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The Court has clarified the requirements in respect of complying with data subject access requests under the Data Protection Act 1998.

Thanks to the recent publication of new Equality Act reporting regulations for public authorities, we now have a complete picture of how the gender pay reporting requirements will apply in the education sector.

The statement issued by the Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) yesterday confirming its intention to fine eleven charities for breaches of the Data Protection Act 1998 (“DPA”) serves as a timely reminder of the ICO’s enforcement powers under the DPA.

Those with an active interest in Tier 4 of the immigration points based system (the framework for non-EU students to obtain leave to enter or remain in the UK for the purpose of study) will be aware that historically it has been a fast moving policy area, typically the subject of frequent and substantial change.

A court has determined that, where a civil court claim is brought by an individual against his or her former university, there is no apparent bias in a judge who had attended the same university hearing the case.

In this case a university had dismissed an academic who had not declared a brief sexual encounter with a student. It relied on a provision in its model statues which entitled it to dismiss for “conduct of an immoral scandalous or disgraceful nature incompatible with the duties of the office or employment”.

The Consumer Rights Act 2015, which came into force on 1 October 2015, brought together key consumer rights provisions within one piece of legislation.

The Court of Appeal's ruling in the case of Blackwood v Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust has resolved a potentially significant issue for the relationship between universities and colleges and work placement providers, namely who should the student sue if s/he claims to experience discrimination while on the work placement.

These rules, which are aimed at increasing transparency, apply as much to dormant entities as to active ones. In relation to a company limited by shares, a PSC is someone who...

The Data Protection Act 1998 contains certain exemptions and provisos which affect the operation of the subject access regime. 

The Act introduces specific provisions concerning information provided to consumers by or on behalf of traders supplying services.  

In addition to the many provisions of the Consumer Rights Act 2015 coming into force on 1 October 2015, section 89 of the Act came into force earlier this month on 1 September 2015. This statutory provision extends the scope of the Student Complaints Scheme to many additional types of provider of higher education and their students.