ACTION FOR DATA BREACH SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN BROUGHT IN THE HIGH COURT: SMALL CLAIMS TRACK MOST PROBABLY THE APPROPRIATE VENUE

In  Stadler v Currys Group Ltd [2022] EWHC 160 (QB)  HHJ Lewis (sitting as a Judge of the High Court) was critical of the claimant's decision to issue proceedings for a data breach claim in the High Court.  Such proceedings are best litigated on the small claims track. If it were not for the existen...