Paula Kelly

Data and Information Law

Paula accepts instructions in data protection, privacy and information law matters, particularly cases involving psychiatric injury. She regularly provides advice on liability and quantum, and drafts pleadings.

She was a Judicial Assistant to Mrs Justice Collins Rice in WFZ v BBC [2023] EWHC 1618 (KB), which concerned a high-profile individual under criminal investigation for sexual offences who obtained an interim injunction to prevent the BBC identifying him before a charging decision was made. The judgment clarified the scope of Bloomberg v ZXC [2022] UKSC 5 and raised novel questions about the interaction between Article 8, Article 6 and potential contempt of court.

Selected Cases

• Successfully represented a claimant whose home address was disclosed to her abusive ex-partner, against whom she had obtained a non-molestation order, leading to threats made by him against her and her children. Awarded over £11,000 at trial.
• Advised in a successful settlement by an individual whose highly sensitive medical data was sent to a patient with the same name.
• Successfully representing a young person whose gender identity was revealed to classmates by a teacher.
• Advising in ongoing claims against schools for breach of students’ data and misuse of their private information.