>I feel sadly that the judiciary are imposing a restriction on access
rights that >were getting dangerously close to redressing an imbalance that
existed prior to 1998
The first SAR I dealt with, some years ago, was from a former employee of
the organisation concerned. The organisation's solicitor, fearing that the
data would be used to mount an action against the organisation, wanted to
refuse the request. His view was that the appropriate route for the former
employee to obtain the information was through pre-action discovery and
could not believe that the DPA "stood years of practice on its head". My
view, backed up later by counsel's opinion, was that that was exactly what
the DPA did in that sort of case.
I hope the judiciary are not going to take the solicitor's stance.
regards,
Graham
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