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Secretary of State for Business and Trade v Alexander Greensill
Open justice – Article 8 – Pre-hearing access to witness statements – Non-parties
Various Claimants v NGN (TPI)
TPI - Phone Hacking Litigation - Limitation
Bermuda Press (Holdings) Limited v Tamine
Breach of confidence – misuse of private information – interim injunctions
Baroness Lawrence & Ors v Associated Newspapers Ltd
Summary judgment – strike out – misuse of private information – limitation
Pendragon Plc v Person(s) Unknown
Breach of Confidence – Blackmail – Injunction Against Person(s) Unknown – Application for continuation of interim injunction on return date – Default judgment – Derogations from Open Justice
Guardian News & Media v The Executor of HRH Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh (deceased) & Her Majesty’s Attorney-General
Open Justice - Non-Contentious Probate Proceedings - Whether the media has a right to be heard in proceedings in which it is not a party - Whether the President of the Family Division should have held a private hearing not on notice to the media - the role of the Attorney-General
The Ince Group plc v Person(s) Unknown
Interim Injunction application - Ransonware attack - Data breach - blackmail - breach of confidence - private hearing
Stadler v Currys Group Ltd
Data protection – misuse of private information – breach of confidence – negligence – smart devices – Jameel – de minimis – allocation
R (on the application of Newsquest Media Group Ltd) v Legally Qualified Chair of the Police Misconduct Tribunal
Open justice – anonymity – statutory disciplinary proceedings
Johnson v Eastlight Community Homes
Data Protection – Misuse of Private Information – Breach of Confidence – Negligence – Jameel – De Minimis – Allocation
Canary Riverside Estate Management Ltd & Ors v Coates
Confidentiality – Abuse of Process – Amendments – Confidentiality Club – Disclosure
Duchess of Sussex v Associated Newspapers Ltd
Misuse of private information-breach of copyright-summary judgment and/or strike out of defence
Soriano v Forensic News & ors
Libel - section 9 Defamation Act 2013 - jurisdiction - service-out - forum conveniens - malicious falsehood - GDPR - data protection - establishment - extra-territoriality - service gateways - centre of interests
Gerrard & Anor v (1) ENRC Ltd (2) Diligence International LLC
Covert surveillance – harassment – strike out - legal professional privilege
Wan-Bissaka & Anor v Bentley
Greenstein v Campaign against Antisemitism
Defamation - Libel - s3, Defamation Act 2013 - Honest Opinion - Malice - Truth - Spent Convictions - Whether the Defendant should be granted summary judgment - Whether the malice plea should be struck out -
Data Protection - Misuse of Private Information - Spent Convictions- Abuse of Process
JQL v NTP
Privacy - breach of confidence - social media - real and substantial tort - general damages - aggravated damages - injunctive relief
Fortescue Metals Group & anor v (1) Argus Media Ltd (2) S&P Global Inc
Breach of Confidence - Trade Secrets - Injunction - Public Interest
CWD v Nevitt & Ors
Privacy - defamation - anonymity - r16 order - reporting restrictions - s11 Contempt of Court Act 1981
ZXC v Bloomberg LP
Misuse of Private Information – Breach of Confidence – Data Protection Act 1998 – Article 8 – Article 10 – criminal investigations – letter of request – journalism
BVG v LAR (No 2)
Blackmail - Privacy - Misuse of Private Information - Harassment - Summary Judgment - Final Injunction
WM Morrison Supermarkets plc (Appellant) v Various Claimants (Respondents)
Vicarious liability – Data Protection Act 1998 – Misuse of private information – Breach of confidence
DSM SFG Group Holdings Limited v Kelly
Breach of Confidence - Harassment - Discharge of Undertakings to the Court - The extent, if at all, that it is permissible for a litigant to rely on confidential information, obtained by covert recording of another's premises, to support a legal claim before that litigant has established the right to use that information
UKIP Ltd v Braine & Ors
Injunction - Without Notice - Blackmail - Disclosure - Breach of Confidence – s.12, Human Rights Act 1998 - Interim Non-Disclosure Orders
UUU v BBB
Blackmail - Harassment - Legitimate Expectation of Privacy - ECHR Article 8 - "Without Prejudice" privilege - Anonymity - Private Hearing - Practice Guidance: Interim Non-Disclosure Orders
SOJ v JAO
Injunction - Without Notice - Private Hearing- Anonymity - Blackmail - Data Protection - Privacy - Confidentiality - s12, Human Rights Act 1998
AAA v Rakoff
Injunction - Privacy – Anonymity - Expedition
BVC v EWF (No. 2)
Injunction - Privacy - Harassment - jurisdiction - summary judgment
BVG v LAR (No 1)
Blackmail - Privacy - Misuse of Private Information - Harassment - Interim Injunction- Non-Disclosure Application
R (oao TT) v The Registrar General for England and Wales
Anonymity - Parties to proceedings - Article 8 - Article 10 - rights of children
Choudhrie v Choudhrie
Declaration – Breach of confidence – Marital confidence – Strike out - Jameel Abuse
Linklaters LLP & Linklaters Business Services v Mellish
Breach of Confidence - Injunctions
Various Claimants v Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC
Data Protection Act 1998 – Misuse of private information – Breach of confidence – Vicarious Liability
BVC v EWF
Privacy - injunction - internet publication - jurisdiction - special jurisdiction - Lugano Convention - centre of interests
Hemsworth (formerly ‘SWS’) v Department for Work and Pensions
Anonymity | Open Justice | Misuse of Private Information | Statements in Open Court
PML v Person(s) Unknown
Breach of Confidence – Blackmail - Injunction Against Person(s) Unknown – Application for continuation of interim injunction on return date – Derogations from Open Justice
(1) NT1 & (2) NT2 v Google LLC
"right to be forgotten" - Google Search engine - de-listing - Data Protection Act 1998 - misuse of private information - spent convictions - Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 - Google Spain SL & another v Agencia Espanola de Proteccion de Datos (AEPD) and another Case C-131/12 - Article 29 Working Party Guidelines
NPV v QEL & ZED
Interim Injunction - Misuse of Private Information - Harassment - Protection from Harassment Act 1997 - Blackmail - Derogations from Open Justice - Anonymity - Private Hearing - Without Notice to the Defendants
R (on the application of Emblin) v Commissioners for HM Revenue & Customs
Judicial Review -Breach of Confidence - Legal Professional Privilege - Suspected Tax Avoidance Schemes - No Confidence in Iniquity - Inducement to Breach Confidence - Alternative Remedies - s.316B Finance Act 2004 (voluntary disclosure to HMRC not restricted by any duty of confidentiality) - Data Protection Act 1998
AXB v BXA
Harassment – Misuse of Private Information – Deceit – Anonymity – Injunction
Clarkson Plc v Person or Persons Unknown
Breach of Confidence - Injunction Against Person(s) Unknown - Application for Default Judgment and permanent injunction on paper - CPR 23.8 - Derogations from Open Justice
Appleby Global Group LLC v (1) British Broadcasting Corporation and (2) Guardian News and Media Limited
Breach of Confidence - Specialist lists - Transfer
Clarkson Plc v Person or Persons Unknown
Injunction - Breach of Confidence - Return Date - Derogations from Open Justice
LJY v Persons Unknown
Privacy - libel - harassment - injunction - blackmail
Various Claimants v WM Morrisons Supermarket PLC
In a trial of liability for breach of the Data Protection Act 1998, misuse of private information and breach of confidence: where a then employee of the D had made a copy of the Cs’ private/confidential information held on D’s payroll and uploaded it to the internet, was D liable either on a direct or vicarious liability basis?
