Category: confidentiality

Regina (Edwards and Another) v Environment Agency and Others – Times Law Reports

Posted May 6th, 2008 in appeals, confidentiality, disclosure, judgments, law reports by sally

Regina (Edwards and Another) v Environment Agency and Others

House of Lords

“It was an abuse of the procedure of the House of Lords for legal representatives to seek to reargue the case having been sent in confidence advance copies of draft speeches which the Law Lords proposed to deliver, for the sole purpose of correcting misprints, inadvertent errors of fact or ambiguities of expression.”

The Times, 6th May 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

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Secretary of State for the Home Department v British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection and another – WLR Daily

Posted April 29th, 2008 in confidentiality, disclosure, freedom of information, law reports by sally

Secretary of State for the Home Department v British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection and another; [2008] WLR (D) 129

“Where a public official reasonably believed that information had been given under a statutory procedure in circumstances which gave rise at that time to a reasonable expectation of privacy, and the statute prohibited disclosure for purposes other than those to which the Act related, that information was exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.”

WLR Daily, 28th April 2008

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

R (Edwards) v Environment Agency – WLR Daily

Posted April 22nd, 2008 in appeals, confidentiality, disclosure, judgments, law reports by sally

R (Edwards) v Environment Agency; [2008] WLR (D) 119

“When copies of draft speeches which the Law Lords proposed to deliver were provided in confidence, prior to the delivery of judgment, to the legal representatives of the parties to an appeal which had been heard, the purpose was to obtain help in correcting misprints, inadvertent errors of fact or ambiguities of expression. It was not intended to enable the case to be reargued, and any attempt to do so amounted to an abuse of the procedure of the House of Lords.”

WLR Daily, 21st April 2008

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

Security fears over fraud report – BBC News

Posted April 3rd, 2008 in confidentiality, data protection, local government, news by sally

“Confidential information about security lapses in a council’s benefits section has been released – with passages that might help fraudsters highlighted.”

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BBC News, 2nd April 2008

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Emmott v Michael Wilson & Partners Ltd – WLR Daily

Posted March 13th, 2008 in arbitration, confidentiality, disclosure, law reports by sally

Emmott v Michael Wilson & Partners Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 184; WLR (D) 82

“The interests of justice required an English court to ensure as far as possible that parties to London arbitrations should not seek to use the cloak of confidentiality with a view to misleading foreign courts particularly where the cases being presented in the foreign courts raised essentially the same or similar allegations and were proceeding in parallel.”

WLR Daily, 12th March 2008

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

Breakspear and Others v Ackland and Another – Times Law Reports

Posted March 10th, 2008 in confidentiality, law reports, trusts by sally

Breakspear and Others v Ackland and Another

Court of Appeal

“In the absence of special terms, the confidentiality in which a wish letter was enfolded was something given to the trustees for them to use, on a fiduciary basis, in accordance with their best judgment and as to the interests of the beneficiaries and the sound administration of the trust.”

The Times, 10th March 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.

Former spy faces court battle to publish book – Daily Telegraph

Posted March 10th, 2008 in confidentiality, intelligence services, news by sally

“The Government has launched a legal battle to stop a former MI5 undercover agent publishing a book on the inner workings of the secret service.”

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Daily Telegraph, 9th March 2008

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Divorce battle goes public as McCartneys can’t agree deal – The Times

Posted February 19th, 2008 in confidentiality, divorce, news by sally

“Sir Paul McCartney and Heather Mills look set to fight out their divorce settlement in public after failing yesterday to reach a deal.”

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The Times, 19th February 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

‘Confidentiality an inviolable right’ – The Times

Posted February 6th, 2008 in confidentiality, legal profession, news by sally

“Ministers are coming under growing pressure from the legal profession to act over the regulation of bugging.”

