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Well I, and my family took several tests with this firm - and I am very upset about this.

I will be speaking to a barrister today or on Monday to explore what, if any, remedies we can seek over this in court.

Please if anyone could recommend a London-based barrister who specialises in this sort of matter by DM or in reply that would be much appreciated.

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You may want a solicitor rather than a barrister.

Historically (in the UK) barristers specialised in arguing before a judge, while solicitors did the rest of the job. This division has now been relaxed a bit, but what you are asking about would normally be the solicitors part of the job I think.

Don't have any specific recommendations for lawyers.

Thanks for clarifying the difference.

I used them once as there was no one else who’d give us a rapid test in time. Have emailed their support. Curious to see the answer.

Barrister would be the heavy option, but complaints to the ICO and health authorities also an option.

Better to send them an email than a real letter in the post, otherwise they could sell the dna on the stamp.

Stamps are self adhesive now, for this reason and others.

https://www.lawsociety.org.uk is the professional association for lawyers in England. Any reputable firm will be registered with it and you can search the register for some potential firms to approach. Edit: It's not the regulator that's a different body.

I’d start by looking into the company and related companies at companies house. If you have the time and patience you might find something that’s newsworthy enough to make politicians act to prevent misuse of data, cheaper and more effective than private litigation.

[1] https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/c...

If you're really angry you should look into a class action lawsuit, maybe someone is starting one. Contact your representative(s) state and federal with personal letters of concern. They are always looking for stuff like this to further their names and fame.

This story is happening in the UK, and PP asked for a "London-based barrister", and class-action suits, states, representatives and the Federal government are American things.

Since US law is heavily based on British law all I can say is uhhhhh.....

https://nypost.com/2022/01/14/facebook-faces-massive-lawsuit...

Britain has populous based representative system so they have representatives: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_the_United_Kingd...

Britain does have an elected government so they can contact their government for help.

I don't understand your attack? The meat of my argument is true and you are attacking small details which is a cheap illogical tactic.

He's not attacking the argument. He's attacking that the rest of the world isn't like America here, which, was kinda strongly emphasised in the post...

In the UK, parties to a lawsuit can apply to the court for a group litigation order, which groups the lawsuits together and allows parties to join. They are somewhat analogous to American class actions.

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