K v News Group Newspapers Ltd

Subject Matter

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION — Breach of confidence — Injunction — Claimant seeking interim injunction to restrain publication of information concerning extra-marital sexual relationship — Balance of Convention rights — Relevance of Convention rights of persons other than claimant to respect for private and family life — Weight to be given to best interests of claimant's children — Whether injunction to be granted — Human Rights Act 1998, s 12(3), Sch 1, Pt I, arts 8, 10

[2011] EWCA Civ 439; [2011] 1 WLR 1827; [2011] WLR (D) 141, CA

Commentary

Blackstones Civil Practice 2023
Exceptional Cases - Right to freedom of expression 37.38

Exceptional Cases - Balancing art. 8 and art. 10 rights 37.43

Privacy, Freedom of Expression and Injunctions - Article 8 91.55