future strategic focus
28 June 2019
GDPR: how private client lawyers can justify processing 'special category data'
Special categories of personal data are given particular protection under the GDPR. We examine how and when legal advisers are permitted to hold and use such data.
02 November 2018
GDPR: Data Protection Officers
As part of our series of briefings on the General Data Protection regulation, we set out an overview of the requirements in relation to data protection officers.
02 December 2016
GDPR: consequences of breach
As part of our series of briefings on the General Data Protection Regulation, we set out an overview of the consequences of data breaches.
30 January 2017
Privacy Shield: EU launches Safe Harbour replacement
The European Commission has adopted the EU-US Privacy Shield, a data protection pact negotiated to replace Safe Harbour and safeguard EU citizens' rights in relation to transatlantic data transfers.
11 August 2016
GDPR challenges: intellectual property rights
GDPR's impact is already being felt in the courts. ICANN's publication of personal data on the WHOIS domain name registry is now in the spotlight.
02 July 2018
Non-Residents to pay UK Capital Gains Tax from 2015
UK Chancellor George Osborne MP announced on 5 December that gains made on sales of UK residential property by non-UK residents after April 2015 will be liable to UK capital gains tax.
09 December 2013
No refurbishment rates holidays
Businesses are entitled to a rates holiday if refurbishment means the building is unfit for occupation while works are ongoing. But they might not be successful per a recent Court of Appeal decision.
25 February 2015
Principal Private Residence Relief: how does PPR apply between exchange and completion?
The First Tier Tribunal has rejected HMRC’s argument that the taxpayer’s period of ownership of a property should include time taken between exchange and completion.
03 May 2017
Pre-nups - What to believe?
Pre-marital agreements (pre-nups) have been in the news a great deal recently. But are they valid and supported?
02 July 2014
GDPR: breach notification
As part of our series of briefings on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), we set out an overview of the new data breach notification requirements.
22 December 2016
Garden cities: development corporations to be locally led
Local authorities have been granted oversight authority status for new town development corporations. Regulations came into force on 24 July 2018. Here are the headlines.
25 July 2018