Webinar: how information law arises through other legal claims

Aaron Moss, John Goss and Eleanor Guildford hosted a highly popular CPD-accredited webinar on Monday 10 November, exploring how information law arises through other legal claims.

As barristers, they regularly encounter matters where information law arises not as standalone issue, but as part of broader legal cases. These often address issues about how information is collected, used, and shared as part of these cases. Sometimes these can shape the principles of information law, even when the cases themselves are not directly about information governance. As counsel, they find that arguments rooted in data protection or confidentiality are increasingly central to litigation strategies, even where the primary claim lies elsewhere.

Topics included:

• Subject access requests and their relationship to litigation
• Information law claims arising from other court proceedings, including the defence of immunity from suit
• Data protection and privacy in public inquiries and investigations

About the speakers

Aaron Moss is ranked as a Leading Junior in all his principal practice areas by Chambers UK: data protection; administrative and public law; police law; and inquests and inquiries.

John Goss has an extensive information law practice, including in the Court of Appeal and Upper Tribunal. He is ranked as a Leading Junior for data protection, inquests & inquiries, and police law by both Chambers UK and Legal 500.

John and Aaron are founding editors of 5 Essex’s The Data Brief newsletter.

Eleanor Guildford is a specialist in media and communications law, including harassment, defamation, data protection and privacy. She is one of only two barristers listed as Up and Coming in Chambers and Partners UK Bar Guide 2026 for defamation and privacy and is a contributor to The Data Brief.

Contact events@5essex.co.uk if you have any questions.

Further webinars

A further webinar specifically on the freedom of information act will take place on 22 January, hosted by John Goss, Conor Monighan and Eleanor Guildford. Whether you specialise in public law, data protection or litigation more widely, this provides a valuable opportunity to sharpen your knowledge and stay ahead in a complex and critical area of law. Register here