Sir Duncan Brian Walter Ouseley, styled The Hon. Mr Justice Ouseley,[1] is a High Court judge in England and Wales, Queen's Bench Division. He is notable for involvement in many legal cases reported in the British press.[2]
His judgements have included rejecting appeals by suspected international terrorists against indefinite detention;[3] a view overturned in 2004, when the House of Lords ruled that it violates the Human Rights Act and the European Convention on Human Rights.[4]
As a QC, Ouseley represented the Chief Adjudication Officer for Social Security Administration.[5]
In 2002, in the case Theakston v Mirror Group Newspapers Ltd, TV presenter Jamie Theakston, sought an injunction against The Sunday People claiming publication of details of his visit to a brothel infringed his right to privacy under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Refusing to impose the injunction, Ouseley ruled "It is not inherent in the nature of a brothel that all or anything that transpires within is confidential.[6] [7]