Data Protection Act 1998 – Misuse of private information – Breach of confidence – Vicarious liability – DPP7
Brevan Howard Asset Management LLP v Reuters Limited & another
Appeal - Interim Injunction – Breach of Confidence – Public Interest – Prior Restraint – Open Justice
Blue v Ashley v Times Newspapers Limited
Open Justice - Disclosure - Application by a non-party for court documents - Power of the court to provide documents to a non-party - CPR 5.4C - CPR 32.12 - CPR 32.13
Sir Cliff Richard OBE v (1) The British Broadcasting Corporation (2) Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police
Interim Application - Request for Further Information – Journalistic Sources – Misuse of Private Information – Articles 6, 8 & 10 ECHR.
Brevan Howard Asset Management LLP v Reuters Ltd, Maiya Keidan & Persons Unknown
Interim Injunction - Breach of Confidence – Public Interest – Prior Restraint – Open Justice
Bains, Kazan-Allen & VNP v Moore, K2 Intelligence Ltd & Bigazzi
Breach of Confidence- Misuse of Private Information - Breach of statutory duty under the Data Protection Act 1998 - Interim Remedies - Delivery Up - Procedure - need for Particulars of Claim
ERY v Associated Newspapers Limited
R ((1) Ingenious Media Holdings plc and (2) Mr Patrick McKenna) v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs
Ingenious Media v HMRC – Judicial Review – Breach of Confidence – “off the record” – publicity – Supreme Court – statutory construction – common law
Alcott v Ashworth (No. 2)
1980 Hague Convention - Children Act 1989 - Administration of Justice Act 1960 - Open Justice - Transparency - Family Courts - child abduction - privacy injunctions - reporting the courts - contempt of court
(1) Pippa Middleton (2) James Matthews v Persons Unknown
Injunction - persons unknown - misuse of private information - data protection - breach of confidence - copyright
AQA v Newsquest & ors
Injunctions - Misuse of Private Information - Without Notice - section 12 Human Rights Act - Open Justice - Coroners' Court
Richardson v (1) Trinity Mirror (Merseyside) Ltd (2) Neil Docking
Libel – report of court proceedings - qualified privilege – rehabilitation of offenders – privacy – negligence - harassment
TLT v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Data Protection - privacy - misue of personal information – damage under the Data Protection Act 1998 – quantum in data protection claims – evidence in data protection claims
PJS v News Group Newspapers Ltd (SC)
PJS v News Group Newspapers – Privacy – Injunction – Court of Appeal – Article 8 – Article 10 – Sun on Sunday – Publicity - Permission to Appeal - Appeal - Supreme Court - whether to uphold decision of Court of Appeal to discharge interim injunction
Sarah Lynette Webb v Lewis Silkin LLP
Misuse of private information – Statements in Open Court – Freedom of Expression – Privacy
PJS v News Group Newspapers (2)
PJS v News Group Newspapers - Privacy - Injunction - Court of Appeal - Article 8 - Article 10 - Sun on Sunday - Publicity
Axon v Ministry of Defence
Privacy - Misuse of Personal Information - Breach of Confidence - Reasonable Expectation of Privacy - Vicarious Liability - Limitation - Operation Elveden
PJS v News Group Newspapers
Privacy - Injunction - Misuse of Private Information - Article 8 - Article 10 - Balancing exercise - Correcting the Record - Rights of Children
Richardson v Facebook; Richardson v Google (UK) Ltd
Defamation – privacy – identity of defendant - definition of publisher – liability of ISPs
JPH v XYZ (No 2)
Privacy - injunction - revenge porn - anonymity - Article 8 ECHR - Article 10 ECHR - unless order - debarring order
JPH v XYZ (No 1)
Privacy - without notice injunction - "revenge porn" - disclosure order - service by email
In the matter of an application by JR38 for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland)
Article 8 – reasonable expectation of privacy – children – crime – police – Northern Ireland – publication of private information – data protection
YXB v TNO
Footballer refused injunction over alleged blackmail plot
Rufus v Elliott (preliminary issue)
Defamation - Libel - Meaning - Trial - Preliminary Issue
CG v Facebook Ireland Ltd
Privacy - harassment - online publication - Facebook - publicising sex offender's identity and whereabouts - injunction - take-down
Wilson v Ferguson
Mahmood v BBC
Privacy - Interim Injunction - Articles 2, 3, 8 and 10 of the European Convention - Permission to Appeal - Whether Permission to Appeal should be given to appeal judgment below - Whether there was a risk to the applicant's life from showing his appearance on a television programme
OPO (a child by BHM his litigation friend) v MLA
Injunction application - misuse of private information - negligence - Wilkinson v Downton - psychiatric harm - jurisdiction
PNM v Times Newspapers Ltd (CA)
Privacy – identification – criminal proceedings – reporting restrictions - open justice - article 8 - article 10
Hannon v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Striking out - cause of action - defamation - privacy
AVB v TDD
Privacy – Harassment – Breach of Confidence – Breach of Contract - Damages - Injunction
Weller v Associated Newspapers Limited
Misuse of private information- Data protection- Human rights- Photographs- Reasonable expectation of privacy- Children- Freedom of expression
R (Evans) v Attorney General
freedom of information - privacy - advocacy correspondence - Prince of Wales - executive power under s.53(2) of FOIA 2000 - reasonableness
Vidal-Hall v Google Inc
Privacy - Breach of Confidence - Data Protection - misuse of private information - damage under the Data Protection Act
Lillo-Stenberg v Norway
Privacy - Photographs - wedding - Article 8 - Article 10 - European Court of Human Rights
PNM v Times Newspapers Ltd
Privacy - identification - criminal proceedings - reporting restrictions - open justice - article 8 - article 10
von Hannover v Germany (No. 3)
Privacy - human rights - public interest - public figure - debate of general interest - photographs
AAA v Associated Newspapers Ltd (CA)
Privacy - injunction - expectation of privacy - public interest - best interest of child
R (T) v Greater Manchester Chief Constable (CA)
Cautions and convictions - rehabilitation of offenders - disclosure - Article 8
Ambrosiadou v Coward
Privacy - final injunctions - third parties - Spycatcher
RocknRoll v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Privacy - Injunction - Expectation of Privacy - Public Figure - Public Domain - Public Interest
Bristol City Council v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Care Proceedings – Publication of Facts and Reasons from Family Proceedings Court – Injunction – Article 10 – Article 8
Abbey v Gilligan
Privacy- Confidence- Media Law - Public Interest - Abuse of Process - Whether a consultant to a company had title to sue in respect of company emails obtained by the Defendants and used in the publication of an article - whether the obtaining of the emails was a breach of confidence or misuse of private information - whether the publication of the article was a breach of confidence or misuse of private information - whether there was a public interest in publishing emails - whether the action was an abuse of process
Fairstar Heavy Transport NV v Adkins
Examination of emails - Information as property – property in the content of an email
McClaren v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Privacy - misuse of private information - interim injunction - public figure - public interest - kiss and tell
C v Holland
New Zealand - privacy - seclusion - intimate personal space and activity - intrusion - C in shower - D installed video device - recordings made - C discovered - claim for damages - whether NZ law recognises intrusion tort - review of US and English law - liability established - damages to be assessed
