The pursuer sought to protect the contents of her diary from publication using the law of confidence.
Held: Lord Reid said: ‘the effect, and indeed the purpose, of the law of confidentiality is to prevent the court from ascertaining the truth so far as regards those matters which the law holds to be confidential.’
Judges:
Lord Reid, Lord Guest
Citations:
1962 SC (HL) 88
Jurisdiction:
Scotland
Cited by:
Cited – Three Rivers District Council and others v Governor and Company of the Bank of England (No 6) HL 11-Nov-2004
The Bank anticipated criticism in an ad hoc enquiry which was called to investigate its handling of a matter involving the claimant. The claimant sought disclosure of the documents created when the solicitors advised employees of the Bank in . .
See Also – Duchess of Argyll v Duke of Argyll ChD 1967
An interlocutory injunction was granted to protect against the revelation of marital confidences, and the newspaper to which the Duke had communicated such information about the Duchess was restrained from publishing it. The concept of . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Intellectual Property
Updated: 11 June 2022; Ref: scu.219354