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The Times, 6th February 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Commissioner of Police of Bermuda and Another v Bermuda Broadcasting Co Ltd and Others – Times Law Reports

Posted January 24th, 2008 in Bermuda, confidentiality, corruption, elections, law reports, public interest by sally

Commissioner of Police of Bermuda and Another v Bermuda Broadcasting Co Ltd and Others

Privy Council

“The public interest in the freedom of the media to disseminate information relating to those who submitted themselves for election as legislators overrode the public interest in maintaining the confidentiality of documents relating to a police investigation into allegations of corruption.”

The Times, 24th January 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication. 

Database right infringed when staff took customer lists, rules court – OUT-LAW.com

Posted January 8th, 2008 in confidentiality, database right, EC law, news by sally

“Employees who left a company to start up a rival breached that firm’s database rights when they took information with them, the High Court has ruled. The firm failed to prove, though, that the actions breached the company’s confidentiality.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 8th January 2008

Source: www.out-law.com

Information Commissioner will investigate latest gaffe by taxman – The Times

Posted November 29th, 2007 in confidentiality, HM Revenue & Customs, news by sally

“The Information Commissioner is to investigate a fresh security lapse by the taxman as the confidential details of millions of parents were included in apology letters sent to their last known address.”

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The Times, 29th November 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Stolen secrets allegation must go to full trial, rules High Court – OUT-LAW.com

Posted November 14th, 2007 in confidentiality, news by sally

“A judge has said that he could not say for sure that a claim for breach of confidence was without merit based solely on an expert’s view that the information in dispute was in the public domain. He said the case must go to a full trial.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 14th November 2007

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Foreign Offfice gag on memoirs angers former diplomats – The Guardian

Posted October 12th, 2007 in confidentiality, diplomats, freedom of expression, news by sally

“A former British diplomat yesterday denounced a lifetime confidentiality agreement demanded by the Foreign Office as ‘unworkable and draconian’, and has refused to sign it.”

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The Guardian, 12th October 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

UK diplomats ‘face lifetime gag’ – Daily Telegraph

Posted October 10th, 2007 in confidentiality, diplomats, freedom of expression, news by sally

“The Foreign Office has been accused of trying to gag diplomats for life after regulations were issued stopping them from commenting on international issues even after retirement.”

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Daily Telegraph, 10th October 2007

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Employment Appeals Tribunal refuses ‘powerful’ new evidence – OUT-LAW.com

Posted October 10th, 2007 in compensation, confidentiality, employment, news by sally

“A worker has won the right to compensation for his sacking after being accused of poaching customers from his employer and starting up his own rival firm. The employer lost the case despite a tribunal finding ‘powerful evidence’ in the employer’s favour.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 9th October 2007

Source: www.out-law.com

Dead woman’s medical records case could undermine FOI law – The Register

Posted October 3rd, 2007 in confidentiality, data protection, medical records, news by sally

“A dead woman’s medical records should not be released because a duty of confidentiality survives her death, the Information Tribunal has ruled. The decision backs an earlier ruling by the Information Commissioner.”

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The Register, 1st October 2007

Source: www.theregister.co.uk

Doctor faces High Court battle with GMC over weblink – The Register

Posted August 22nd, 2007 in confidentiality, doctors, internet, news by sally

“A mental health doctor is headed for a showdown with the General Medical Council (GMC) in the High Court because she is accused of breaking confidentiality by posting a link on her blog.”

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The Register, 21st August 2007

Source: www.theregister.co.uk

Lords end NHS trust’s legal battle over source – The Guardian

Posted July 28th, 2007 in confidentiality, medical records, news by sally

The NHS trust that has been fighting a seven-and-a-half-year legal battle to force a freelance journalist to name a source for a story has been refused further leave to appeal by the House of Lords.

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The Guardian, 27th July 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Mail on Sunday denied appeal over diaries – The Guardian

Posted June 14th, 2007 in confidentiality, copyright, news by sally

“The Mail on Sunday will be forced to return Prince Charles’ diaries after the House of Lords today rejected the paper’s request for leave to appeal the case.”

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The Guardian, 14th June 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk