Right to Respect for Private and Family Life in UK Law

  • Campbell v MGN Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 06 May 2004
    ... ... as just another addict trying to put her life back together. A source close to her said last ... £2,500 plus £1,000 aggravated damages in respect of both claims. The newspaper appealed. The Court ... Breach of confidence: misuse of private information ... 11 ... 8, concerning respect for private and family life, and article 10, concerning freedom of ... Breach of Confidence? Towards a Common Law Right of Privacy under the Human Rights Act ' (2003) ... ...
  • Wainwright v Home Office
    • House of Lords
    • 16 October 2003
    ... ... search must take place in a completely private room in the presence of two officers of the same ... officers honestly believed that they had a right under the rules to search the Wainwrights ... acceptable in the ordinary conduct of daily life": see also Wilson v Pringle [1987] QB 237 ... House could comply with the Convention in respect of this particular invasion by an extension of ... ...
  • Douglas v Hello! Ltd (No 1)
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 21 December 2000
    ... ... OK! follows in each respect three days later. While OK! complain that Hello! ... Hello! paid a very substantial sum for the right to publish an exclusive feature about the wedding ... the couple, or any of the members of their family, or the other wedding guests. Mr Ashford ... reception was being held, or any related private areas, they were checked to make certain that ... , outside the domain of private domestic life, Chancery judges have granted claimants ... ...
  • A v B Plc and Another
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 11 March 2002
    ... ... way which is incompatible with a Convention right". The court is able to achieve this by absorbing ... There must be some interest of a private nature which the claimant wishes to protect, but ... A public figure is entitled to a private life. The individual, however, should recognise that ... Convention on Human Rights : the right to respect for one's private life and the right to freedom ... to respect for his or her private and family life, home, health and correspondence. A ... ...
  • McKennitt v Ash
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 14 December 2006
    ... ... The case before Eady J was heard in private. The claim seeks to prevent the further ... for their skill and co-operation in that respect. 3. The First Claimant is Loreena ... a book "Travels with Loreena McKennitt: My life as a Friend" ["the book"]. This was written by ... ii) Accordingly, in developing a right to protect private information, including the ... to promote, the interests of private and family life. That means that a citizen can complain ... ...
  • PJS v News Group Newspapers Ltd
    • Supreme Court
    • 19 May 2016
    ... ... the privacy of the appellant and his family is not decisive. News Group Newspapers Ltd's ... interested in stories about others' private sexual encounters. At trial, it will be open to ... 10, reading: "Article 8 Right to respect for private and family life ... ...
  • Durant v Financial Services Authority
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 08 December 2003
    ... ... of the Act governing an individual's right to disclosure of his personal data held by others ... it also imposes on data controllers to respect the right of privacy of others whose names may ... event that has no personal connotations, a life event in respect of which his privacy could not ... his privacy, whether in his personal or family life, business or professional capacity. A recent ... seeking access to records relating to his private and family life must be secured when a ... ...
  • Campbell v MGN Ltd
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 27 March 2002
    ... ... 13 of the Data Protection Act 1998 in respect of articles with accompanying photographs ... of her attendance at meetings were private and confidential matters and that there was no ... relating to her private and personal life, activities and conduct" but also she had courted ... "Flavio has coaxed her into making the right decision. It could have all ended so ... of the right to respect for private and family life under article 8 when interpreting the common ... ...
  • McKennitt v Ash
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 21 December 2005
    ... ... The increasing scope for protecting private life Paragraphs 50 – 53 ... which "she felt comfortable with", and in respect of which she was able to control the boundaries ... a visit by Ms Ash to Ms McKennitt and her family while they were staying in Arizona over ... Then it would no doubt be right that the defendant should be invited, but not ... ...
  • K v News Group Newspapers Ltd
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 19 April 2011
    ... ... 2 Having heard the matter in private, Collins J. dismissed the application, refused ... whilst he was on holiday with his family over Christmas ... 8 News of these ... conducted a balancing exercise between the right of the newspaper to freedom of expression under ... Rights and the appellant's right to respect for his private and family life under Article 8 ... ...
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