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One of the important building blocks of data protection compliance is for a data controller to ensure that they have appropriate "grounds" or "conditions" in place for the lawful processing of personal data.

On 26 July 2017 the High Court gave judgment in a judicial review claim brought by Dr Butt concerning the lawfulness of guidance issued by the Secretary of State for the Home Department (SSHD) on the statutory Prevent duty.

The Supreme Court has ruled that the order introducing fees for claimants in employment tribunal proceedings was unlawful. The Government will now be obliged to refund all fees paid since the order came into effect in July 2013.

In addition to the many Brexit-related pieces of proposed legislation in today's Queen's Speech (21 June), there is, as trailed in the Government's manifesto, a proposal for a new UK Data Protection Bill.

The Supreme Court has ruled that a Sixth Form College was only entitled to deduct 1/365 of its teachers’ annual salary for a day of industrial action.  It has overturned last year’s Court of Appeal decision which had held that the higher deduction of 1/260 was permissible.

By way of a reminder, this new far-reaching law is in the form of an EU Regulation which means that it will come into force in member states without the requirement of further implementing domestic legislation.

To coincide with the first wave of apprenticeships funded by the levy starting this month, we take a look at some of the key considerations for employers and training providers delivering apprenticeships from 1 May 2017:

The Bill has been described as "the most important legislation in the sector for 25 years" (Viscount Younger concluding his remarks in the House of Lords). Key features of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 include provisions for the establishment of...

In a recent judicial review we acted in, the court ordered the OIA to consider a complaint from a university's former student who had applied for re-admission to a course she'd left some years earlier and was refused.

The latest draft of the Finance Bill 2017, published on 20 March, includes some significant changes to the new off-payroll working rules, which reform the intermediaries (IR35) rules as they apply to public authorities. They are set to take effect on 6 April 2017.

The recent official opening of the National Cyber Security Centre  re-emphasises the need for continued cyber security measures by all organisations, to protect against the risks of cyber attack and inadvertent data loss.

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will apply in the UK from 25 May 2018. Amongst the new measures it introduces is a greater emphasis on data controllers being both responsible for and able to demonstrate their compliance with the GDPR’s data protection principles.