Paula Kelly

Data and Information Law

Paula accepts instructions in data protection, privacy and information law matters, particularly cases involving psychiatric injury.

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 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.
• 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.