King v Sunday Newspapers Ltd
King- Sunday Newspapers- Northern Ireland- personal injury- harassment- misuse of private information- Article 2 ECHR- Article 3 ECHR- Article 8 ECHR- costs order appeal- basis of costs order- injunction- damages
MXB v East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust
Open justice - reporting - clinical negligence - child - settlement - approval - Children and Young Persons Act 1933 - section 39 - reporting online - anonymity - CPR 39.2(4) - CPR 5.4C - orders for anonymity and reporting restrictions made - orders prohibiting third party access to court file made
WXY v Gewanter
WXY- Gewanter- Positive Profile- Burby- injunction- privacy- harassment- confidentiality- terms of draft order- whether information has entered the public domain- identity of claimant- fade factor- disclosure of persons to whom documents published- disclosure of funders of litigation
Levi v Bates
Harassment - Protection from Harassment Act - privacy - personal injury - level of damages
Trimingham v Associated Newspapers Ltd
Misuse of private information – Harassment – Breach of statutory duty pursuant to s.85 of the Copyright Designs and Patent Act 1988 – Protection from Harassment Act 1997 - Claim for damages and injunction – Article 8 - Article 10 - Freedom of Expression
CVB v MGN Ltd
Privacy and Confidence - Anonymity - Pre-action application - Notice to Defendant - CPR Part 16 - CPR Practice Directions 7A and 16 - CPR Rule 5.4C
Contostavlos v Mendahun
Interim Injunction - Privacy - Video footage - Internet
Giggs (previously known as CTB) v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Privacy - misuse of private information - CPR 3.9 - strike out - relief from sanction - procedure
Gold v Cox (No.2)
Confidentiality - misuse of private information - interim injunction - adjourned hearing - form of proviso to injunction - burden of proof
Spelman v Express Newspapers (No. 2)
Injunction - Privacy - Public Interest - Bonnard v Perryman - Minors - Article 8 - Article 10
Viagogo Ltd v (1) Paul Myles (2) Hardcash Productions (3) Channel Four Corporation
Breach of confidence - Interim Injunction - Commercial confidence - Employment contract - Express confidentiality clause - Surreptitious filming - Secret filming - Public Interest
Gold v Cox (No.1)
Confidentiality - misuse of private information - interim injunction - procedure
Spelman v Express Newspapers (No.1)
Injunction - Privacy - Public Interest - Bonnard v Perryman - Anonymity of Parties - Minors - Article 8 - Article 10 - Preservation of Anonymity pending appeal
von Hannover v Germany (No. 2)
Privacy - Photographs - Article 8 - public figure- public interest - injunction - debate of general interest
Axel Springer AG v Germany
Article 8 - Article 10 - privacy - reputation - freedom of expression
Cooper v Turrell
Libel - breach of confidence - misuse of private information - assessment of damages - injunctions
STU v UVW
Misuse of private information - interim injunction - anonymity - open justice
CTB v News Group Newspapers
CPR 53 PD 6.3 - statements in open court - privacy - misuse of private information - part 36
Ferdinand v MGN Ltd
Misuse of private information - Breach of confidence - Balancing Exercise - Article 8 Right to Privacy - Article 10 Right to Freedom of Expression - Public interest - False or misleading image - Debate of General Interest - Footballers - Kiss and Tell
Hutcheson v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Privacy - Injunction - Public interest - s 12(3) Human Rights Act
CTB v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Privacy - Misuse of private information - Article 8, European Convention on Human Rights - Interim injunction - Blackmail - Anonymity - Public domain
Morgan v A Local Authority (Re X, Y and Z)
Family Proceedings – Publicity – Identification of experts – Disclosure of expert reports to media
Mosley v UK
Article 8, ECHR - Right to respect for private life - Victim status - Domestic remedies - Positive obligations - Availability of injunctive relief - Margin of appreciation - No violation
OPQ v BJM
Privacy - Human Rights - Injunctive relief - Injunctions - Spycatcher - Contra mundum - third parties - media
H and L v A City Council (CA)
Human rights - Article 8 - Right to respect for private and family life - Judicial review - Disclosure of conviction by local authority - Procedural safeguards - Local authority powers
Ambrosiadou v Coward (CA)
Privacy – interim injunction – document created for foreign matrimonial proceedings supplied by Defendant to media in this jurisdiction – whether judge should have granted injunction despite assurance given by Counsel on Defendant’s behalf – relevance of ‘Spycatcher’ doctrine
Goldsmith & Anor v BCD; Khan v BCD
Privacy - Injunction – Anonymity order – 'Super-injunction' – Article 8 ECHR - Failure to serve proceedings on defendant – Breach of undertaking - Final order
RJA v AJR
Privacy - Breach of Confidence - Misuse of Private Information - Derogations from Open Justice - Whether the hearing should take place in private - whether anonymity should be continued
A (A Child) v Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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A (A Child) v Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Open justice - reporting - clinical negligence - child - settlement - approval - Children and Young Persons Act 1933 - section 39 - criteria for order prohibiting identification - order made under section 39 - question is whether sufficient general public interest in a report which identified the claimant to justify any resulting curtailmment of his and his family's right to respect for private life - no such general interest - risk object of proceedings would be defeated
Re Baby RB (Press Injunction)
Family proceedings - Reporting restrictions - Article 8 - Article 10
Hirschfeld v McGrath
Misuse of private information - Confidentiality - Marital confidences - Injunction - Consent order - Undertakings - Anonymity - Reporting proceedings
JIH v News Group Newspapers Ltd (CA)
Injunction - Anonymity order - Privacy - Misuse of private information - Open justice - Article 8 ECHR - Article 10 ECHR - Reporting restrictions
MGN Ltd v UK
Human Rights - Breach of Confidence - Invasion of Privacy - Misuse of Private Information - Article 8 - Article 10 -European Convention on Human Rights - whether the award of damages for breach of confidence due to the publication of details concerning Ms Naomi Campbell's treatment for drug addiction, together with the impugned photographs, constituted a disproportionate interference with MGN's right to freedom expression under article 10
Human Rights- - Breach of Confidence - Invasion of Privacy - Misuse of Private Information - - Article 8 - Article 10 -European Convention on Human Rights - Costs - Conditional Fee Agreement - Success Fees - whether the award of costs, including success fees, constituted a disproportionate interference with MGN's right to freedom of expression under article 10
CDE v MGN Ltd
Privacy - Breach of confidence - Interim injunction - Article 8 ECHR - Right to private life - Article 10 ECHR - Freedom of expression - Public interest - Balancing exercise - Anonymity of parties
ABC Ltd v Y
Court file - 'Sealing' file - Form of order sealing file - Access to documents - Non-party - CPR 5.4C - Use in other litigation - Threshold requirements
XJA v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Injunction – Anonymity order – Privacy – Misuse of private information – Open justice – Articles 8, 10 ECHR
KGM v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Privacy - injunction - public interest - threat to publish
KJH v HGF
Privacy - Interim injunction - Anonymisation - Blackmail
