The Data Brief

A monthly data protection bulletin from the barristers at 5 Essex Chambers

The Data Brief is edited by Francesca Whitelaw KC, Aaron Moss and John Goss, barristers at 5 Essex Chambers, with contributions from the whole information law, data protection and AI Team.

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Issue 59 - August 2026

This edition is written by Francesca Whitelaw KC and Eleanor Guildford.

25 August 2026

The latest warning for solicitors about the misuse of AI On 17 August 2026 the…

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28 August 2026

The Upper Tribunal (‘UT’) considered the scope of the right to receive information under Article…

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Previous articles

27 July 2026

A dispute between two former Greenwich Yacht Club committee members over mooring fees, which escalated…

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27 July 2026

In the past few weeks, there have been two significant decisions on information rights and…

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27 July 2026

The breakdown in relations in the upper echelons of Unite has spawned a range of…

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28 May 2026

In R (Thompson and Carlo) v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [2026] EWHC 915…

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28 May 2026

The Court of Appeal has confirmed that ‘consent’ for the purposes of data protection law…

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26 March 2026

On 19 March 2026, the Court of Justice of the EU (‘CJEU’) handed down judgment…

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26 March 2026

In Holt v Information Commissioner & Ministry of Justice [2026] UKUT 87 (AAC), the Upper…

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24 February 2026

In DSG Retail Limited v The Information Commissioner [2026] EWCA Civ 140 the Court of…

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24 February 2026

Farfan v Information Commissioner [2026] UKUT 16 (AAC) The Upper Tribunal dismissed an appeal which…

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24 February 2026

High Court refuses strike-out of group data breach claims in Spurgeon v Capita plc [2026]…

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30 January 2026

Pawel Wysokinski v OCS Security Limited [2026] EWCA Civ 26 The Court of Appeal has…

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30 January 2026

Forsters LLP v Zia Uddin [2025] EWHC 3255 (KB) A nightmare scenario unfolds: upon responding…

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