Court of Appeal: Farley v Paymaster

Today the Court of Appeal handed down its judgement in Farley & Others v Paymaster (1836) Limited & Others [2025] EWCA Civ 1117.  It ruled it is not necessary to prove a “threshold of seriousness” when seeking damages for an infringement of data protection rights (under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Data Protection Act 2018).  This somewhat lowers the bar for seeking, and potentially obtaining, compensation.