Freedom of Information and Data Protection
Monckton Chambers has extensive experience in the field of information law, including the application of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 and the Data Protection Act 1998. We have particular expertise in information law in the EU, including EU rules on access to information and the EU's implementation of the Aarhus Convention.
We advise individuals, NGOs and commercial organisations seeking access to information, and are able to advise on the operation of freedom of information (FOI) in a public procurement context. Members regularly act on behalf of the Information Commissioner and a number have been appointed to the Attorney General's panel of specialist FOI counsel and regularly appear before the Information Tribunal in that capacity. Members have extensive experience of advising public bodies, ranging from local authorities to the Cabinet Office, on FOI and data protection, including in the context of ongoing judicial review challenges.
Notable cases include (please click on the links for details):
31/8/2010 Former Attorney General and Monckton Tenant Lord Lyell QC dies aged 71
27/8/2010 Monckton Members Shortlisted for Chambers Bar Awards 2010
18/8/2010 Piers Gardner addresses ILA 2010 on Human Rights of and in Companies
13/8/2010 Court of Appeal delivers compound interest judgment in test VAT case
2/11/2010 ABA Section of International Law ~ 2010 Fall Meeting
13/10/2010 Managing Competition Risk & Compliance
12/10/2010 GCR Antitrust Litigation 2010 ~ Enforcing Competition Law in the UK, Europe and the US
30/9/2010 Damages Actions for Breach of Antitrust Rules
R (on the application of Low) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] I.C.R. 755
Mobilx Ltd (In Administration) and others v HMRC
Case T-448/05 Oxley Thread v Commission, judgment of the General Court