Scottish Human Rights Law Group

R (on the application of BINYAM MOHAMED) v SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS (2010)

This appeal was based on Binyam Mohamed’s request for disclosure by the UK government of documentation and information, so as to assist his defence against charges which he anticipated would be brought against him by the US.Important legal issues arise from the working relationship …

Held that there was sufficient general public interest in publishing a report of proceedings challenging a freezing order to justify any curtailment of an individual’s right to respect for his private and family life.

The Scottish Government has recently undertaken a consultation regarding the introduction and composition of Identity Management and Privacy Principles.  The consultation seeks to “help ensure that respect for privacy is central to the way public services prove identity or entitlement and to help public service organisations comply with data protection and human rights legislation”.
This consultation began on 31st August and …

This consultation by the ministry of Justice relates to the creation of maximum monetary penalties of £500,000 for serious breaches of the Data Protection Principles.
Should such penalties be introduced, the Information Commissioner’s Office will publish guidance detailing the criteria to be use and the circumstances to consider when issuing such a penalty.
This consultation opened on 9th November 2009 and closes …

[2009] EWHC 3151 (Ch)
While clandestine filming undertaken by the BBC with a view to exposing failings in a care home for the elderly might have seriously infringed residents’ rights to privacy under the European Convention on Human Rights 1950 art.8, it would not give rise to a sufficiently serious infringement of privacy rights to outweigh rights to freedom of expression …