Joanne Bone > Irwin Mitchell > Leeds, England > Lawyer Profile

Irwin Mitchell
4 WELLINGTON PLACE
LEEDS
LS1 4BZ
England

Work Department

Commercial Law

Position

Partner

Career

Joanne advises organisations across all sectors on data protection and privacy.

She advises on data protection compliance programs (including drafting suites of policies and procedures, privacy notices and other documentation) for a broad range of clients, including national retailers, multi-national manufacturers, schools and colleges, sports clubs and property developers.

She also advises on:

  • The compliant export of personal data and the impact of Schrems II and Brexit;
  • Data sharing and processor contracts;
  • How to carry out legitimate interest and data protection impact assessments;
  • How to market under GDPR including how to draft and obtain compliant consents.

In addition, she advises on how to deal with the more contentious data protection issues such as complaints to the ICO and the notification of data breaches and provides swift, pragmatic and knowledgeable advice to help clients through what can be a challenging process.

She also advises on complex data subject access requests and those made in the context of complaints.

Memberships

Licensing Executives Society; Society for Computers and Law.

Education

University of Cambridge (BA Hons 2(1)); College of Law, Chester (Law Society Finals with commendation).

Lawyer Rankings

Yorkshire and the Humber > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property

The Leeds-based IP practice at Irwin Mitchell regularly collaborates with partner offices across the country to advise on brand strategy and protection matters, including key disputes between large companies in the retail and consumer sectors. Led from London by nationwide head Georgie Collins, the practice regularly calls on the expertise of Joanne Bone to advise on IP licensing and filing matters. Key contact Amy Au is a specialist in IP dispute resolution and regularly handles defamation and infringement claims.