SYNOPSIS
Richard Field and Jarrad Knoetze of Appleby (Guernsey) LLP look at why data protection is not just a legal concept, but is part of our daily lives. Richard in his role as Chair of the Bailiwick of Guernsey Data Protection Association also discusses why building a network of privacy professionals is important for the island’s general wellbeing
KEY POINT
Data protection touches most aspects of our lives – we need to build understanding through community to safeguard our future society.
BIO
Richard Field is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution team at Appleby, specialising in corporate, trust and commercial litigation and regulatory matters. His regulatory focus is on data protection, AML and compliance, technology and eGaming. Richard is one of the global leads for Privacy and Data Protection at Appleby and is the Guernsey lead for the firm’s Technology and Innovation practice group. He was described in the 2021 edition of Legal 500 as “the go-to lawyer for data protection matters”.
Richard has acted for a range of local and global institutions on complex, cross-border disputes involving funds, banking and investment relationships and trusts. Many of the cases he has worked on involve fraud, asset-tracing and applications for injunctive relief, or regulatory issues (such as enforcement, AML, bribery or sanctions), often resulting in ground-breaking judgments, both in Guernsey and England.
He has been heavily involved in trust litigation, appearing in the trial of the Tchenguiz litigation in Guernsey, also advising on trustee removal, mistake and momentous decision applications, working along the firm’s private client team.
Richard has been working on data protection matters for some years and is recognised as being at the forefront of advising on Guernsey´s new Data Protection Law and GDPR. He sits on the States of Guernsey´s GDPR Industry Working Party, is involved in policy development and is both the chair of the Bailiwick’s Association of Data Protection Officers and a qualified GDPR Practitioner.
Jarrad Knoetze was admitted as an attorney of the High Court of South Africa in 2018, having trained and qualified at one of South Africa’s leading commercial law firms. Prior to joining Appleby, Jarrad’s experience was predominantly in contentious commercial and telecommunication litigation, class actions and white collar crime investigations.
Since joining Appleby in October 2019 as an associate in the Dispute Resolution department in Guernsey, Jarrad has been involved in acting for a variety of clients across Appleby’s client base, including trust companies and insolvency practitioners. He has been involved in a range of complex, cross-border disputes involving funds, banking and investment relationships and trusts and has also been involved in complex and high value insolvency matters.
Jarrad has also been involved in complex regulatory matters including data protection law, enforcements, fiduciary administration. He is also regularly involved in matters concerning all areas of employment law including, strategic advice and litigation.
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