Landmark Cases in Privacy Law

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This new addition to Hart’s acclaimed Landmark Cases series is a diverse and engaging edited collection bringing together eminent commentators from the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, to analyse cases of enduring significance to privacy law. The book tackles the conceptual nature of privacy in its various guises, from data protection, to misuse of private information, and intrusion into seclusion. It explores the practical issues arising from questions about the threshold of actionability, the function of remedies, and the nature of damages. The cases selected are predominantly English but include cases from the United States (because of the formative influence of United States’ privacy jurisprudence on the development of privacy law), Australia, Canada, the Court of Justice of the European Union, and the European Court of Human Rights. Each chapter considers the reception and application (and, in some instances, rejection) outside of the jurisdiction where the case was decided. Preface Table of Contents List of Contributors Table of Cases Table of Legislation 1. Pollard v Photographic Company (1888) I. Introduction II. Victorian Technology and the Science of 'Interpretation' III. The Decision in Pollard v Photographic Company IV. The Accidental Landmark V. Conclusion 2. Roberson v Rochester Folding Box (1900) I. The Right to Privacy in the Harvard Law Review II. Roberson v Rochester Folding Box: Abby's Victories III. Roberson v Rochester Folding Box: Abby's Defeat IV. Roberson v Rochester Folding Box: the Fallout V. Foster v Svenson: The Neighbors VI. The Legacy 3. Pavesich v New England Insurance Co (1905) I. Introduction II. Historic and Legal Background III. Who was Paolo Pavesiche? IV. The case V. The Judgment VI. A Universal Natural Right? VII. Reception and Legacy VIII. Conclusion 4. Whalen v Roe (1977) I. Introduction II. Whalen v Roe and the Constitutional Right to informational Privacy III. Subsequent Judicial Devlopments Surrounding the Right of Informational Privacy in the Federal Courts IV. Statutory Privacy Protections in the United States often will Obviate the Need for a Judicial Intervention to Secure the Right of Informational Privacy V. Conclusion 5. Kaye v Robertson (1990) I. Introduction II. The Facts and Decision III. The Context: Tabloids, Press Intrusion and the Politics of Reform IV. The Reasoning in the Court of Appeal V. The Aftermath VI. The Legal Legacy of Kaye v Robertson VII. The Parties After Kaye VIII. Press Culture and Reform Revisited IX. Conclusion 6. Australian Broadcasting Corporation v Lenah Game Meats Pty Ltd (2001) I. Introduction II. The Law in Australia Prior to Australian Broadcasting Corporation v Lenah Game Meats III. The Judgments in Australian Broadcasting Corporation Lenah Game Meats Pty Ltd IV. Impact on the Development of Australian law V. Impact on the Development of English and New Zealand Privacy Law VI. Recommendations for Privacy Law Reform VII. Why Has No Cause of Action for Invasion of Privacy Arisen Under Australian Law Yet? VIII. Conclusion 7. A v B & C (2002) I. Introduction II. The Confidence/Privacy test III. Balancing Privacy and Freedom of Expression IV. Conclusion V. Postscript 8. Campbell v Mirror Group Newspapers (2004) I. Introduction II. Campbell: The Facts and Findings III. Contrasting the Judgements of the House of Lords and Court of Appeal IV. Campbell's Multiple Innovations V. The Campbell Approach to Balancing Free Speech and Privacy: A Reply to Paul Wragg VI. Conclusion 9. Von Hannover v Germany (2004) I. Privacy Theory and the Recognition of a Social Interaction Conception of Privacy II. Von Hannover v Germany – a Landmark Judgment? III. Von Hannover (No.2) – A Retreat from Von Hannover IV. An Enhanced Role for the Court? V. Conclusion 10. Douglas v Hello! Ltd (2005) I. Introduction II. The Litigation III. Breach of Confidence Versus Misuse of Private Information IV. Privacy Intersets in Photographs V. Image Control VI. Remedies VII. Conclusion 11. Jones v Tsige (2012) I. Introduction II. The Facts III. The Decision IV. Conclusion 12. Google Spain, Google Inc. v Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (2014) I. Facts and Background II. The Immediate and Direct Aftermath of Google Spain III. An Internet Search Engine as Controller 2.0? IV. Search Engine Indexing Not Journalistic or Similar V. The Geographical reach of Google Spain VI. Conclusion 13. Gulati v Mirror Group Newspapers (2015) I. Introduction II. The Legal Landscapes Prior to Gulati III. The Gulati Litigation IV. Subsequent Impact of Gulati Upon the Law V. Gulati: An Assessment VI. Conclusion 14. PJS v News Group Newspapers Ltd (2016) I. Introduction II. Tort law and MPI III. Third Party Interests: the competing lines of authority IV. PJS V. Rationalising the TPI doctrine: the choices VI. Conclusion Index