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ON APPEAL FROM THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
KING’S BENCH DIVISION
MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS LIST
MR JUSTICE NICKLIN
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
Before:
LADY JUSTICE KING
LORD JUSTICE WARBY
and
LADY JUSTICE WHIPPLE
Between:
(1) Michael Farley (2) – (431) Individuals identified in Annex 1 to the Claim Form | Appellants/ Claimants |
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Paymaster (1836) Limited (trading as Equiniti) | Respondent/Defendant |
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The Information Commissioner | Intervener |
Oliver Campbell KC and Pepin Aslett (instructed by KP Law Limited) for the Appellants
Andrew Sharland KC and Hannah Ready (instructed by Freeths LLP) for the Respondent
Christopher Knight (instructed by the Information Commissioner) for the Intervener
Hearing dates: 17 and 18 June 2025
Approved Judgment
This judgment was handed down remotely at 10am on 22 August 2025 by circulation to the parties or their representatives by e-mail and by release to the National Archives.
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- LORD JUSTICE WARBY
- The background in more detail
- The claims
- The respondent’s application
- The judgment
- The draft Amended Master Particulars
- The appeal
- Data protection: the legal framework
- The infringement issue
- The compensation issue
- The pleaded claims
- Incredible?
- Out of scope (no distress)?
- Too trivial (below a threshold of seriousness)?
- Hypothetical or ill-founded? (Fear of third-party misuse)
- Aggravation of existing medical conditions
- Annoyance or irritation
- The Jameel issue
- Conclusions
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