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Michael Lynch sues SFO under Part 8 DPA 2018 for mutual legal assistance communications to challenge US prosecution; High Court of England and Wales hearing April 2024

Published on: 20 February 2024

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Lynch faces a California trial in March 2024 over alleged fraud linked to the US$11.7bn disposal of his software company, Autonomy, to Hewlett-Packard (HP). The founder filed a lawsuit against the anti-corruption body on 31 January 2024, following its refusal to release all the personal data he had sought from its files, in full. An SFO spokesperson stated on 19 February 2024 that the SFO would provide certain materials, though not the entirety of them, confirming only partial disclosure. Lynch’s lawyers will assess the papers before determining whether to press ahead with the claim, scheduled for a hearing in the English High Court in April 2024. The SFO concluded that the mutual legal assistance process in Lynch’s criminal matter was not confidential. He issued a Part 8 data protection claim against the SFO, requesting every exchange between the agency and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) or other US authorities from July 2015 to January 2019...

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