The WLR Daily case summaries
[2019] WLR (D) 547
Court of Appeal
Lloyd v Google LLC
[2019] EWCA Civ 1599
2019 July 16, 17; Oct 2
Dame Victoria Sharp P, Sir Geoffrey Vos C, Davis LJ
Data protection— Personal data— Processing— Claimant bringing representative claim seeking compensation for “damage” suffered by reason of contravention of statutory data protection requirements— Judge refusing claimant’s application to serve claim out of jurisdiction and refusing to permit claim to proceed as representative action— Whether claimant suffering “damage” by reason of non-consensual use of personal data— Whether existence of common grievance against same defendant sufficient to satisfy “same interest” condition for bringing representative claim— Whether claim to be permitted to proceed as representative action—
Data Protection Act 1998 (c 29), ss 4(4), 13
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Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), s 6, Sch 1, Pt I, art 8
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CPR
r 19.6
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Parliament and Council Directive 95/46/EC, art 23.1
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Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
, art 8