Khuja v Times Newspapers Ltd

Subject Matter

HUMAN RIGHTS — Respect for private and family life — Interference with — Claimant arrested during criminal investigation into child abuse but released without charge — Claimant named by witnesses in subsequent criminal trial of others arising from investigation — Claimant seeking injunction to prohibit publication of information referred to in open court likely to lead to his identification in relation to investigation — Whether identification would breach Convention right to respect for private and family life — Balance to be struck between claimant’s right to private and family life and right of media to freedom of expression and public interest in open justice — Whether injunction to be granted — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, arts 8, 10

[2017] UKSC 49; [2019] AC 161; [2017] 3 WLR 351; [2018] 1 Cr App R 1; [2017] WLR (D) 490; Case details, SC(E)

Commentary

Blackstones Criminal Practice 2025
Open Justice - General Rule that Proceedings Should be in Open Court D3.120

Blackstones Civil Practice 2023
Privacy, Freedom of Expression and Injunctions - Article 10 91.56

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