Scottish Human Rights Law Group

[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 …

The Ministry of Justice is consulting on whether custodial sentences should be introduced where there has been a knowing or reckless misuse of personal data, contrary to s55 of the Data Protection Act 1998.  The consultation also proposes creating a new s55 defence where the purpose is for journalism, literature and art.
This consultation began on 15th October 2009 and closes …

The Inner House of the Court of Session has ruled that the Scottish Information Commissioner did not treat Glasgow and Dundee City Councils fairly, when deciding Freedom of Information cases involving land sales records.  The Councils were instructed to release this information but successfully appealed the decision of the Commissioner.
It was held that “The requests were invalid in that they …

The 2009 Denning Lecture, delivered by Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury Mr
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This talk was delivered by Aidan O’Neill QC, at:
Public Interest Litigation and Legal Aid in Scotland: A collaborative seminar between Scottish Human Rights Law Group, Environmental Law Centre Scotland, and The Centre for International Public Health Policy.
“It cannot be said that the Scottish judiciary has been a major agency of change in the last hundred years. The House …