The Weekly Law Reports
[2020] 3 WLR 838
Court of Appeal
ZXC
v
Bloomberg LP
[2020] EWCA Civ 611
2020 March 3, 4; May 15
Underhill, Bean, Simon LJJ
Confidential information— Misuse of private information— Reasonable expectation of privacy— Legal enforcement body sending confidential letter of request to foreign state as part of criminal investigation— Letter of request detailing enforcement body’s suspicions regarding claimant’s criminal conduct— Defendant acquiring letter of request and using information to publish article— Whether claimant having reasonable expectation of privacy in relation to fact or details of criminal investigation— Whether claimant’s right to privacy outweighed by defendant’s right to freedom of expression—
Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, arts 8, 10
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