Comments on: Serial Litigants beware!

By: Can Recruiters Relax on Age Discrimination In Advertisements? | Age Discrimination | Jobsworth by Michael Scutt

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 18:05:57 +0000

[...] graduate”. I have written about the issues concerning serial litigants before (see here, here and [...]

By: Truly I can see the Future | Data Protection | Jobsworth by Michael Scutt

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:01:44 +0000

[...] Serial Litigants Beware [...]

By: James Medhurst

James Medhurst — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:19:18 +0000

I really do not agree that there are no data protection issues. For example, say that company X completes a search form requesting information about Y. This is data and Y is likely to be entitled to know the identity of the company conducting the search on him. This means that the confidentiality of company X is compromised. I notice that the website covers itself by saying that information about clients will be released as required by law and that would presumably include situations in which the Information Commissioner has made a ruling.

In the case of genuine serial litigants, this does not really matter, because there is no real advantage in finding out who knows about it. However, in the case of companies who abuse the scheme for other purposes, they are at risk of getting found out.

By: Gordon Turner

Gordon Turner — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:39:20 +0000

Dear Michael

Read your blog just now and thanks for the support. Damian McCarthy of Cloisters Chambers and I were immediately contacted by the ICO when we first raised the possibility of a database and have decided to opt for a search system rather than record keeping. The end result is the same but the means keep DPA out of the frame.

It actually works very well. We had a briefing today at Chancery Lane and lots of people/press came. The website –www.serial-litigants.com explains all. In each case where we have helped with claim history, the contact has achieved a strike out so fingers crossed.

Regards,

Gordon Turner

By: James Medhurst

James Medhurst — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:44:49 +0000

Hmm. I wonder if this company would refuse a request from an employer who did not actually have a current claim against it! At £99 a pop, I rather doubt it.