Hearings
18 Jul 2014 [2014] EWHC 2468 (QB), QBD (Bean J)
09 Oct 2014 [2014] EWCA Civ 1277; [2015] EMLR 4; [2014] WLR (D) 422, CA
09 Dec 2014 Permission to appeal to Supreme Court given
OPO v MLA
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Subject Matter
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION — Breach of confidence — Injunction — Claimant seeking interim injunction to restrain publication of information in book by father dedicated to claimant giving graphic descriptions of sexual abuse suffered by father whilst child at school — Claimant nearing teenage years living abroad with mother and suffering from significant disabilities but computer literate — Expert opinion that claimant’s reading of book likely to cause enduring psychological harm — Whether claimant likely to succeed at trial — Whether injunction to be granted — Human Rights Act 1998, s 12(3)
[2014] EWCA Civ 1277; [2015] EMLR 4; [2014] WLR (D) 422, CA
Appellate History
OPO v MLA [2014] EWCA Civ 1277; [2015] EMLR 4; [2014] WLR (D) 422, CA
Decision of the Court of Appeal reversed
O (A Child) v Rhodes [2015] UKSC 32; [2016] AC 219; [2015] 2 WLR 1373; [2015] 4 All ER 1; [2015] WLR (D) 227; Case details, SC(E)