JIH v News Group Newspapers (No 2)
Injunction - Anonymity order - Privacy - Misuse of private information - Open justice - Articles 8, 10 ECHR
Donald v Ntuli
Privacy - Injunctions - Arts 8 and 10 ECHR - Anonymity of parties - Non-disclosure of fact of injunction
Gray v UVW
Privacy - Injunction - Anonymity - Undertakings - ECHR, Articles 8, 10
Saaristo v Finland
Freedom of Expression - Article 10, European Convention on Human Rights - Privacy - Conviction for violation of privacy - Publication of private information relating to extra-marital affair between political candidate and aide - Fine, damages and costs awarded - Whether necessary in a democratic society
AMM v HXW
Privacy - Interim injuction - Blackmail - Anonymity - European Convention on Human Rights, Articles 8, 10
Driza v Mirror Group Newspapers Ltd
Libel - privacy - limitation period - publication - abuse of process
BBC v HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Interim injunction – Confidential information - Human Rights Act 1998, s.12(3) – Likelihood of establishing at trial that publication should not be allowed – Public domain
TUV v Persons Unknown
Ex parte injunctions - Privacy - "Persons unknown" - Service on media defendants
Fulham FC v West Ham United
Arbitration - FA Premier League - previous Award between different parties - admissibility - confidentiality -publication of determination
A v B (EAT)
Anonymity - Jurisdiction to anonymise - Employment Appeal Tribunal - Freedom of expression - Restricted reporting orders
Terry (previously ‘LNS’) v Persons Unknown
Interim injunctions - Privacy - Confidence - Articles 6, 8 and 10, ECHR - Human Rights Act, s 12(3) - CPD25PD
Guardian News and Media Ltd & Ors in HM Treasury v Ahmed & Ors
Anonymity orders - Article 8 & 10 - Freedom of expression - Privacy - Reputation - Reporting restrictions
In re Guardian News and Media Ltd
Human rights - private life - reputation - freedom of expression - persons designated as suspected terrorists - challenge to designation - anonymity orders - press challenge - application to lift orders - correct approach
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council v BBC
Injunctions - Private and confidential information - Threat to publish - CPR PD 25 - Human Rights Act 1998, s 12
Gillan & Quinton v UK
Terrorism Act 2000 - ss.44 and 45 - Stop and search powers - Whether disproportionate interference with Article 8 ECHR - Right to respect for privacy - Whether in accordance with the law
Re Ward; sub nom Dr A & Others v Ward & Ward
Care Proceedings - Anonymity - Expert witnesses - Contra mundum injunctions - Publication of information relating to the proceedings - s.12 Administration of Justice Act 1960 - Article 8 - Privacy
Financial Times Ltd & Ors v United Kingdom
Article 10 - Freedom of Expression - Journalists' Sources - Breach of Confidence - Norwich Pharmacal Orders - Whether necessary in a democratic society
Imerman v Imerman
Family law - Ancillary relief - Use of confidential information obtained secretly - Irregularly obtained information - Articles 6 and 8, ECHR
BKM Ltd v BBC
Injunctions - Privacy - Article 8 - Freedom of expression - Article 10 - Human Rights Act 1998, ss. 12(3) and (4)
G & G v Wikimedia Foundation Inc
Privacy – Confidence – Disclosure – Norwich Pharmacal Orders – Anonymity – Hearing in private - Restricting access to court file – Open justice - rr.5.4C(4), 39.2(1), 39.2(3), Civil Procedure Rules 1998
Independent News and Media Ltd & Ors v A
Reporting restrictions - Court of Protection - Article 10 - Freedom of expression - Article 8 - Respect for privacy
Martin v Channel Four Television Corporation & Others
Interim injunctions - Privacy - Contract - Human Rights Act 1998, s.12 - CPR 25.2(2)(b)
R (on the application of L) v Comr of Police of the Metropolis
Judicial review – Enhanced criminal record certificate - Inclusion of information in certificate - Declaration of incompatibility - Police Act 1997, s.115(7) – Privacy – Article 8
White v Withers LLP & Ors (CA)
Interference with goods - Ancillary relief - Interception of spouses' personal documents - Hildebrand documents - Provision of documents to solicitors - Solicitors' liability
Department of Health v (1) Information Commissioner (2) Pro Life Alliance
Freedom of information - Data protection - s. 40 Freedom of Information Act 2000 (personal information exemption) - s.44 Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure prohibited by an enactment) - Abortion statistics - Anonymisation - Abortion Regulations 1991 - Pro Life Alliance
RST v UVW
Article 10 - Freedom of expression - Article 8 - Respect for privacy - s.12 Human Rights Act 1998 - Privacy – Confidence – Interim injunction
ASG v GSA
Privacy – Injunction - Interim injunction - Without notice - Appeal against refusal to grant injunction – Section 12 Human Rights Act 1998 - ECHR, Articles 8, 10
HMRC v Banerjee
Confidentiality - Private information - Anonymity - Open justice - Order for anyonymity sought after public hearing - Tax and financial information
Attorney-Generals Reference No. 3 of 1999 Application by the BBC to set aside or vary a Reporting Restriction Order
Criminal procedure – Reporting restrictions – Broadcasters – Anonymity - Identity of defendant acquitted of rape - Art. 8 European Convention of Human Rights - Art.10 European Convention of Human Rights - s. 6(1) Human Rights Act 1998 - s. 35 Criminal Appeal Act 1968 – Criminal Appeal (Reference of Points of Law) Rules 1973
The Author of a Blog v Times Newspapers Ltd
Confidence – Privacy – Disclosure of identity of author of pseudonymous blog
Guardian News & Media Ltd v Information Commissioner
Freedom of Information Act 2000 - Privacy - Data Protection Act 1998 - Disciplinary action - Judges - Publication - Public interest - Administration of justice - Constitutional Reform Act 2005 - Reasonable expectation of privacy
Webster & Ors v The Governors of the Ridgway Foundation School
Privacy - Proportionality - Specific disclosure - Redaction - Witness statements - CPR rr.31.3, 31.12, 31.14 - Article 8, ECHR - Data Protection
Wood v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis (CA)
Privacy - Judicial review - Photographs - Public place - Police photographing individual associating with convicted criminal - Articles 8, 10, 11, 14, European Convention on Human Rights
Napier & Another v Pressdram Ltd
Breach of confidence - injunction - disciplinary investigations - privacy - Legal Services Ombudsman - s.23 Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 - s. 44D & s. 44E Solicitors Act 1974 - Legal Services Act 2007
Re Stedman & Patten (& Others)
Reporting restrictions - Family - Children - Injunctions - Article 10 - Freedom of expression - Article 8 - Respect for privacy and family life - Public domain - 'Canute' principle - s.12 Human Rights Act 1998
Egeland v Norway
Freedom of expression - Article 10 - Photographs - Court reporting - Article 8 - Privacy
Barclays Bank PLC v Guardian News & Media Ltd
Breach of confidence - Injunction - Documents available on internet - Whether documents remained confidential - Human Rights Act 1998, s.12(4) - Freedom of expression - Public interest - Whether injunction proportionate interference with right
Eerikäinen & Ors v Finland
Freedom of Expression - Privacy – European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1950 Article 10 – Freedom of the press - Reporting on pending criminal proceedings – Photos - Public interest
WER v REW
Privacy - Injunctions - Evidence about allegedly private information - Truth or falsity - Public domain - Notification of media - Spycatcher principle
Reklos and Davourlis v Greece
European Convention on Human Rights - Article 8 – Right to respect for private and family life –Photography – Consent – New-born baby
