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High Court refuses to order subject access compliance where searches not reasonable or proportionate

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The High Court has refused an application to order compliance with a subject access request, where it was not reasonable or proportionate for the data controller to carry out searches to determine whether legal professional privilege would apply to the information held. (Dawson-Damer and others v Taylor Wessing LLP and others [2015] EWHC 2366 (Ch), 6 August 2015.)
NOTE: On 16 February 2017, the Court of Appeal overturned the High Court's decision and ordered compliance with a valid subject access request, as inadequate efforts had been made to comply (see Legal update, Court of Appeal overturns High Court decision and orders subject access compliance). (See details of Practical Law IP&IT and Media & Telecoms policy on annotating case reports.)

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Published on 13-Aug-2015
Resource Type Legal update: archive
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  • United Kingdom
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