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The Supreme Court has ruled that, following a 2008 European Convention of Human Rights decision, the current guidelines of the Association of Chief Police Officers regarding data retention are unlawful...
Mosley privacy bid sent in a spin by European Court of Human Rights – Mosley v News Group Newspapers, European Court of Human Rights
Max Mosley has failed in his bid to have the law of privacy changed, which he hoped would ensure that newspapers had to warn people before reporting on their private lives. Mosley had taken his bid to...
ECHR upholds House of Lords decision in Naomi Campbell drug case – Campbell v MGN, European Court of Human Rights
The European Court of Human Rights has rejected MGN’s appeal against the House of Lords ruling seven years ago regarding MGN’s infringement of Naomi Campbell’s rights to privacy contrary to Article...
RIPA law is proportionate and doesn’t breach privacy or human rights – Kennedy v UK, the European Court of Human Rights
A man who claimed that the UK’s interception laws had wrongfully interfered with his privacy rights has lost his case. Malcolm Kennedy was a prominent campaigner against miscarriages of justice after...
European Court of Human Rights says court order requiring press to disclose source of leaked documents infringes right to freedom of expression
Five news providers have won a long court battle to avoid having to provide access to leaked documents, something which would have revealed their sources. Previously, the High Court and Court of Appeal...