F & Anor, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Sentencing – Human rights – Sex offenders – Notification requirements - Proportionality - European Convention on Human Rights, Art 8 – Right to respect for private and family life - Sexual Offences Act 2003 – Declaration of incompatibility - Disproportionate interference
Armonienë v Lithuania
Privacy - Article 8 ECHR - Freedom of expression - Article 10 ECHR - Damages - Public interest - Private information - Medical information
Briscoe Mitchell v Hodder & Stoughton Ltd & Anr, Associated Newspapers Limited (non-party)
Defamation action – Witness summons – Non-party disclosure – CPR 31.17
White v Withers LLP & Dearle
Privacy - Breach of confidence - Wrongful interference with property - Misuse of private information - Matrimonial proceedings - Personal documents - Hildebrand documents - Solicitors' liability
H v Tomlinson
Privacy - Human Rights Act claim for an Article 8 right to reputation - Defamation - Justification - Common sting
Applause Store Productions Ltd & Firsht v Raphael
Libel - Privacy - Internet publication - Social networking website - Quantum
Mosley v News Group Newspapers Ltd (No 3)
Privacy - Reasonable expectation of privacy - Public interest -Footage of sexual activities - Public figure – Allegations of Nazi role-play
I v Finland
Privacy - Article 8, European Convention on Human Rights - Medical data - Sensitive data - HIV infection - Patient records - Patient confidentiality
Ministry of Defence v Griffin
Confidentiality – United Kingdom Special Forces – Contract - Confidentiality agreements – Unauthorised public disclosures – Failure to seek authority for disclosure in accordance with contract - Injunction
Liberty & Ors v UK
Privacy - Article 8, European Court of Human Rights - Interception of communications - Interception of Communications Act 1985
Mosley v News Group Newspapers Ltd (No 2)
Privacy - Reasonable expectation of privacy - Public interest -Footage of sexual activities - Public figure – Allegations of Nazi role-play - Exemplary damages
Wood v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis
Privacy - Judicial review - Photographs - Public place - Police photographing individual associating with convicted criminal - Articles 8, 10, 11, 14, European Convention on Human Rights
P & Others v Quigley
Misuse of private information - False information - Article 8 - Article 10 - Injunctive relief - Breach of contract
Murray v Big Pictures (UK) Ltd (CA)
Misuse of private information - Data protection - Human
rights - Photographs - Reasonable expectation of privacy - Child
Mosley v News Group Newspapers Ltd (No 1)
Privacy - Injunction - Footage of sexual activities - Public interest - Public domain
Sharma v Singh & Associated Newspapers (No. 2)
Anonymity of witnesses - Allegations of sexual harassment - CPR 39.2(4) - Libel trial
R v Westminster Mags Court & ASIC ex p Hafner & Ors
Criminal evidence - Mutual assistance - Private documents - Article 8, European Convention on Human Rights - s.15, Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003
Guja v Moldova
European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms - ECHR - Article 10 - Freedom of Expression - Civil Servants - Confidential Information – Whistleblowing - Dismissal - Necessary in a democratic society
Ivereigh v Associated Newspapers Ltd
Witness anonymity - inherent jurisdiction - CPR 39.2(4) - interests of witness and her children - private and family life - open justice - balancing - intense focus - order granted
Crawford v CPS
Reporting restrictions - Children - Children and Young Persons Act 1933 - Article 8 ECHR - Costs
R (Corner House Research & Another) v Director of Serious Fraud Office
Open justice - CPR 5.4C - access to documents - Administrative law - Privacy
Commissioner of Police of Bermuda & Anor v Bermuda Broadcasting Co Ltd & Ors
Breach of confidence - Public interest - Media law - Freedom of the press - Police investigations - Injunctive relief - Allegations of corruption
Northern Rock PLC v Financial Times Limited & Others
Confidence - contract - interim injunction - public domain - public interest
Bluck v The Information Commissioner and Epsom & St Helier University NHS Trust
Freedom of information - Medical records - Access to medical records of deceased by mother - Exemptions from disclosure - Freedom of Information Act 2000, s.41
Murray v Express Newspapers plc & Another
Privacy - Confidentiality - Data Protection - Human Rights - Photographs - Paparazzi - Reasonable Expectation of Privacy -Public Place - Child
Re LM (Reporting Restrictions: Coroner’s Inquest)
Family law - Reporting restrictions - Inquest - Injunctions - Human rights - Privacy - Article 8 ECHR - Freedom of expression - Article 10 ECHR
T (by her litigation friend the Official Solicitor) v BBC
Injunction – Privacy - Vulnerable adult – Inability to consent – Right to private life - Right to freedom of expression - Articles 8, 10 ECHR
Douglas v Hello! Ltd (No.8) (HL)
Breach of confidence - Nature of confidential matter - Enforceability of obligation of confidence post-publication - Causing loss by unlawful means - Test of intention as an ingredient - Unlawful means
Browne v Associated Newspapers Ltd (CA)
Privacy - Injunction - Freedom of expression - Breach of confidence - Articles 8,10 ECHR - s.12 HRA 1998
Copland v UK
Right to respect for private life and correspondence - Article 8, European Convention on Human Rights - Scope of "private life" and "correspondence" - Whether interference "in accordance with the law" - Monitoring of telephone calls, email and internet usage at work - No policy in place - No statutory provision for such monitoring
Jane Doe v Australian Broadcasting Corporation & Others
Privacy - Breach of confidence - Rape victim - Identification - Breach of reporting restriction - Breach of statutory duty - Negligence - Measure of damages - Aggravated damages - Exemplary damages
Re Ward; BBC v CAFCASS Legal & Ors
Reporting restrictions - Care proceedings - s. 12 Adminstration of Justice Act 1960 - Disclosure - Anonymised judgments - Contra mundum order to protect medical expert witnesses, treating doctors, social workers and other witnesses in care proceedings - Interim orders - Practice and procedure - s. 12 Human Rights Act 1998 -Duration of order - Requirement of notice
Campaign Against Arms Trade v BAE Systems Plc
Disclosure - Non-party disclosure - Norwich Pharmacal order - 'Mere recipient' - Leaked information - Identification of source
Browne v Associated Newspapers Ltd
Privacy - Article 8 ECHR - Article 10 ECHR - Business information - Interim injunction - Prior restraint - Section 12 HRA 1998 - Contempt of court
Cembrit Blunn Ltd & Anr v Apex Roofing Services LLP & Anr
Copyright - Subsistence - Infringement - Breach of confidence - Defences - Contract - Satisfactory quality - Sale of Goods Act 1979, s.14(2)
L v L and H (a firm)
Confidence – Legal professional privilege – Disclosure – Documents obtained by 'self-help’ - Delivery up – Unlawful conduct – s.55, Data Protection Act 1998 – s.1, Computer Misuse Act 1990 – Jurisdiction
HRH The Prince of Wales v Associated Newspapers (No.3) (CA)
Breach of confidence - Public interest - Privacy - Article 8, ECHR - Freedom of expression - Article 10, ECHR - Contractual duty of confidence - Copyright - Fair dealing - Summary judgment - Relevant issue of fact necessitating trial
Andrews v Television New Zealand
Invasion of Privacy - New Zealand law - Television broadcast of a car accident - Whether reasonable expectation of privacy - Whether publicity highly offensive to an objective reasonable person - Failure to inform plaintiffs about broadcast
McKennitt v Ash (CA)
Privacy - Breach of confidence - Article 8 - Article 10 - Shared confidence - Public domain - Public interest - False private information.
