Monckton Chambers has a well-established reputation for data protection and information law, with members also offering strong expertise in intersecting areas, including public and commercial law. Gerry Facenna KC, leading Nikolaus Grubeck, represents the Information Commissioner in TikTok’s appeal against a £12.7m fine imposed for breaches of UK data protection law, including failing to use children’s personal data lawfully. Harry Gillow also acted for the Information Commissioner in the Public Law Project appeal against a decision that they were not entitled to disclosure of the Home Office’s criteria for assessing sham marriages. In Karpichkov v NCA, Eric Metcalfe successfully represented the claimant resist a strike-out application brought by the National Crime Agency, with the High Court ruling that a former KGB double agent can sue the agency for data protection breaches related to personal information disclosed to the Latvian authorities.

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