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Month: May 2023 (Page 2 of 2)
A short update on artificial intelligence as it relates to lawyers right now. Chat GPT can now identify relevant cases when asked questions about the law. Continue reading
Students’ shutting down campus public speakers has become increasingly common at universities across the U.S. Recently at Stanford Law School, student protesters shouted over a Trump-appointed federal judge and disrupted the speech he had been invited by students to give. Continue reading
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is the UK’s ‘supervisory authority’, as required by the Data Protection Directive (Directive 95/46/EC) (superseded by the EU General Data Protection Regulation and later the UK General Data Protection Regulation) on all matters concerning personal data. Continue reading
In Hay v Cresswell [2023] EWHC 882 (KB) handed down on 26 April 2023, Mrs Justice Heather Williams held that a sexual abuse victim, Nina Cresswell, had successfully defended a libel claim brought by the perpetrator, William Hay. Continue reading
The Metropolitan Police made fifty-two arrests during the coronation of King Charles III on Saturday 6 May 2023. In a press release, the Met stated that the arrests were for affray, public order offenses, breach of the peace and conspiracy to cause a public nuisance. Continue reading
On 4 May 2023 the CJEU handed down judgment in the Österreichische Post case, ruling that mere infringement of the GDPR is not itself sufficient to confer a right to compensation; and that material or non-material damage is required. Continue reading
Former Liberal Party staffer Bruce Lehrmann has been given the all-clear to continue with defamation proceedings against several media outlets and journalists regarding reporting about Brittany Higgins’ rape allegations. Continue reading
On 25 to 27 April 2023 there was a hearing in the case of Grant v NGN and Duke of Sussex NGN before Fancourt J. NGN applied to strike out claims by Hugh Grant and Prince Harry on limitation grounds. The claimants argue that the delay in filing the claims resulted from the newspaper’s concealment of its staff’s behaviour. Continue reading
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