EU & Human Rights

Smith v United Kingdom - 54357/15 (Admissibility)

[2017] ECHR 805European Court of Human Rights2017

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The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 28 March 2017 as a Committee composed of:

�� Kristina Pardalos, President, �� Robert Spano, �� Tim Eicke, judges, and Renata Degener, Deputy Section Registrar,

The applicant, Mr David Smith, is a British national, who was born in 1965 and lives in Goldhanger.

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In February 2009 the Information Commissioner�s Office (�ICO�) uncovered a database managed by an organisation which worked in secret, known as The Consulting Association (�CA�). The database held details of the trade union membership and trade union activity of over three thousand industrial workers, predominantly from the construction sector.

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