International law firm McDermott Will & Emery has won a Court of Appeal ruling in one of the UK’s landmark Data Protection cases. 

The ruling in Dawson-Damer vs Taylor Wessing announced on Wednesday 15 February 2017 has reversed the previous position regarding the entitlement of a data subject to personal data in the context of litigation, and clarifies the scope of the Legal Professional Privilege exception under the Data Protection Act. 

The McDermott team advising Dawson-Damer was led by head of the firm’s private client practice in London, partner Ziva Robertson, and associate Catrin Hughes.&nb...