Verlagsgruppe News GmbH v Austria (No.2)
Privacy- Article 8 - Freedom of expression - Article 10 - Publication of photographs - Criminal proceedings - Copyright -Injunctions
sterreichischer Rundfunk v Austria
Freedom of expression - Article 10 - Public interest - Photographs - Television -Broadcast of photograph of convicted person upon release from prison - Political extremists - Meaning of 'non-governmental organisation'
CC v AB
Privacy - Confidence - Injunctions - Article 8 - Article 10 - Freedom of Expression - Harassment
X & Y v Persons Unknown
Privacy - Confidence - Injunctions - Application to Discharge - "John Doe" Orders - Notification of media
Norfolk County Council v Webster & Others
Reporting restrictions - care proceedings - s. 97(2) Children Act 1989 - Rule 16(7) Family Proceedings Rules 1991 - open justice - Arts 6, 8, 10 - s. 12 of the Administration of Justice Act 1960
Wainwright v United Kingdom
Human Rights - Prohibition of inhuman and degrading treatment - Article 3 - Respect for private and family life - Article 8 - Effective domestic remedy - Article 13 - Prison visit - Strip search
Hughes v Carratu International plc
Data Protection Act 1998 - Confidence/Privacy - CPR 31.16 - Norwich Pharmacal - Personal financial information - Legal professional privilege
Stone v South East Coast Strategic Health Authority & Others
Privacy - Confidence - Medical Information - ECHR, Articles 8 and 10 - Judicial review of decision to publish full report into care, supervision and treatment of individual
Clayton v Clayton
Reporting Restrictions - Family Division - Section 97 Children Act 1989 - Section 1 Children Act 1989 - Prohibited Steps Order
John v Associated Newspapers Ltd
Privacy - Article 8, ECHR - Breach of confidence - Injunction - Photographs - Photograph of Claimant in public street
Re Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic Community Football Club Ltd
Civil procedure - Contempt of court - Reporting restrictions - Private hearing - Private judgment - Party disclosing information to journalist - CPR Part 39.2(3) - s.12, Administration of Justice Act 1960
Dammann v Switzerland
Human rights - Freedom of expression - Article 10 ECHR - Confidential information - Data about criminal convictions - Procured by journalist - Disclosed to police officer - Not published - Official secrets legislation - Source and journalist convicted - Whether convictions necessary and proportionate - Breach of Article 10
Mahmood v Galloway & McKay
Freedom of expression - Privacy - Articles 2, 8, and 10, European Convention on Human Rights - Interim injunction - Photographs - Internet
HRH The Prince of Wales v Associated Newspapers Ltd (No 3)
Breach of Confidence - Privacy - Copyright - Public Interest - Fair Dealing - Summary Judgment - CPR Part 24 - Injunction - Delivery Up - Damages
Harrods Ltd v Times Newspapers Ltd (CA)
Breach of confidence - Public interest defence - Documents supporting allegation of mistreatment of staff - Disclosure - Relevance of truth or falsity of allegation - Relevance of defendant's knowledge at time of breach of confidence
Howlett v Holding (No. 4)
Harassment - Protection from Harassment Act 1997 - Injunction - Interim injunction - Permanent injunction - Private life - Freedom of expression - Articles 8 & 10 ECHR - Defamatory allegations on banners and leaflets - Covert surveillance
Harrods Ltd v Times Newspapers Ltd (ChD)
Breach of Confidence - Public interest - Specific disclosure - Matters arising after the disclosure of confidential information
HRH The Prince of Wales v Associated Newspapers Ltd
Confidential Information - Reporting restrictions - Restrictions on use of a disclosed document - Documents read or referred to in open court - CPR 31.22
McKennitt v Ash (QBD)
Confidential information - Privacy - Extent to which material in public domain - Public interest defence
BBC v Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council, X and Y
Privacy - Anonymity - Social workers - Family proceedings - Injunction to restrain identification - Article 8, ECHR - Freedom of expression - Article 10, ECHR
Campbell v MGN Ltd (Costs) HL
Costs - Conditional Fee Agreements - Success Fee - Article 10 - Access to Justice - Article 6 - Proportionality - Cost-capping
A (A Local Authority) v PD & Another
Privacy – Criminal Trial - Injunction to restrain identification of defendant and victim - Children - Non-parties - Privacy - Article 8 - Freedom of expression - Article 10
Sales v Stromberg & others
Unregistered designs – Breach of Confidence – Passing Off – Designs Based on Simple Geometric Shapes – Originality Test –s.213(4) Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988
London General Holdings v USP Holdings plc
Copyright - Breach of Confidence - Causation of Damage - Assessment of Reasonable Notional Royalty
Re W
Criminal trial - Injunction to restrain identification of defendant and victim - Children - Non-parties - Privacy - Article 8 - Freedom of expression - Article 10
Three Rivers Council & BCCI v Bank of England
Open Justice - In Private Hearings - Application to have judgment handed down in private - CPR Part 39.2(3) - Medical information relating to witness - Article 8 - s.11 Contempt of Court Act 1981
A v B, C & D
Privacy - Confidence - Injunctions - Likelihood of Success - Claimant having put similar information into the public domain - 'zone of privacy'
A & B v Channel Four
Privacy - Injunctions - Covert filming of children in schools - Article 8 - Article 10 - s.12 Human Rights Act 1998
X v BBC and Lion Television Ltd
Injunction - Privacy - Article 8 - Confidence - Freedom of expression - Article 10 - s.12(3), Human Rights Act 1998 - Broadcasting
Covance Laboratories Inc v PETA Europe Ltd
