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

26 August 2025

From policing to retail aisles: facial recognition is expanding – but how will the balance…

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31 July 2025

In a significant judgment for freedom of information practitioners, the Supreme Court has ruled in Department…

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31 July 2025

The High Court has returned to the troubled issue of data protection claims and reputational…

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31 July 2025

We reported recently on the pre-trial review in Kul v DWF, and the trial judgment…

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31 July 2025

In Kanter-Webb v Information Commissioner [2025] UKUT 171 (ACC), the Upper Tribunal (“UT”) conducted a…

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31 July 2025

In Raine v JD Weatherspoon Plc [2025] EWHC 1593 (KB), the High Court considered three…

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28 May 2025

Smith v Information Commissioner [2025] UKUT 074 (AAC) Section 166 of the Data Protection Act…

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28 May 2025

In s11 of FoIA “[w]here the [requestor] expresses a preference for communication by any one…

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30 April 2025

We don’t usually cover procedural applications like amendment or specific disclosure in the Data Brief:…

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10 April 2025

In his recent speech to the International Association of Privacy Professionals, John Edwards had two…

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10 April 2025

Investigative journalist Lucas Amin has had two back-to-back successes in the First-Tier Tribunal challenging decisions…

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