Lloyd v Google: Supreme Court judgment spares insurers ballooning class action liability exposure

Supreme Court

A Supreme Court judgment handed down last week that found in favour of Google is expected to spare businesses operating in the UK and their insurers from being liable for potentially billions of pounds in claims.

Last Wednesday, the court ruled that a class action brought by Richard Lloyd, a former executive director of consumer rights advocate Which?, under section 13 of the Data Protection Act (1998) was not

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