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Information - From: 2004 To: 2004

This page lists 8 cases, and was prepared on 08 August 2015.

 
Johnson -v- Medical Defence Union Ltd [2004] EWHC 347 (Ch)
20 Feb 2004
ChD
Laddie J
Information

Data Protection Act 1998 7
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 Campbell -v- Mirror Group Newspapers Ltd (MGN) (No 1); HL 6-May-2004 - [2004] UKHL 22; Times, 10 May 2004; [2004] 2 WLR 1232; [2004] 2 AC 457; [2004] UKHRR 648; [2004] EMLR 15; 16 BHRC 500; [2004] HRLR 24; [2004] 2 All ER 995
 
Regina (HTV Ltd) -v- Bristol City Council Times, 09 June 2004; [2004] EWHC 1219 (Admin); [2004] 1 WLR 2717
14 May 2004
QBD
Elias J
Local Government, Information
The claimant sought disclosure by the respondent of their accounts, intending to use the material in a television program. Held: As ratepayers, they were entitled to the information. The respondent was not free to refuse it because it disapproved of the intended use.
Audit Commission Act 1988 15
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Tillery Valley Foods -v- Channel Four Television, Shine Limited [2004] EWHC 1075 (Ch); Times, 21 May 2004; Gazette, 03 June 2004
18 May 2004
ChD
Mann, The Honourable Mr Justice Mann
Media, Information, Human Rights
The claimant sought an injunction to restrain the defendants broadcasting a film, claiming that it contained confidential material. A journalist working undercover sought to reveal what he said were unhealthy practices in the claimant's meat processing plant. A claim under defamation would not restrict publication where a defence of justification might be anticipated. The claimants said that a fair right of response would allow them to investigate allegations before replying. Held: The court must be satisfied that there was no reason to expect the claim to fail before allowing a restraint of a future publication. The claim failed that test, and indeed had little prospect of success. The information did not have the characteristics of confidential information, and the public interest weighed in favour of disclosure of malpractice. Any right of reply was restricted to that given by a code of practice with no force in law.
Mann J said: "The truth of this matter is that this case is not about confidentiality at all. So far as Tillery has a claim it will be a claim based on the fact (if it be a fact) that the reporting is inaccurate and contains falsehoods. If and insofar as the reporting turns out to be accurate (as to which I can, of course, say nothing) then it cannot have a legitimate complaint in law. If it is inaccurate it will have a claim for the damage caused by that falsehood. In other words this is really a defamation action in disguise. It is not surprising that it cannot be squashed into the law of confidence. And even if it could, since the reality would still be that of a defamation action with parallel claims based on other wrongs , it would have been appropriate to apply the rule in Bonnardv Perryman to any claim for an interlocutory injunction, as was held by Lightman J in Service Corporation International plc v Channel Four Television"
Human Rights Act 1998 12(3)
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Pal -v- General Medical Council [2004] EWHC 1485 (QB)
27 May 2004
QBD

Health Professions, Information, Defamation, Human Rights

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 Von Hannover -v- Germany; ECHR 24-Jun-2004 - [2004] EMLR 21; 59320/00; [2004] ECHR 294; [2005] ECHR 555; [2005] 40 EHRR 1; (2004) 16 BHRC 545

 
 Johnson -v- Medical Defence Union Ltd; ChD 9-Nov-2004 - Times, 25 November 2004; [2004] EWHC 2509 (Ch); [2005] 1 WLR 750; [2005] FSR 28; [2005] 1 All ER 87
 
Turco -v- Council (Law Governing The Institutions) T-84/03; [2004] EUECJ T-84/03; [2004] ECR II-4061
23 Nov 2004
ECFI

European, Information
Openness - Public access to Council documents - Partial refusal of access - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Exceptions.
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