Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board [2015] UKSC 11

Case name:  Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board [2015] UKSC 11 What is the case about? This was the case in which the Supreme Court reacted to the “changing paradigm of the doctor-patient relationship”. Montgomery was not only one of the seminal cases in the law of clinical negligence in thirty years, it also recognised the importance of patient … Continue reading  Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board [2015] UKSC 11

Liberty & Ors v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Ors [2015] UKIPTrib 13 77-H

Case Name: Liberty & Ors v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Ors  What is this case about? This case involved the Edward Snowden leaks and revelations surrounding the US National Security Agency’s communications interception programme. Liberty and other NGOs cited breaches of Articles 8 and 10 ECHR as a result of … Continue reading Liberty & Ors v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Ors [2015] UKIPTrib 13 77-H

Google Inc v Vidal-Hall and others [2015] EWCA Civ 311

Case Name: Google Inc v Vidal-Hall and others [2015] EWCA Civ 311 What the case is all about? Can internet users obtain damages where their browsing activity is tracked without their consent and the information passed to third parties?  In this case, the Court of Appeal decided that EU law gave them precisely that remedy. Google … Continue reading Google Inc v Vidal-Hall and others [2015] EWCA Civ 311

Evans v HM Attorney General [2015] UKSC 21

Case name: Evans v HM Attorney General [2015] UKSC 21 What's it all about? The case involved a failed attempt by the former Attorney General to prevent the disclosure of information that the Upper Tribunal had ruled ought to be made public under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). A Guardian journalist had, ten years … Continue reading Evans v HM Attorney General [2015] UKSC 21