Richard Lloyd v Google LLC

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
JudgeSir Geoffrey Vos C,Lord Justice Davis,Dame Victoria Sharp P
Judgment Date02 October 2019
Neutral Citation[2019] EWCA Civ 1599
Docket NumberAppeal Ref: A2/2018/2769

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22 cases
  • Lloyd v Google LLC
    • United Kingdom
    • Supreme Court
    • 10 November 2021
    ...as “an unusual and innovative use of the representative procedure” in rule 19.6 of the Civil Procedure Rules: see [2019] EWCA Civ 1599; [2020] QB 747, para 7. This is a procedure of very long standing in England and Wales whereby a claim can be brought by (or against) one or more persons a......
  • President Donald J. Trump v Orbis Business Intelligence Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • King's Bench Division
    • 1 February 2024
    ...interferes with the data subject's control over his data, even if this does not cause material damage or distress: Lloyd v Google LLC [2019] EWCA Civ 1599 [2020] 2 WLR 484” ( Aven [195]). So, the award in Aven provided “ redress for the interference with autonomy” ( Aven [196]), which it is......
  • Petr Aven v Orbis Business Intelligence Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 8 July 2020
    ...interferes with the data subject's control over his data, even if this does not cause material damage or distress: Lloyd v Google LLC [2019] EWCA Civ 1599 [2020] 2 WLR 484. These, although not natural interpretations of the terms of s 13, have been held to be necessary by reason of the pare......
  • Harrison Jalla and Others v Royal Dutch Shell Plc
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Technology and Construction Court)
    • 2 March 2020
    ...at least arguably, the Claimants cannot be said to have the same interest: see, for example, the discussion in Lloyd v Google LLC [2019] EWCA Civ 1599 at [73]–[81]. The requirement of a common interest as a necessary prerequisite appears to be in accordance with Nigerian Law as explained b......
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12 firm's commentaries
  • Data Privacy Comparative Guide
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq UK
    • 26 January 2021
    ...of rogue employees is covered (typically, cover will be on the conditions that the preceding points are satisfied) Lloyd v Google LLC [2019] EWCA Civ 1599: This data protection class action against Google sets a precedent for representative opt-out style class actions for data protection br......
  • Data Protection Claims: Case Three: Lloyd V Google - No Easy Route For Mass Data Claims
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq UK
    • 10 February 2022
    ...long ago, following the Court of Appeal's judgment in the seminal case of Lloyd v Google LLC [2019] EWCA Civ 1599, commentators and media outlets predicted an era where organisations would be submerged in a rising tide of US-style 'class-action' data breach claims. On the contrary, 2021 has......
  • Data Protection Claims: Case Three: Lloyd V Google - No Easy Route For Mass Data Claims
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq UK
    • 10 February 2022
    ...long ago, following the Court of Appeal's judgment in the seminal case of Lloyd v Google LLC [2019] EWCA Civ 1599, commentators and media outlets predicted an era where organisations would be submerged in a rising tide of US-style 'class-action' data breach claims. On the contrary, 2021 has......
  • The De Minimis Principle In Practice. When Is A Data Breach Too Trivial To Found A Claim: Rolfe And Others V Veale Wasbrough Vizards LLP
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq UK
    • 10 November 2021
    ...[2016] QB 1003. Similarly, it is not in dispute that in principle loss of control of personal data can constitute damage: Lloyd v Google [2020] QB 747". However, the Court went on to observe that there remained the need for there to be "damage", quoting from Sir Geoffrey Vos in "I understoo......
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3 books & journal articles
  • United Kingdom
    • United States
    • ABA Antitrust Library Competition Laws Outside the United States. Volume II - Third Edition
    • 2 February 2020
    ...of other parties with the same interest. 1225. Emerald Supplies v. British Airways [2010] EWHC 1284 (Civ). 1226. Lloyd v. Google [2019] EWCA Civ 1599. 1227. Consumers’ Ass’n v. JJB Sports (CAT Case 1078/7/9/07). United Kingdom-218 (B) COLLECTIVE PROCEEDINGS ORDER The first stage in collecti......
  • Closing the Floodgates on Privacy Class Actions: Lloyd v Google LLC
    • United Kingdom
    • Wiley The Modern Law Review No. 86-1, January 2023
    • 1 January 2023
    ...Tim Ancev, Mohammud JaamaeHafeez-Baig, Jakub Patela for their comments and suggestions. All errors and omissions are my own.1 [2019] EWCA Civ 1599; [2020] QB 747 (Appeal Judgment).2 These include claims against TikTok, Facebook and Marr iott Hotels: see D. Barker, ‘Lloydv Google: Supreme Co......
  • Confidential Information and Data Protection
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2021, December 2021
    • 1 December 2021
    ...v Michael Reed [2021] SGHC 125 at [47]. It should also be noted here that the English Court of Appeal decision in Lloyd v Google LLC [2019] EWCA Civ 1599, which was relied upon by Reed on this point, has now been overturned by the UK Supreme Court: see Lloyd v Google LLC [2021] UKSC 50. 91 ......