Daradjeet Jagpal
Daradjeet advises clients of all sizes from start-up businesses, well-known commercial brands to UK Government Departments and Scottish Government Directorates on Information Law matters. He was solely responsible for advising on all Information Law issues associated with the organisation, management, broadcasting, delivery and legacy of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.
He regularly contributes to legal and industry publications and has been asked to comment on developments in Information Law for: LexisNexis; the International Bar Association; Workplace Law Magazine; The Herald and The Scotsman newspapers; Scottish Legal News; Scottish Housing News; Inside Housing; and Third Force News.
He speaks widely at events and conferences. He was invited by the first Scottish Information Commissioner to address the Commissioner and an audience on the scope of the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 and their possible application to the private and other sectors in Scotland. Daradjeet’s submissions subsequently resulted in changes to the scope of the Regulations in the Commissioner’s Decision 118/2014 Mr X and Dunbritton Housing Association Ltd
(http://www.itspublicknowledge.info/ApplicationsandDecisions/Decisions/2014/201302209.aspx).
Daradjeet is a tutor and lecturer in the School of Law at the University of Glasgow, and has also been engaged by the University to develop and deliver a series of continuing professional education courses on Data Protection, Freedom of Information, and Environmental Information Law matters. He has separately been commissioned by the University to write and produce online training videos and associated test questions for University staff on data security matters. He was also a tutor at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.