Cases

Barton v Home Office

Issue

(1) Whether the Defendant was entitled to summary judgment as it had a defence under Sch 1, Part II para 7 (no contravention of 4th Principle for innaccuracy in data that accurately records information received from a third party where reasonable steps taken to ensure accuracy);

(2) Whether the 1996 Report was exempt from the 4th Principle under the Transitional Provisions - Sch 8, Part III, para 14 (exemption for eligible manual data), and;

(3) Whether the case should be struck out for delay, these matters having first been complained of by C in 1997 yet proceedings not having been issued until 2005.

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