Cases

Johnson v Home Office

Comment

The information in issue was given by W's parents to C in confidence. W's parents did not want W to know what they had said. The decision is interesting for the strict application of Coco v Clark [1969] RPC 41. It was held, following Fraser v Evans [1969] 1 QB 349 that the party complaining must be the person who is entitled to the confidence which was not W. In addition, the damage was held to be too remote.

Areas of work

General Common Law
Privacy and Confidence

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