Valerie is very knowledgeable and always provides top-quality advice. She is a very personable lawyer who is always available and cooperative.
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Val’s specialities are in the areas of information technology, cybersecurity, data protection and other compliance matters (including anti-bribery & corruption; modern day slavery legislation, freedom of information compliance and competition law), intellectual property and brand management & protection, and commercial contracts (particularly in the areas of health & social care, medical devices and technology generally).
Val is listed in Who’s Who Legal 2023 as an expert in the areas of Data Privacy & Protection and Information Technology. She is also ranked in Chambers UK Guide to the Legal Profession for Data Protection & Information Law, Information Technology and Charity Law, and is described by clients as “brilliant, approachable and able to reduce the concepts down into words and phrases I can understand."
Ranked in Chambers UK for her work with charities and the not-for profit sector, she leads the firm’s Charities & Third Sector team where she has a particular interest in governance and trustee matters. Having previously been the Chair of the Independent Fundraising Standards and Adjudication Panel for Scotland, the independent body in Scotland which oversees complaints made about the fundraising practices of Scottish registered charities, she also has a focus on how governance relates to charity fundraising.
Val is also an Adjunct Professor at Loyola University in Chicago USA, where she teaches in the area of privacy law at the prestigious Beazley Institute for Health Law & policy.
The Information Commissioner’s Office can and does take action against organisations for failure to respond to Subject Access Requests (SARs) within an adequate timeframe. Here, we take the opportunity to explore how to deal with a SAR.
For a number of years now, TikTok has been under fierce scrutiny as to how it deals with children’s online data.
The Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Bill was introduced to the Scottish Parliament on 16 November 2022 following legislative proposals put forward by The Office of Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR).
