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Viagogo is an online company on whose website people advertised and sold tickets for England rugby matches. Those people paid Viagogo a fee for the ability to do so. The RFU is the governing body for rugby...
Confidence in our sport – Zacharides v Information Commissioner, First-tier Tribunal (Information Rights)
The First-tier Tribunal has ruled that information relating to the progress of athletics in the UK coming up to the London 2012 Olympics was confidential information and exempt from disclosure under the...
Channel Four forced to disclose parts of contract by ICO
The Information Tribunal has issued a ruling forcing Channel Four to disclose certain parts of an agreement with Sky, even though the substantive parts of the agreement were exempt from disclosure on grounds...
What duty of disclosure does a lender owe a guarantor?
The Court of Appeal considered the question of how much information a lender is obliged to give a guarantor? Although the case did not involve a retail bank, the principles highlighted are of wider relevance.
The...
Judge refuses to require online newspaper to disclose anonymous posters’ details over ‘pub talk’ comments after article– Clift v Clarke, High Court
After Ms Clift had successfully sued Slough Council for defamation proceedings, the Daily Mail newspaper ran a story about the case. In correspondence, Ms Clift described the newspaper’s report as excellent....
Public body ordered to disclose IT contract against its wishes
The Department of Work and Pensions has been ordered by the Information Tribunal to disclose most of the details of an IT contract. Atos Origin had been the only bidder for the DWP’s contract. After...
Is my Husband entitled to any confidentiality when it comes to financial matters?
Can you use self-help to investigate your husband’s/wife’s finances before, or indeed during, divorce?
Until recently the answer to that was probably yes. A wife would often trawl through her...
E-disclosure – the new questionnaire gets its first outing
The essence of any Court case is fair play. Both parties are under an obligation to reveal every relevant document in their possession or under their control at an early stage even if the documents are...
White v Withers, a dish of 42 ingredients
The case of Marco Pierre White, celebrity chef, against his wife's divorce lawyers, Withers, gets a mention in The Times today ("Marco Pierre White challenge could change divorce battles for ever"), speculating...
Wikipedia ordered to release IP address of suspected blackmailer – G and G v Wikimedia, High Court
The publishers of Wikipedia – the user-generated online encyclopaedia – has been ordered by the High Court to reveal the details of a suspected blackmailer. The Wikimedia Foundation was happy to reveal...