Judge calls for Irish claims data law change

The chairman of Ireland's Personal Injuries Commission,
Justice Nicholas Kearns, has said the country's data protection
laws may need to be changed to bring it in line with the UK.
Speaking at a seminar at the Lloyd's Old Library last week,
Kearns said work to establish a data repository of uninsured
drivers in Ireland had progressed slowly, and warned that the
government's view that the repository would be run by a public
body rather than the industry "did not bode...