In the realm of legal proceedings, ensuring the proper delivery of court documents is crucial. Process servers play an integral role in this, ensuring that individuals receive the necessary papers. Here, we address some common queries regarding the role and responsibilities of a process server. How do you instruct a process server? Instructing a process [...]
Is the Use of Bailiffs in England and Wales Excessive? A charity has recently discovered that last year, councils in England and Wales called upon the use of bailiffs on over two million occasions to recover debt. The Money Advice Trust confirmed that around 60% of these debts were council tax arrears meaning that bailiffs [...]
Arbitration Award Abolished Down to Communication Error. When it comes to legal matters, the security and privacy of confidential documents need to be taken very seriously. It has recently made public news that in 2016, the High Court threw out a high-profile arbitration award all because the communication was sent to someone who didn’t have [...]
In recent weeks, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has published a piece that provides some clarity on how the data processing registration and fee provisions under the current data protection regime will change with the advent of the General Data Protection Regulation 2016 (GDPR) next year. As it currently stands, organisations that process personal information [...]
The Data Protection Bill 2017 is currently going through Parliament. This means that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) legislation is still to be finalised before it is implemented across the UK in May 2018. For those who are worried about the upcoming changes in relation to Brexit, the government has recently confirmed that the [...]
