Cases

Active filters: Area of work: Privacy and Confidence [clear]
Year: 2004 [clear]

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

[2004] EWHC 2699 (Ch) - Chancery Division

Judge Lightman J

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

Appln no. 53678/00 - European Court of Human Rights

Judge Sir Nicolas Bratza P, Pellonpää, Casadeva, Maruste, Pavlovschi, Borrego Borrego & Fura-Sandström JJ

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

[2004] UKHL 47; [2005] 1 AC 593; [2004] 3 WLR 1129; [2004] 4 All ER 683; [2005] EMLR 11; The Times 29 October 2004; The Independent 2 November 2004 - House of Lords

Judge Lords Bingham, Nicholls, Steyn, Hoffmann & Carswell

Celador Productions Ltd v Melville

Copyright - Confidential information - Television programme format - Summary judgment - Real prospect of success - Abuse of process - Compelling reason for trial

[2004] EWHC 2362 (Ch) - Chancery Division

Judge Sir Andrew Morritt V-C

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

[2004] UKHL 44; [2005] 1 AC 253; [2004] 3 WLR 918; [2004] 4 All ER 617; [2005] EMLR 1; The Times 15 Oct 2004 - House of Lords

Judge Lords Nicholls, Woolf, Hoffmann and Scott and Baroness Hale

von Hannover v Germany

Human Rights- Privacy - Paparazzi - Photographs - Reasonable Expectation of Privacy - Public Place - Freedom of Expression

[2004] EMLR 379; (2005) 40 EHRR 1 - European Court of Human Rights

Judge Cabral Barreto P, Ress, Caflisch, Turmen, Zupancic, Hedigan & Traja JJ

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

[2004] EWHC 1485 (QB) - Queen's Bench Division (Birmingham District Registry)

Judge HHJ Charles Harris QC

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

14/05/2004 - Queen's Bench Division

Judge Eady J

Campbell v MGN Ltd (HL)

Breach of confidence - Privacy- Private information - Art 8, ECHR -Freedom of expression - Art 10, ECHR- Photographs

[2004] UKHL 22; [2004] 2 AC 457; [2004] 2 WLR 1232; [2004] EMLR 247 - House of Lords

Judge Lords Nicholls, Hoffman, Hope, Hale & Carswell

Re X & Y

Privacy - Injunctions - Reporting restrictions - Children

[2004] EWHC 762 (Fam); [2004] EMLR 607 - Family Division

Judge Munby J

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

(2005) 40 EHRR 706 - European Court of Human Rights

Judge Baka (President), Loucaides, Birsan, Jungwiert, Ugrekhelidze, Mularoni, and Truche JJ and Dolle (Section Clerk)

Hosking v Runting & Others

Human rights - Privacy - Freedom of expression - Publication of private information - Separate tort

[2004] NZCA 34; [2003] 3 NZLR 385 - New Zealand Court of Appeal

Judge Gault P, Keith, Blanchard, Tipping and Anderson JJ

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

[2004] EWHC 373 (Ch) - Chancery Division

Judge Mr Justice Mann

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

[2004] ISLR SLR-18 - OFCOM

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