Breach of confidence - Interim injunction - s.12 HRA - Public interest - Public domain
Douglas v Hello! Ltd (No 8) (CA)
Privacy - Confidence - Transferability of rights of privacy/ confidence - Economic torts - Test of intention as an ingredient of economic torts - Test of causation of damage - Interim injunctions - Whether damages adequate remedy
Green Corns Ltd v Claverley Group Ltd
Privacy - Injunction - Article 8 - Freedom of expression - Article 10 - Public domain - Public interest - Addresses of children's care homes
Deloitte & Touche v Dickson & Others
Breach of confidence - Injunction - Public Interest - Press statements - Article 10 - Article 8
Sciacca v Italy
Privacy - Photographs - Article 8, ECHR - Criminal investigation - Photograph of suspect released by police - Publication of photograph by newspapers - Whether interference prescribed by law
Mensah v Jones
Confidence - Data Protection Act 1998 - Access to Health Records Act 1990 - Disclosure of medical records - Course of legal proceedings - Obligation of disclosure - Legal advice
Karhuvaara and Iltalehti v Finland
Human Rights - Criminal conviction of editor in chief and publishing company for infringment of politician's privacy - whether conviction and fine/damages were in breach of Article 10 ECHR
In re S (FC) (A Child) (HL)
Family law - Reporting restrictions - Inherent jurisdiction - Injunctions - Human rights - Privacy - Article 8 ECHR - Freedom of expression - Article 10 ECHR
Celador Productions Ltd v Melville
Copyright - Confidential information - Television programme format - Summary judgment - Real prospect of success - Abuse of process - Compelling reason for trial
Cream Holdings Ltd v Banerjee & Others (HL)
Human Rights - Breach of confidence - Injunction - interim relief - Freedom of expression - s.12(3) Human Rights Act 1998 - Real Prospect of Success
von Hannover v Germany
Human Rights- Privacy - Paparazzi - Photographs - Reasonable Expectation of Privacy - Public Place - Freedom of Expression
Pal v General Medical Council and others
Defamation - Libel - Data Protection Act 1998 - Human Rights Act 1998 - Article 8 - General Medical Council - Summary Judgment - CPR Part 24 - Costs
Carr v News Group Newspapers Ltd & Others
Injunctive Relief - Confidence - Threats to Kill - ECHR - Article 2 - Article 3 - Article 8 - Article 10 - s.12 Human Rights Act 1998
Tillery Valley Foods Ltd v Channel Four Television Corpn & Another
Confidential Information - Defamation - Injunction - Secret Footage - Employee- Duty of Confidentiality - Breach of Contract
Campbell v MGN Ltd (HL)
Breach of confidence - Privacy- Private information - Art 8, ECHR -Freedom of expression - Art 10, ECHR- Photographs
Re X & Y
Privacy - Injunctions - Reporting restrictions - Children
Radio France & Ors v France
Defamation - Libel - French law - Article 7 ECHR - Article 6 ECHR - Sanctions - Requirement to broadcast findings - Freedom of expression - Article 10 ECHR
Hosking v Runting & Others
Human rights - Privacy - Freedom of expression - Publication of private information - Separate tort
USP Strategies plc & Anor v London General Holdings Ltd & Ors
Intellectual Property- Confidence - Copyright - Disclosure - Legal Advice Privilege - Iniquity Exception - Whether a claimant can assert privilege over a summary of, or extract from, legal advice contained in the internal documents of a third party
Bedford v The Number (UK) Ltd
Intellectual property- sports law- OFCOM- Advertising- complaint under r 6.5 ITC Advertising Code - whether the claimant was caricatured in a 118 advert
Paddick v Associated Newspapers Ltd (No.2)
Privacy - Breach of Confidence - Disclosure - Whether truth/falsity of the allegations were relevant
Re Roddy (A Minor); Torbay Borough Council v Associated Newspapers Ltd
Family law- Human Rights - Children - local authorities - care proceedings- privacy - rights of mature teenager - Article 8 - Article 10- freedom of expression - proper approach to varying injunction
Attorney General v MGN Ltd
Confidential information - breach of confidence - Human Rights - employment contract - whether a contractual duty of confidence should be given more weight than an implied duty- interim injunction
Douglas v Hello! Ltd (No.6)
Breach of confidence - Privacy - Data Protection Act 1998 - intellectual property - Quantum of damages - Distress - Wasted costs - Loss of revenue - Notional licence fee
Wainwright v Home Office
Tort – Intentional infliction of harm – Visitors to prison strip-searched for drugs – Distress and humiliation inflicted – Privacy – Article 8 European Convention on Human Rights - Whether English common law recognises a cause of action for invasion or privacy- Remedies
Paddick v Associated Newspapers Ltd
Privacy - Breach of Confidence - Human Rights - Part 18 Further Information - Disclosure of amount paid to source by newspaper - Damages - Public Interest Defence
D v L
Privacy - Confidence - Injunction - Consent - European Convention on Human Rights - Article 10 - Freedom of Expression - Article 8 - Respect for private life - public domain
In re S (A Child) (CA)
Family law - Reporting restrictions - Inherent jurisdiction - Injunctions - Human rights - Privacy - Article 8 ECHR - Freedom of expression - Article 10 ECHR
Archer v Williams
Breach of Confidence - Contract - Employment - European Convention on Human Rights - Article 8 - Article 10 - Damages - Injury to feelings - liability for republication
Johnson v Home Office
Breach of Confidence - Damage to Reputation - Public Interest Defence - Negligence - Proximity - Foreseeability - Remoteness of Damage -Trial
Maris & Others v Walsh
Defamation - Libel - breach of confidence - threat to publish -interim injunction.
