Summary
The Court of Appeal's ruling in Dawson-Damer v Taylor
Wessing offers beneficiaries rights of access to personal data held
by trustees and their legal advisers. This is a landmark case in
which our clients, the claimants, obtained a judgment that
clarifies the provisions of the Data Protection Act and provides
individuals with greater access to confidential information held on
them by English solicitors.
In Depth
In the recent case of Dawson-Damer v Taylor Wessing, the Court
of Appeal issued a ruling about the right of beneficiaries who are
Data Subjects under the Data Protection Act (DPA) to personal data
held by the London-based solicitors for the trustees.
The DPA is the United Kingdom's implementation of the EU
Data Protection Directive (Directive 95/46/EC), which is designed
to protect the privacy of all personal data collected for or about
EU citizens, especially with regard to the processing, use or
exchange of such data. It also provides a right
