The Law Reports (Queen's Bench Division)
[2008] QB 73
Court of Appeal
McKennitt and others v Ash and another
[2006] EWCA Civ 1714
2006 Nov 21,
22,
23;
Dec 14
Dec 14
Buxton, Latham and Longmore LJJ
Confidential information— Disclosure— Public interest— Defendant’s book disclosing details of claimant musician’s private life— Author formerly close friend of claimant— Whether breach of confidence— Whether violation of right to privacy— Whether author’s right to freedom of expression outweighing claimant’s right to private life— Whether court entitled to apply previous decision of European Court of Human Rights—
Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, arts 8, 10