Cases

L v L and H (a firm)

Facts

C and his wife were party to ongoing divorce proceedings in Sweden. He issued proceedings in England against her and her solicitors after his laptop was removed from the former family home. C contended that the taking and copying of the laptop infringed or threatened to infringe his rights of privacy and confidence and was unlawful under the Computer Misuse Act and the Data Protection Act. He sought delivery up of the copies of the hard drive and an injunction restraining use of the documents it contained. D had applied without notice and obtained various orders for financial relief against C in the Family Division. C had issued applications to set aside these orders. Ds opposed C’s application and contended that the taking and copying of property was lawful and an accepted practice in the Family Division, where a wife feared destruction of documents that should be disclosed. Ds applied to transfer the present proceedings to the Family Division.

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