Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

3-2006

Abstract

This article examines the extent to which the law of confidence protects private personal information. In the UK, much of the impetus for greater protection comes from the European Convention on the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. How privacy and freedom of expression are to be balanced either within the law of confidence or through the development of a new tort of privacy is a question that has given rise to much discussion in the courts and elsewhere. Developments in this area are the focus of this article together with the issue as to whether similar developments might take place in Singapore.

Discipline

Privacy Law

Research Areas

Public Interest Law, Community and Social Justice

Publication

Singapore Academy of Law Journal

Volume

18

Issue

1

First Page

1

Last Page

59

ISSN

0218-2009

Publisher

Singapore Academy of Law

Additional URL

http://www.sal.org.sg/digitallibrary/Lists/SAL%20Journal/DispForm.aspx?ID=387&Source=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Esal%2Eorg%2Esg%2Fdigitallibrary%2FSALJournal%2Easpx

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