“A contract of guarantee is enforceable where contained not in a single document signed by the guarantor but in a series of documents duly authenticated by the signature of the guarantor.”
WLR Daily, 9th March 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“The Department for Education (DfE) must disclose information sent from a private email address belonging to the Education Secretary unless there is a legitimate reason to refuse doing so, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 6th March 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Lancashire detective exposed by the Times for writing an anonymous blog about crime issues is to sue the newspaper for damages after it emerged that a reporter initially identified him by hacking into his emails.”
The Guardian, 8th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Information Commissioner should have ruled that a university was likely to be storing a copy of a deleted email it had refused a request to disclose, an Information Rights Tribunal has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 30th January 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Ministers and Whitehall officials have been warned not to try to hide sensitive government information by using private emails and text messages.”
BBC News, 15th December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge, today (14 December) handed down guidance on using laptops and hand‐held devices to communicate directly from courts in England and Wales.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 14th December 2011
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“Despite uncertainty over who’s a legal commentator or journalist and who isn’t, Lord Judge’s guidance shouldn’t lead to problems.”
The Guardian, 14th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Ministers, civil servants and government advisers are bracing themselves for an information commission ruling this week declaring that emails sent within government from private accounts are subject to freedom of information legislation and therefore can be disclosed.”
The Guardian, 13th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A promotion email from Groupon offering discounted cosmetic surgery, including breast enlargement, has been banned for “pressuring” consumers into hurriedly making potentially life-changing decisions in just a few hours.”
The Guardian, 23rd November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“In this new major report, supported by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, JUSTICE calls for a fundamental overhaul of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act in order to protect the right of individual privacy from unnecessary, unwarranted and unchecked state intrusion.”
Justice, 4th Novemver 2011
Source: www.justice.org.uk
“Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act fails to protect individuals from illegal surveillance, according to Justice.”
The Guardian, 4th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co,uk
“Britain’s leading judges are calling for an electronic revolution in the courts, arguing that enhanced use of technology would solidify London’s High Court as one of the best in the world.”
The Lawyer, 20th October 2011
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“University workers must release information from personal webmail accounts on request if it is related to public business, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 27th September 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“David Cameron and his most senior aides face being forced to open up their private email accounts to see if they contain details of sensitive government business hidden from the Civil Service. A meeting of permanent secretaries yesterday discussed ordering a ‘trawl’ of personal email accounts held by Mr Cameron, senior aides and government ministers to see if they contain messages which fall within the remit of the Freedom of Information Act, The Independent understands.”
The Independent, 22nd September 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Michael Gove and his closest advisers are under scrutiny after Government business was apparently conducted using personal email accounts.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th September 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The information commissioner has ended his investigation into News of the World publisher News Group Newspapers following ‘assurances’ it did not lose a tranche of emails which could contain evidence its journalists were involved in hacking phones.”
The Guardian, 17th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith has insisted he was right to take out a super-injunction after private e-mails were hacked and passed to newspapers.”
BBC News, 14th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Emails and text messages sent by a former editor of The Sun and all its employees could be searched under an order sought by lawyers for the Premier League footballer.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Economically speaking, the law is generally thought to be a counter-cyclical profession.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 12th May 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Organisations that make unwanted marketing phone calls or send spam emails to consumers could face fines of up to £500,000, the Government has warned.”
OUT-LAW.com, 4th May 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
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