Data Matters

APRIL 20, 2020

Case: WM Morrison Supermarkets plc v Various Claimants [2020] UKSC 12. In this case the employee had committed acts to further a personal vendetta rather than any objective of the employer, and there was no close connection between the acts of the employee and those that he was authorized to perform.

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IT Governance

APRIL 23, 2019

The Supreme Court has given Morrisons permission to appeal a ruling that found the supermarket liable for a data breach caused by a malicious insider. Morrisons argued that it wasn’t responsible for Skelton’s actions and that it had taken all the necessary precautions to secure employees’ data. Does Morrisons stand a chance?

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Hunton Privacy

APRIL 19, 2019

On October 22, 2018, the UK Court of Appeal upheld the High Court’s decision that VM Morrison Supermarkets PLC (“Morrisons”) was vicariously liable for a data breach caused by a disgruntled former employee, despite Morrisons being cleared of any wrongdoing ( VM Morrison Supermarkets PLC v Various Claimants ). Background.

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Data Protection Report

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Ordinarily, assets seized in a criminal investigation are forfeited to authorities 30 days after sentencing, unless a party can make an application under Criminal Code s. 1] NRF’s insurer client was represented by Andrew McCoomb and Tyler Morrison of Norton Rose Fulbright Canada’s Toronto office in this matter.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Morrisons is responsible for a data breach caused by a malicious insider, the High Court has ruled. Morrisons is both the victim – having been awarded £170,000 in compensation against Skelton – and vicariously liable. They are Morrisons checkout staff, shelf stackers, factory workers – ordinary people doing their jobs.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

APRIL 1, 2020

Today the Supreme Court allowed an appeal in Morrisons v Various Claimants1, a significant judgment addressing the extent of an employers’ liability for data breaches maliciously committed by an employee. Today, the Supreme Court upheld Morrisons’ appeal, finding that it was not vicariously liable for the criminal acts of Mr Skelton.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Morrisons #2 Court of Appeal. The Court of Appeal delivered its decision in the case of WM Morrisons Supermarkets Plc v Various Claimants ([2018] EWCA Civ 2339) in October, dismissing Morrisons’ appeal against an earlier decision from 2017 finding the supermarket vicariously liable for the actions of a former employee, Andrew Skelton.

Insurance 45

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