William McLoughlin BL

William McLoughlin BL is a barrister specialising in data protection, including mass claims in GDPR against banks and multinational companies and has lectured in Griffith College and Independent College. William recently succeeded in the Supreme Court case of Dillon v Irish Life Assurance plc [2025] IESC 37 in which upset, distress and anxiety, as ‘non-material damage’ under GDPR, is not a ‘personal injury’ under Irish law (and does not need PIAB/IRB authorisation). Practically all data protection actions in Ireland were effectively stayed until the Dillon ruling, which has now opened the floodgates on claims.