Cases

Quinton v Peirce & Cooper

Comment

This judgment would appear to be a slap in the face for the proposition that the Data Protection Act applies to publications which could previously have been subject to actions for malicious falsehood or defamation only. In particular, it indicates that courts will be most unwilling to grant the rectification remedy available under the Act because it flies in the face of the established principle that the courts will not force a defendant to make a public apology or retraction. As the judgment points out, this principle was in effect reaffirmed by the Defamation Act 1996.

Areas of work

Data Protection
Malicious Falsehood

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