Lord Ashcroft v Attorney General & Others
Data Protection - Subject Access Request - s.7 Data Protection Act 1998 - Manual Files - Exemptions - Privacy - Breach of Confidence
Tolkien v Birmingham Sunday Mercury
Press Complaints Commission - Code of Conduct - Privacy - Intrusion into grief - Rights of the dead - Rights of the bereaved
X (formerly known as Mary Bell) & Y v News Group Newspapers Ltd & Ors
Anonymity Order - Lifetime Injunction to restrain identification - Breach of Confidence - Human Rights Act 1998 - Article 2 - Article 8 - Article 10 - whether the applicants' exceptional circumstances warranted the grant of lifetime protection contra mundum
Douglas v Hello! Ltd (No.5)
Human Rights - intellectual property - Breach of confidence - Privacy - ECHR, Art 8 - Freedom of expression - ECHR, Art 10 - Data Protection Act 1998 - use of surrepitiously taken photographs
Covance Laboratories v J
Breach of confidence - public domain - corporate documents - whether internet publication defeated claim in confidence - injunctions
Douglas v Hello! Ltd (No.4)
Breach of confidence - Privacy - ECHR, Art 8 - intellectual property - Civil procedure - Witness statements - Hearsay evidence - Cross-examination - CPR 33.4 - CPR 32.5
Cream Holdings Ltd v Banerjee & Another (CA)
Breach of confidence - Injunction - Freedom of expression - s.12(3) Human Rights Act 1998 - Real Prospect of Success
Douglas v Hello! Ltd (No.2)
Breach of confidence - Privacy - ECHR, Art 10 - ECHR, Art 8 - Service out of jurisdiction - Data Protection Act 1998 - Interference with rights and business - Unlawful means conspiracy - photographs
Peck v United Kingdom
Human Rights - Privacy - Article 8 - respect for private life - interference - in accordance with the law - legitimate aim - necessary in a democratic society - Article 13 - right to an effective remedy- Article 41 - damages, costs and expenses
Douglas v Hello! Ltd (No.3)
Breach of confidence - Privacy - Human Rights - ECHR, Art 8 - Striking out - Re-amendments - Fair trial
Campbell v Frisbee
Breach of confidence - Contract of employment - Repudiation - Public interest in disclosure - summary judgment - part 24
Campbell v MGN Ltd (CA)
Breach of Confidence - Privacy - Photographs - Data Protection Act 1998 - Sensitive Personal Data - section 32 exemption - Public interest
Jockey Club v Buffham
Confidential information - breach of confidence - final injunction against defendant - third party applying to use documents confidential to the claimant obtained from defendant - whether use of such documents by third party a contempt of court
Ashworth Hospital Authority v MGN Ltd
Breach of Confidence- identification of journalist's source- Norwich Pharmacal order- Section 10 Contempt of Court Act 1981- meaning of interests of justice exception - Article 10 and 10(2) of the ECHR.
Lord Ashcroft v Attorney-General & Department for International Development
Breach of confidence - Data Protection Acts 1984 and 1998 - Misfeasance in public office- Targeted Malice - Reckless indifference
Campbell v MGN Ltd (QBD)
Breach of Confidence - Privacy - Photographs - Personal Sensitive Data - Data Protection Act 1998 - section 32 exemption - Public interest - damages - section 13 of the DPA.
A v B plc (Flitcroft v MGN Ltd)
Breach of confidence - Privacy - Interim injunction - Public Interest - Human Rights Act 1998 - Article 10 - guidelines to be considered on interim applications - public figures - role models - section 12 Human Rights Act 1998
H v Associated Newspapers Ltd
Confidence - Privacy - Human Rights - Injunction - HIV - Medical records - Data Protection Act 1998
Theakston v MGN Limited
Breach of Cofidence - Privacy - Data Protection Act 1998 - interim injunction - Photographs -section 12 Human Rights Act 1998
RWD Technologies Ltd v Gibbs & Others
Intellectual property - confidential information - employment law - copyright - without notice order - discharge for non-disclosure - injunction
ABC v Lenah Game Meats
Confidence - privacy - interim injunction -Australian law
Medway Council v BBC
Family - Reporting Restrictions - Injunction - Children
London Regional Transport v Mayor of London
Breach of confidence - Contract - Injunction - public interest- Human Rights
R (Ford) v Press Complaints Commission
Public Law - Judicial review - Privacy - Application for permission - Press Complaints Commission - Public authority - s.6 Human Rights Act 1998 - s.12(4)(b) Human Rights Act 1998
WB v H Bauer Publishing Ltd
Breach of confidence – invasion of privacy – striking out
Mills v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Injunction - Privacy - Confidence - Press Complaints Commission Code of Conduct - European Convention on Human Rights - Article 10 - Article 8 - s.12 Human Rights Act 1998
Attorney General v Times Newspapers Ltd and others
Confidential information – breach of confidence – public interest – public domain - injunctive relief - Article 10 ECHR - s 12 HRA
Imutran Ltd v Uncaged Campaigns Ltd
Confidential information - copyright - animals - medical research - experiments - interim injunctive relief - s12 Human Rights Act - standard of proof for interim injunction - public interest - democratic society making arrangements to secure public interest
Venables & Thompson v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Confidential information - Disclosure - Injunction - s.12 Human Rights Act 1998
Douglas v Hello! Ltd
Breach of confidence - Injunction - Privacy - Human Rights Act 1998, s.12(3) - ECHR, Art 10 - ECHR, Art 8
Trinity Mirror plc & Another v Punch Ltd
Intellectual property - Copyright - Confidence - Injunction - Delivery up - Protection of Sources - s.10 Contempt of Court Act 1981
WH Smith v Colman
Trade Marks - Infringement - Passing off - Registration of Internet Domain Name - Admissibility of without prejudice correspondence
Barclay v United Kingdom
Human Rights - Privacy - Broadcasting - Unwanted filming - Article 8 - Broadcasting Complaints Commission
Service Corp International plc & Anor v Channel Four Television Corp & Anor
Undercover filming - employee - trespass - copyright - equitable ownership - breach of confidence - interim injunction - freedom of expression - balance of convenience - delay - discretion
Nicholls v BBC
Interlocutory injunction preventing broadcast of programme - breach of confidence - injunction granted ex parte, then discharged - appeal by plaintiff
Re G (Celebrities: Publicity)
Family proceedings - press restrictions - celebrities - prohibition on taking or publishing photographs of children - prohibition on parents communicating with news media about each other or about children - prohibition on publishing order or summary of order - application by newspaper to discharge or vary court's order to permit publication of summary of court's decision
Bunn v BBC
Confidentiality - statement under caution - proposed publication - interim injunction application - public domain - public interest - iniquity
Service Corporation International plc & Anor v Channel Four Television & Anor
Copyright - Confidential information - Trespass - Funeral directors - Undercover filming for broadcast - Employee of plaintiffs - Interim injunction - Serious issue to be tried - Balance of convenience
Spencer v United Kingdom
Human Rights- Freedom of expression - breach of confidence -respect for private life - Articles 8 and 13 of ECHR- intrusion- photography- whether domestic remedies had been exhausted
Brady v United Kingdom
Human Rights- Defamation - Libel - malicious falsehood - legal aid - mental patients - access to court - right to private life - inhuman and degrading treatment
Goodwin v United Kingdom
Freedom of expression - Contempt of Court Act 1981 s.10 - Article 10 of ECHR - disclosure of journalist's source
Kaye v Robertson & Sport Newspapers Ltd
Privacy - Malicious falsehood - Trespass - Whether cause of action available to the plaintiff - Photographs - Injunctions
In re a Company’s Application
Confidential information - public interest - iniquity - proposal to disclose allegations to regulator