Case Note
Shah v Shah t/a John Cumming and Company & Another
A shareholding dispute turned on a recording of a meeting the objecting party had willingly attended; the objection invoked Article 31 and the Data Protection Act to keep it out. The Court held that an objector must actually demonstrate how their privacy was infringed — a bare invocation of the Act isn't enough — and that questions about how evidence was procured are for full trial, not a preliminary skirmish. It also noted, usefully, that the Act's Regulations only commenced on 14 January 2022, which matters for recordings made before then.
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