Official Secrets in UK Law
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“Official Secrets” opens today. Good reviews for Hollywood take on UK whistleblower
While working as a translator for the a British spy agency, Katherine Gun leaked a government memo to the press. In doing so, she violated the country’s Official Secrets Act. The memo detailed a re...
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Secrets and Spies: The UK's Proposal for Foreign Agent Registration
On July 21, 2020, the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament published the Russia Report (the Report). The Report found that the UK was one of Russia’s “top Western intelligence targets”...... ... It brought attention to the Law Commission’s 2017 consultation, in relation to updating the Official Secrets Acts1, and the possibility of creating a new Espionage Act. The committee recommended the introduction of a new Espionage Act that would ... ...
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Landmark Legal Case Highlights Value Of Injunctions In Cyber Attack Cases
... ... protected by the Official Secrets Act. The stolen data was ... subsequently uploaded by the attacker ... ...
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Cybersecurity Comparative Guide
... ... The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000; ... The Official Secrets Act 1989; and ... The Network and Information Systems (NIS) ... ...
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Director of Public Prosecutions to develop a prosecution policy for UK prosecutors in relation to offences committed by journalists under the Bribery Act and other statutes
the Director of Public Prosecutions (the DPP), Mr Keir Starmer, is developing an interim policy for prosecutors which will give them guidance as to the factors which they should take into considera...
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How Do You Decide If Expatriate Employees' Legal Rights Fall Under UK Or Foreign Law?
... ... expressly incorporated English law and made reference to the Official Secrets Act 1989; the claimant was entitled to a pension under the Civil ... ...
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Legal Challenge To Government's Failure To Investigate Russian Threat To UK Democratic Processes
... ... UK's democratic processes from foreign interference, the ... Official Secrets Act is no longer fit for purpose, and there is no ... one body ... ...
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UK Quarterly Review: Business Crime, Investigations And Regulatory Enforcement
... ... 2020, the Law Commission published the Protection of Official Data Report ... ("Report") setting out the final ... recommendations on e reform of the Official Secrets Act and ... modernisation of the law to take account of cyber-attacks and ... ...
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UK Quarterly Review: Business Crime, Investigations And Regulatory Enforcement - UPDATED September 2020
In our Quarterly Review, we bring you important UK developments relating to business crime, investigations and regulatory enforcement from the last three months. We commented last month that the s...... ... 1 September 2020, the Law Commission published the Protection of Official Data Report (“Report”) setting out the final recommendations on the form of the Official Secrets Act and modernisation of the law to take account of cyber-attacks and ... ...
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UK: Mosquito net trade secrets saga continues – Court of Appeal rules on assessment of damages
On 13 June 2016, the English Court of Appeal handed down its latest judgement in the long-running trade secrets case Vestergaard Frandsen (now MVF3 ApS) and others v Bestnet Europe and others. The ...
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