The WLR Daily case summaries
[2021] WLR(D) 11
Queen’s Bench Division
Sicri v Associated Newspapers Ltd
[2020] EWHC 3541 (QB)
2020 Nov 2, 3, 6; Dec 21
Warby J
Confidential information— Misuse of private information— Reasonable expectation of privacy— Claimant arrested at home for offences in connection with suicide bombing— Defendant publishing online article identifying claimant as arrested person— Claimant released without charge but article not updated with that information or taken down— Whether claimant having reasonable expectation of privacy in relation to general principle of pre-charge anonymity for suspects— Whether claimant’s right to privacy outweighed by publisher’s right to freedom of expression— Whether process of arrest subject to common law open justice principle— Basis on which damages to be awarded—
Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), s 12(4), Sch 1, Pt I, arts 8(2), 10(2)