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In the 2020 UK case of
Lees v Lloyds Bank plc EWHC 2249
(Ch) (24th August 2020), the High Court dismissed a claim against
Lloyds Bank for alleged failures to provide adequate responses to
Mr Lees data subject access requests ( DSARs ) in
breach of the Data Protec tion Act 2018 ( DPA 2018 ) and
the GDPR. Having decided that Lloyds Bank had adequately responded
to the DSARs, the High Court discussed its discretion to refuse an
order compelling compliance where a claimant demonstrates that a
defendant has not responded to a DSAR in accordance with the
relevant legislation. Although this section of the Court s
judgment was obiter dicta , and therefore persuasive